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Rowan Williams, The Archbishop of Canterbury, has been directing attention recently to environmental issues and our responsibility to reduce our ‘footprint.’ One of his suggestions (in a recent interview with The Times) could take a serious toll on the livelihood of many African farmers: He said that the carbon footprint of peas from Kenya and [...]
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The Guardian reports on the current state of life in Southern Sudan. While the SPLA are said to be disarming, peace is threatened from all sides by poverty, disease, interference from neighbouring territories, and the arrival of Uganda’s LRA. People are displaced and children are stolen and traded as commodities: “We were coming home from [...]
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The Guardian have recently published a series of profiles of African countries, which are great for getting an overview of their current state of development: Central African Republic Congo (Democratic Republic) Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Guinea Guinea Bissau Mozambique Nigeria Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Rwanda
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