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Libyan Youth Voices
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Libyan Youth Voices: Addressing Harassment Now

I dream of a Libya where I feel free and liberated. Where I can do whatever I want, wherever I want, however I want… as a woman. Yes, the country fought its way out of a tyrannical upper hand. Granted, Libyan women are celebr...
by Danya Hajjaji
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Ethiopia

Disorder On The Nile As Power Shifts Towards Ethiopia

Since the fall of Mubarak, Egypt’s political instability and internal strife have severely weakened its once hegemonic status among the East African states. This has seen its neighbours, most notably Ethiopia, begin to outrig...
by Marc Scarisbrick
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Sudan
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South Sudan: Africa’s Newest Country, Africa’s Next Genocide?

On July 9th 2011, over two decades of civil war climaxed in the creation of
 South Sudan. Celebrations of independence broke out in Juba, capital of the
 world’s newest nation state, after a referendum to secede had b...
by Marc Scarisbrick
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Human Rights

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (PTSS)

As I begin to write this response, I’ll admit that I have no idea how I will manage to remain respectful and conduct myself in a way that will engage rather than enrage the people who will take time to read my thoughts. I wil...
by Ruth Nyambura
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Nigeria
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Skin Lightening: 50 Shades of Chagrin

On September the 15th, 24 Year Old Nina Davaluri became the first winner from an Indian background to win the Miss America pageant. Amidst the cheers of adulation and the small but obnoxious stream of racist remarks directe...
by Nadia Hasan
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The 5 Most Dangerous Gangs In The World

At the moment it seems like a new incident of religiously-driven gang violence is appearing in the newspapers every day. What with the recent Kenyan mall massacre and the Nairobi school shooting, it seems like we have a chain r...
by Maddie Barber
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International Political Forum

Uganda and the Culture of Corruption

Uganda is and remains among the most corrupt nations in the world. To many donors and investors, Transparency International’s corruption perceptions ranking provides a basis for choice of countries where investment is li...
by Ivan Atuyambe
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Focus on Africa: Two mainstream African arguments I have refused to accept

My country Kenya – as is the case with many countries in Africa – is effecting numerous political, economic and social changes to conform to current international best practices. These projects are focused on renova...
by George Gachara
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Chile

Five atrocities still defended in the present day

Atrocities have filled our media outlets for decades. Yet despite evidence, many are either ignored or defended by leading academics and national officials, causing human rights violations to go largely unnoticed. “As hum...
by Joe Strong
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