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Daily News Roundup – 8 August 2012
Europe Standard Chartered shares recover Shares in British bank Standard Chartered have rebounded after their steepest one-day decline in decades. The crash came as New York’s State Department of Financial Services a...
How will the Greek election result affect the rest of Europe?
“The vicious cycle of austerity is over,” declared Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras on the day of his party’s election win. After six years of austerity, recession, mass unemployment and falling living standards, the Greek pe...
Changemaker of the Week: Sophia Said, The Advocator
Sophia’s beginnings as an advocator for change began at a very early age. At just seven years old, Sophia and her siblings were living on the streets of Arusha, Tanzania, for two years before she was given refuge by the Shalo...
Egyptian Politics: Between the Immature and the Unorganized
The recent tragedy unfolding in Egypt in the aftermath of the recent presidential decree is a critical sign of Egyptian politics’ immaturity. An immaturity due not only to the youth of the democracy that is taking shape in Eg...
How Pacific islanders are fighting climate change with canoes
Climate change is hitting the Pacific Islands hard. Sea levels are rising, temperatures are increasing, worsening storm surges and flooding have contaminated fresh water supplies and ruined crops. Already, residents of one isla...
Cowardice of Cowardice, Insanity of Insanity: Malawi -Tanzania Rumours of War
The Malawi-Tanzania border wrangle is a ticking bomb, never to be underestimated and not to be ignored. Nyasaland – now Malawi – was a British protectorate and Tanganyika – now Tanzania – was a German pr...
