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Africa’s Resources: Blessing or Curse?
Sometimes I sit back and wonder whether we Africans are cursed or blessed. In particular, are our natural resources a blessing or a curse? Despite the plentiful resources in the continent of Africa, its people are living in abj...
Shining a Light on the Child Marriage Epidemic
Growing up in India, I was fortunate to have parents who had been modernised and had left some of the ancient traditions of Indian culture behind. Of course, I say “ancient”, but outside the comfort of my home, Indi...
A Living Wage for the Nation
Last week, in a speech to the left wing think tank the Resolution Foundation, Rachel Reeves the UK MP for Leeds West, and Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury; set out her parties ‘One Nation Labour’ approa...
A Mutual Split: Turkey and the EU
Orhan Pamuk’s article, “Europe is turning away from Turkey, and the rest of the world”, pleas for a Europe which engages with Turkey on the basis of enlightenment principles, rather than old-fashioned notions of Islamic e...
Rwanda-DR Congo Rebel Support Conflict: The Heart of the Matter
In his book “Politics”, Aristotle argued that man is a political animal, whose motive for action and reaction is ruled by need for wealth, safety and liberty. Aristotle goes on to argue that any state is like a united commu...
Calls for independence gain momentum in Europe
Early in 2012, British Prime Minister David Cameron surprised everybody by agreeing to hold a referendum for Scottish independence before the end of his mandate. A few weeks ago, Alexander Salmond, the leader of the Scottish Na...
