As a Canadian grad student interested in Central American integration, I moved to Guatemala for a few months to work on my Masters thesis. I had been studying Guatemalan policy, mining laws and economic issues in Guatemala for ...
Notwithstanding the increase of trade between China and the African Union countries in the last decade, and the large number of Chinese investments in Africa, these relations are mostly to the advantage of the Chinese and thei...
I recently attended a talk at the London School of Economics, where Professor Naila Kabeer discussed the place of women and gender issues within the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) as the 2015 deadline is approaching with va...
With a new cohort of 18 and 19 year olds about to embark on their gap years, the intensification of promotions by volunteer tourism organisations begins. With promises that prospective volunteers will have the opportunity to ...
If you took a one day trip from from Shanghai to Tianducheng in China’s Zhejiang province, you will be confronted by a 354-foot mini replica of the Eiffel tower. Development on this Paris replica in China began in 2007, at ...
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...
Africa is still a continent beset with problems; famine, poverty and lack of infrastructure remain major issues in certain states, as do drought, state fragility and employment. Rotten governments remain endemic and many citize...
“The world is a fine place and worth fighting for” (Ernest Hemingway) Throughout history, the Sinai Peninsula has served as a bridge between Africa and Asia. This same region was, according to biblical tradition, where Mose...
Every woman I know attests to the fact that they absolutely hate the time of the month when they receive their period. It does not matter whether you have access to sanitary pads and tampons, a hot water bottle and pain killers...