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Nando’s ‘chicken’ out of spoof Last Dictator Standing advert
https://youtu.be/PYnL5oUePM8If you were Nando’s and you were receiving threats from Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF loyalists, would you have pulled your viral advert from
How to Write About Africa
First appearing in 2005 in issue 92, Granta magazine published ‘The View from Africa’ – a collection of memoir and reportage that sought to challenge
Current and future costs: COP17
The cost for South Africa of hosting COP 17 will, it is estimated, amount to some 400 million rand (approx. €40 million). The funds will
HIV & AIDS, 30 years on…
Today is World AIDS Day. It has been almost 30 years since HIV and AIDS was first recognised and diagnosed. HIV and AIDS has since
Cartoons from the Collective Desazkundea
Here is a selection of six thought provoking cartoons from the Collective Desazkundea’s flickr photostream – they are a group who formed in Bilbao following workshops,
Aids-related deaths ‘down 21% from peak’, says UNAIDS
Aids-related deaths are at the lowest level since their 2005 peak, down 21%, figures from UNAIDS suggest. The data also show that while the number
AllAfrica.com – Gaddafi, Food for Cartoonists
Source: https://allafrica.com/photoessay/Gaddafi-Food-for-Cartoonists/#photo
Global Study on Homicide
A new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) entitled the Global Study on Homicide, outlines that the total number of
Child Soldiers
“Should child soldiers be prosecuted for their crimes?” “In modern day warfare, children, both girls and boys, are increasingly becoming the subject of military recruitment,
Welcome to the world, citizen No. 7 billion!
A few weeks ago we were treated to a letter by the The Irish Times’ new editor, Kevin O’Sullivan, welcoming the soon-to-take place birth of