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- You don’t have to setup and pay for your own blog. Just send us your article in any common format and we might publish it!
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Somaliland, an African exception
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To the south lies Somalia, the archetypal failed state. To the north,Somaliland, which in June organised one of the most democratic elections Africa has seen for a long time. The explanation for thiscontrast lies in history. When Britain occupied the north of Somalia at the end of the 19th century, it intended only to prevent the Frenchfrom gaining a strategic outlet on the Red Sea, and provide cheap foodfor its colony in Aden, in the Arabian desert. The British were not concerned with making...
Read Full Post »Africans must not rely on the so-called millennium goals
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In the next few days, many sweet words will once again be issued fromthe UN about the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa, given the special summit being held in New York. Professor Jeffrey Sachs,director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University in the UnitedStates, who is not normally uncritical of the performance of the G8 when it comes to their attitude towards the eradication of poverty in Africa, is quite upbeat about the possibilities available to rich nations before the ...
Read Full Post »Assembly calls for change in employment rules for asylum seekers
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The London Assembly today expressed its support for the ‘Still Human Still Here’ campaign which calls for a change in the rules governingthe right of asylum seekers to seek work.
In a motion agreed today, the Assembly said a change in policy would help many asylum seekers living in London out of poverty and would reduce the burden on the taxpayer and charities.
The campaign calls for asylum seekers whose cases are taking longer than six mo...
Read Full Post »Extreme Poverty Among People With HIV In The UK Increasing
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A new report on Poverty and HIV by NAT (National AIDS Trust) and Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) reveals at least one in six people diagnosed with HIV in the UK experienced severe poverty between2006 and 2009. Furthermore, the level of poverty experienced by people living with HIV has dramatically increased over recent years. In the current climate - and without determined Government action - the poverty crisis for people living with HIV is set to get worse.
New fi...
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