Alexandra Yiannoutsos

Moreover, the future costs associated with climate change will unquestionably fall upon today’s young generations. It is estimated that climate change will reduce major economies’ GDP, like the US, by upwards of ten percent due to “damage …
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President Maada Bio’s national emergency declaration was unprecedented and it remains to be seen whether anything will come of it. Given the severity of the crisis, one must hope that with the highest level of office’s declaration that…
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Alabama Democrat, Doug Jones, explained that although he did not want to "make waves" considering he still simply felt happy to even be in the Senate considering his razor-thin win against an alleged pedophile last year, he was "concerned…
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"Researchers argue that Campaoré’s complicated web of relations to the who’s who in West African and Sahel rebel and Islamist movements was a “deal with the devil”. Whether tacit or explicit, agreements between Campaoré’s party and…
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La lutte contre les faux médicaments se déroule globalement à travers la sphère juridique. Au Bénin, une décision légale, adoptée en début Novembre, a condamné Mohamad Atao Hinnouho, un député de l’assemblée nationale et le chef de son…
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Inspired by a record-breaking heat-wave last summer responsible for a 30% increase in emergency service calls and the death of over 90 people in Quebec alone, the group, "The Planet Goes to Parliament" describes themselves as “independent…
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CW: Sexual Violence, Abuse On September 3rd, a second-year Rongo University student, Sharon Otieno, was declared missing after meeting with The Nation journalist Barrack Oduor. The two met at Graca Hotel where Oduor was gathering…
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Cape Town, South Africa is bracing for what officials termed "Day Zero", the day that Cape Town's water taps run dry. The city, situated in the Western Cape with a population of nearly four million, has faced increasing water scarcity since…
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January 20th, 2018 marked the first anniversary of the famed Women’s March on Washington. The movement continues to mobilize tens of thousands of men and women in the fight for women’s equality. The leaders of the movement also advocate…
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The number of migrants attempting to migrate to Europe via the Mediterranean reached epic proportions after the famed Arab Spring rose to a fever pitch in 2011. Public protests turned violent, and in Libya’s case, led to the US-backed…
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President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and his party the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) were in power since the country's independence in 1980. However, this all changed on November 15, 2017 when President Mugabe…
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On October 12th the New York Times brought the discussion of second hand clothing in East Africa to the mainstream. Unbeknownst to most in North America, the United States trades millions of dollars worth of used clothing to East African…
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During the summer of 2017, election season put all eyes on Kenya. Although a decade ago, the unprecedented violence of the 2007 elections that left an estimated 1,400 people dead remains in the memory of the Kenyan people. Given this tragic…
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This year is déjà vu for the United Nations and aid workers worldwide. Perhaps the familiarity of a preventable disaster is reason enough to be alarmed, yet the international community remains slow to respond. A decade-long struggle with…
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The United Nations in New York City held the 55th Commission on Social Development from February 1st to 10th of 2017. This year’s theme was “Strategies for Eradicating Poverty to Achieve Sustainable Development for All.” The commission was…
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"The next 1,459 days of the Trump administration will be 1,459 days of resistance: Resistance on the ground, resistance in the classrooms, resistance on the job, resistance in our art and in our music."  Angela Davis The past week has been…
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Equity statement: Accurate information on African politics and culture is extremely difficult to attain. Western countries routinely delegitimize African professionals and news outlets by sharing biased accounts of issues occurring in…
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The United States Congress recently near-unanimously approved Bill S.2040, or more commonly, The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). It overrides what is known as sovereign immunity in allowing United States citizens to sue…
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September 25, 2015 marked the launch of the seventeen internationally adopted UN Sustainable Development Goals. Replacing the eight recently expired Millennium Development Goals, the SDGs seek to continue and enhance initiatives towards…
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With a political structure that has crumbled into absolute rubble, massive unrestrained violence, and an attempted 'ethnic cleansing,' the case of the Central African Republic (CAR) is one among many disappointing stories from the African…
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To vote is a civic duty, a privilege, a voice in government. However, when does a single vote translate into political responsiveness? What happens if it does not? Burundi, like many African states, is experiencing the difficulties of…
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West Africa entered the world stage in March of 2014 with the deadly outbreak of Ebola virus disease, or EVD. The scope of the virus was greatly underestimated and the international community heavily invested in the containment,…
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