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LGE 2016: Uncertainty Reigns as South Africa Enters New…
August 3rd was the day of the 2016 local government elections (LGE) in South Africa, marking a turning point in…
Hear the Wedding Bells Ring: The Dark Side of Child…
Every minute, 28 girls under the age of 18 are married against their will. Over 700 million women alive today have…
Burundi: the Other Refugee Crisis
Tensions arose in April 2015 when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would run for a third term in…
Is Algeria Doomed to Its Past?
Just before the New Year, a group of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s close associates demanded to…
Drop It Like It’s Hot – A Letter to Petrol…
It's sticky, dark, viscous, and carries such labels as “sweet” or a certain “blend.” No, not chocolate or coffee -…
Child Soldiers around the World: Can You Relate?
Over my short lifetime, I have lived in and travelled to over 28 countries. My family and I have moved numerous…
The SDGs Offer More Than Just a Great Personality
September 25, 2015 marked the launch of the seventeen internationally adopted UN Sustainable Development Goals.…
The Child Labour Behind Smart Phones and Electric Car…
This post is about an old and archaic use of labour - the kind that many countries outlawed say about 200 years…
The Outcomes of HIV/AIDS: Increase in Poverty
Since the outbreak of Ebola, it seems as though we have not heard much about HIV/AIDS around the world. As one of…
The Holy Ghosts: Civil War in the Central African…
With a political structure that has crumbled into absolute rubble, massive unrestrained violence, and an attempted…
Tunisian Exceptionalism? Revisiting Recent Democratic…
The protest movements of the Arab Spring prompted a major reevaluation amongst policymakers and academics alike…
Persistent Gender Pay Gap: Is America As Developed As It…
While the extent of disparity between the wages of men and women varies by country and by profession, working women…