A few weeks ago, on my way from Dire Dawa to the historical city of Harar, in eastern Ethiopia, I came across a minivan that had an intriguing message on the rear window. It read as follows: “If you don’t see my mirrors, I can’t see you”. This funny message put me on a thinking […]
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Il y a quelques semaines, alors que je me rendais de Dire Dawa à Harar, ville historique de l’est de l’Éthiopie, j’ai vu un minibus sur la vitre arrière duquel était inscrit un message qui m’a intrigué; il disait ceci : « Si vous ne voyez pas mes rétroviseurs, je ne peux pas vous voir ». Ce message
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Many years ago, I worked for my parents who own a video production company. Because it is a family business, you inevitably end up wearing many hats and being the czar of many different jobs. I mainly managed projects and worked as a video editor. On production, there were times that I was called on to work as an audio tech and was made to wear headphones on long production days. In those days, having a really good set of headphones that picked up every nuance of sound was essential to making sure the client got what they needed.
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Une femme africaine a été mariée pendant 13 ans et chaque jour de ces 13 ans, elle a travaillé dur avec son mari pour cultiver le petit lopin de terre qu’il possédait et faire pousser des légumes qu’elle vendait ensuite au marché. Le malheur a frappé et son mari est mort, la laissant seule se
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An African woman has been married for 13 years and for every day of those 13 years she worked hard with her husband to cultivate a small piece of land he owned growing vegetables which she then sold in the market. Tragedy struck when her husband died leaving her to fend for their two young
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Over the past two decades, the international order has undergone a qualitative change. As a matter of fact, a new discourse has gained prominence in the international relations theory that emphasizes a rapidly changing global environment characterized by an ever-growing confluence of world- scale challenges. The challenges that range from widespread poverty and undernourishment, financial
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L’ordre international a connu une mutation qualitative au cours des deux dernière décennies. Un nouveau discours s’est d’ailleurs hissé au devant de la théorie des relations internationales. Il met l’accent sur un environnement mondial en évolution rapide et se caractérise par la confluence toujours plus grande de défis d’envergure planétaire. Ces défis, qu’il s’agisse de
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The new Africa story with growth, investment and expanding opportunities was seriously shaken by recent developments. After successful demonstrations of the new narrative were reaffirmed in many forums, including the EU-Africa Summit and President Obama Africa Leaders Summit, alarming predictions around Ebola economic impact in the continent’s performance started a negative news cycle that spread
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Le nouveau récit sur l’Afrique, qui mêle croissance, investissement et multiplication des opportunités, a été sérieusement ébranlé par de récents événements. Après la réaffirmation de ce nouveau discours, preuves de réussite à l’appui, dans de nombreux forums, dont le sommet Union européenne-Afrique et le sommet organisé par le Président Obama à l’intention des dirigeants africains,
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Rwanda’s National Dialogue is a unique form of participatory democracy that keeps the momentum on the country fascinating two decades of development. Inclusiveness, togetherness, and unity, the topic of December 2014’s Umushyikirano resonated well with transformation Countries that show resilience in transforming their economies cannot wait for “favourable winds”. Often, they generate their own winds
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