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- By ZAM Reporter
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It took four years and considerable risk to own life and limb, but Ghanese investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas finally achieved his goal: not just to name and shame, but to actual jail wrongdoers, especially wrongdoing civil servants.
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When Ebola first appeared in Liberia, many of the people in the country thought it was a scam crafted by the government to attract funds from international donors.
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- By Evelyn Groenink
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South African social critic Jonny Steinberg described the outpourings of anger from fellow whites at girlfriend killer Oscar Pistorius as ‘racial shame’. And unleashed much wrath in return.
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- By ZAM Reporter
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The Peace Parks Foundation in South Africa has paid back one-and-a-half million Euros to a Dutch Lottery, admitting that their project to protect rhinos from poaching by poisoning the horns doesn’t work. Scientists had been pointing out all along that there was no evidence to support the ‘poison solution’. The ‘Postcodeloterij’ had made more than 14 million Euros available to Peace Parks for a number of anti-poaching projects in February this year.
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The 'funny' slogan used by Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan for his re-election campaign, "Bring Back Jonathan 2015", is the subject of a recent, vehement attack by Nobel laureate author Wole Soyinka on the country's leaders. Soyinka wrote in the online Premium Times this week that "the dancing obscenity of (Boko Haram's) gang of psychopaths and child abductors, taunting the world, mocking the BRING BACK OUR GIRLS campaign on internet, finally met its match (...) by the unfurling of a political campaign banner."
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- By Uncle Tom
- Politics & Opinion
Could there be something really wrong with Dutch people?
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- By Steven Friedman
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Blaming mine boss Cyril Ramaphosa for the bloodbath of mineworkers at Marikana is not based on evidence. It is also way too simplistic, says South African academic, columnist and former trade unionist Steven Friedman.
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- By Evelyn Groenink
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It was a small note in the newspaper that caught South African columnist Marvin Meintjies’ eye: it said that the diamond-rich country of Lesotho had signed a ‘relation strengthening’ agreement with the tax haven island of Barbados”.
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- By ZAM Reporter
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The furore about South African President Jacob Zuma’s mansion in Nkandla, KwaZuluNatal, has far from died down.
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- By Bram Posthumus
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UN peacekeepers should rather stay out of conflict zones, says Bram Posthumus.
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- By Bart Luirink
- Politics & Opinion
Don't just do something. Stand there.
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- By Uncle Tom
- Politics & Opinion
A trader who calls himself ‘fair’, is just like my local neighbourhood nightclub boss, Honest Jimmy, says Uncle Tom.
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- By ZAM Reporter
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Amidst all the panic about ebola, serious as the scare is, it must not be forgotten that infectious diseases are actually on their way out as the biggest health problem in low income countries.
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- By John Penn de Ngong
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The killing in South Sudan has little to do with tribal hatred, says John Penn Ngong.
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- By Uncle Tom
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Companies and NGO’s are buying up African journalists, says Uncle Tom.
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- By Anand Govender
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Oscar Pistorius’ trial should be more than a media circus, says Anand Govender, brother of Elvis Govender who was murdered by a man ‘defending his property.’
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- By Uncle Tom
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Even my cousin Amos doesn’t want to wear strange hats in the jungle, says Uncle Tom.
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- By Uncle Tom
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When I read about women who leave their villages and families to go become prostitutes in big towns or even in other countries, I think of Jeannie.
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- By Judith Sargentini
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Fighting human traffic with stricter laws is counterprdocutive and dangerous, says Judith Sargentini.
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- By Ward Anseeuw
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The ‘land grab’ has been exaggerated, says Dr Ward Anseeuw.
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- By Uncle Tom
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Now if my sister Doris knows anything, it’s violence.
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- By Timothy Kalyegira
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The War on Terror has only brought more violence to the East African region, says Timothy Kalyegira
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- By Tobore Ovuorie
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Nigeria | Girl children will get married like it or not says gender and social justice activist and journalist Tobore Ovuorie.
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- By Uncle Tom
- Politics & Opinion
Telling other people what to do is a puzzling business.
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- By Atunga Atuti O.J.
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Customers should not boycott clothes that have been made by exploited workers, says Atunga Atuti O.J.. But it’s a good idea to question the origins of the goods you buy, and to engage the brands.
