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People from the DRC flee the fighting. Movement of people is restricted across the continent. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA

The free movement of people is an AU ambition: what’s standing in its way

The African integration project took several major steps this year. One of them was the African Union’s adoption of a protocol on the free movement of people. The move has been widely welcomed.

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Countries Africa

July 31, 2018
Published in Politics

Cuba’s new president, at the National Assembly meeting where he was appointed to succeed Raúl Castro on April 18, 2018. Alexandre

Cuba’s new president: What to expect of Miguel Díaz-Canel

Cuba has a new president – and for the first time in six decades, his last name is not Castro.

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Countries Cuba

April 19, 2018
Published in Opinion

Why Ethiopia’s new leader could be a game changer

Dr Abiy Ahmed has been chosen as a consensus replacement for outgoing premier Hailemariam Desalegn. Ahmed was sworn in by the Ethiopian Parliament on Easter Monday.

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Countries Africa

April 6, 2018
Published in World News

Adios Raúl, hola Miguel. smael Francisco/Courtesy of Cubadebate/Handout via Reuters

CUBA’s new president: What to expect

Leadership changes don’t happen often in Cuba – there’s been just one since 1959, in fact. That was in 2006, when President Fidel Castro fell ill and was replaced by his brother Raúl.

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Countries Cuba

April 4, 2018
Published in Latin America

Facebook is killing democracy with its personality profiling data

What state should you move to based on your personality? What character on “Downton Abbey” would you be? What breed of dog is best for you? Some enormous percentage of Facebook’s 2.13 billion users must have seen Facebook friends sharing results of various online quizzes.

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Countries United_States

March 22, 2018
Published in Technology

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Psychographics: the behavioural analysis that helped Cambridge Analytica know voters’ minds

The dealings that have been revealed between Cambridge Analytica and Facebook have all the trappings of a Hollywood thriller: a Bond villain-style CEO, a reclusive billionaire, a naïve and conflicted whistle-blower, a hipster data scientist turned politico, an academic with seemingly questionable ethics, and of course a triumphant president and his influential family.

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Countries None

March 22, 2018
Published in Science

The cancer Kaposi sarcoma. South Africa has large productivity losses because of deaths caused by it. Shutterstock

Cancer is costing BRICS economies billions each year

Premature – and potentially avoidable – death from cancer is costing tens of billions of dollars in lost productivity in a group of key developing economies.

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Countries Africa

March 11, 2018
Published in Health

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron. AP Photo/Francois Mori

Signaling more independence from the US, the World Bank phases out its support for fossil fuels

The World Bank, which provides developing countries about US$60 billion a year in financial assistance, is officially phasing out its support for the oil and gas industries.

March 11, 2018
Published in Energy

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The free movement of people is an AU ambition: what’s standing in its way

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Cuba’s new president: What to expect of Miguel Díaz-Canel

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Why Ethiopia’s new leader could be a game changer

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CUBA’s new president: What to expect

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Facebook is killing democracy with its personality profiling data

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Psychographics: the behavioural analysis that helped Cambridge Analytica know voters’ minds

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Cancer is costing BRICS economies billions each year

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Signaling more independence from the US, the World Bank phases out its support for fossil fuels