Monthly Archives: May 2020

SeriousConcern at Escalating State Xenophobia

news reported today : Kenyan government carried out demolition of hundreds of people`s homes in Nairobi despite  Covid-19 and curfews. Just like the inhuman acts committed against South Africans living in informal settlements as reported by AbM

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-kenya-homelessness/forced-evictions-leave-5000-kenyan-slum-dwellers-at-risk-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN22I1VC

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SeriousConcern at Escalating State Xenophobia

Friday, 8

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Eating Is a Moral Right, A Dialogue with 6 American Farmer Leaders

“In the wake of the crisis, we are assisting in the rebirth of a system of sovereign nations, each with its own self-sufficient food supply, so that no international bank or corporate monopoly will ever loot the food producers and working people again.”

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Ethiopian & Nigerian Leaders Want Debt Cancellation; UNGA President: Infrastructure for Food and Health

Life is More Precious Than Debt

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Ethiopian & Nigerian Leaders Want Debt Cancellation; UNGA President: Infrastructure for Food and Health

May 7 , 2020

Human life in Africa is threatened more by the COVID-19 pandemic than any other continent due to the appalling … Read the rest

Kenya starts linking Chinese-built modern railway to older line in central region

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Kenya starts linking Chinese-built modern railway to older line in central region

Source: Xinhua| 2020-05-05 22:07:12|Editor: huaxia

NAIROBI, May 5 (Xinhua) — Kenya is in the final stages of linking Chinese-built modern railway to an older line in the agriculture-rich central region to

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Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed: Debt Cancellation for the World to Survive

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Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed: Debt Cancellation for the World to Survive

by Lawrence Freeman

May 1, 2020

Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, has made an audacious salient call for debt cancellation for low income countries. It was published in the Opinion section of

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