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Digging Africa Deeper into Hunger<br>Annual Green Revolution Forum ignores widespread failure of its push for industrialized agriculture

Opinion by Timothy A. Wise (cambridge, ma.) Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Inter Press Service CAMBRIDGE, MA., Aug 29 (IPS) – As the adage goes, when you find yourself stuck in a hole, stop digging. As African leaders and their philanthropic and bilateral sponsors prepare for another glitzy African Green Revolution Forum, …

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Lagos state Commissioner of Police Idowu Owohunwa dismisses claims of widespread cases of voter suppression and violence in Lagos guber election (video)

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, has dismissed reports of widespread acts of violence and voter suppression in the state governorship election held on Saturday, March 18.   In an interview with Channels TV, Owohunwa confirmed the attacks on voters and electoral officers recorded at some Lagos polling …

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Satellite images show widespread destruction after heavy fighting in Bakhmut

Satellite images show widespread destruction after heavy fighting in Bakhmut

Some of the clearest satellite imagery in weeks of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut shows widespread damage to apartment buildings, bridges and industrial plants after weeks of heavy bombardments and street-by-street combat. One image, taken on Monday by Maxar Technologies, shows bridges across the Bakhmutovka River have been destroyed. The …

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Sri Lanka’s embattled president Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees country to Maldives amid widespread protests over the country?s worst economic crisis

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Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country amid widespread protests over his handling of the country’s worst economic crisis since independence in 1948.   Rajapaksa, his wife and two bodyguards flew on a Sri Lankan Air Force plane to Male, the capital of the Maldives, the Sri Lankan …

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?P***ed off? ? Super agent, Mino Raiola tweets from his hospital bed to deny widespread claims he has died

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Prominent football agent, Mino Raiola has tweeted to say he is alive, in response to multiple reports in Italy that he had died.   The Italy-born Dutch national, one of football’s most powerful and high-earning agents, tweeted: “Current health status for the ones wondering: pissed off second time in 4 months …

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