Development & Dependency

Everything on poverty, hunger, inequality and the Global South.

Parallelisms: Sankara, the hero who defied his creditors

by Leonidas Oikonomakis on February 16, 2012

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Resounding from the anti-austerity protests in Greece, we can hear the echo of Sankara — Africa’s own Che Guevara; the hero who defied his creditors.

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Suffering from the highest income divide and the worst violence in the world, the time has come for the people of S-Africa to rise up and reclaim their country.

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Following a convulsion of rage in Malawi, many in Sub-Saharan Africa are beginning to wonder whether the Arab Spring may be spreading South.

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Police fire teargas at protesters opposed to energy shortages and the increasingly autocratic tendencies of President Bingu wa Mutarika.

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Tiken Jah Fakoly – African Revolution

by Jerome Roos on April 12, 2011

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With the overthrow of former president Gbagbo, the Ivorian reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly finally gets his African Revolution.

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Nicolas Sarkozy et sa Mission Civilisatrice

by Jerome Roos on April 12, 2011

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By seeking to export the French Revolution, the embattled Sarkozy merely hopes to leave behind a lasting legacy.

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The Dark Side of Chocolate

by Jerome Roos on April 9, 2011

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How the world’s favorite sweet continues to be produced with the sweat of African child slaves.

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Malawi’s Homegrown Miracle

by Jerome Roos on January 6, 2011

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In recent years, Malawi managed to transform itself from a nation plagued by famine into a local breadbasket. The success of its controversial subsidy program for poor farmers is a testament to the power of homegrown solutions in the fight against hunger.

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