Word: continentality
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It was enlightening but disheartening to learn that a common thread runs through the African continent. Nigeria has also had its fair share of revolutionaries turned dictators. But all is not lost. African leaders must learn from the example of the current governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola who, in...
...elicit shrugs in this sickness-struck continent. If asked what preparations they are making for the possibility of swine flu's arrival, most African governments opt for the same kind of wordy non-statement issued by African Union chairman Jean Ping on Thursday: "We hope to establish a continental plan for prevention, and if necessary a mechanism to fight this outbreak that has not yet affected Africa...
Roo has been eaten for millennia, but it fell deeply out of fashion shortly after Captain Arthur Phillip sailed ashore in 1788 with six cows, 29 sheep and 717 English convicts to form the first British colony in New South Wales. Non-native herd animals replaced the nomadic Skippy as...
How does your election as the first female President in Africa help women across the continent? Chris Robertson GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
In the past few months, Canada's telecom industry has been a cautionary tale. It's now increasingly likely that Nortel Networks Corp., the biggest maker of telephone equipment on the continent, will emerge from bankruptcy stripped of many of its most valuable assets along with its ambitions to be...