“We the undersigned wish to express our deep sadness at the murder of Ugandan human rights defender David Kato on 26th January 2011. David’s activism began in the 1980s as an Anti-Apartheid campaigner, where he first expressed a strong passion and conviction for freedom and justice, a passion which continued throughout his life. David was… Read More »
Money transfer infrastructures have come to play a prominent role in the Somali regions, connecting war-torn cities, refugee camps, and remote rural areas with the rest of the world. Drawing on primary research, this article provides the first detailed history of the development of Somali money transfer infrastructure since the civil war, including its response… Read More »
HT to Russ Roberts
Check out this series of cartoons accompanying a Human Rights Watch report on police corruption in Nigeria. You know what’s most sad about it? Everyone is in on the game. H/T Elizabeth Dickinson, who writes: Like all corruption, there is an element of victimization on both sides of the equation, unfortunately. The people who are… Read More »
is the title of a paper by LSE‘s Development Studies Institute’s Kate Meagher. The abstract: Analyses of the rise of violent vigilantism in Africa have focused increasingly on the ‘uncivil ’ character of African society. This article challenges the recourse to cultural or instrumentalist explanations, in which vigilantism is portrayed as a reversion to violent… Read More »
… one third of Germany’s children come from migrant backgrounds – making migrant children the only growing faction in Germany’s aging population. From an article that discusses the German government’s integration commissioner’s push for measures that encourage more integration. A critique of what they understand as integration is a topic for another day.
1. Tyler Cowen discusses Germany’s fiscal discipline – MR 2. Another report on Nigeria’s oil spills – NYTimes 3. Nigeria’s finance minister repeats the same old line about diversifying the economy – BBC 4. David Adjaye has exhibits pictures of Africa’s urban architecture – CNN 5. Nigeria’s food blogs – TC
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Wondering why I like Lady Gaga? Read this NYMag article.
The list of podcasts I download just increased by one. Last week’s edition of This American Life, really great podcast, had a story about how hookworms helped someone overcome allergies (Chris Blattman blogged it here). Since the story is taken from a Radiolab episode, I decided to try Radiolab out. Just finished listening to the current… Read More »