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In Africa, there’s a particularly prominent initiative driving corporate agriculture’s agenda — Bill Gates’s Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). AGRA’s results are devastating for small-scale farmers.
A year of agony and uproar
The bottom line is that U.S. Africa policy will be most productive if U.S. policymakers are willing to learn and collaborate rather than to preach or dictate.
Reader Comments: Biden First 100 Days; What Kind of COVID Stimulus; Unions and Green New Deal; Who Gets Social Security; Wear a Mask; Antisemitism; Jeremy Corbyn Affair; Refusing to Serve in Israeli Army; Intifada 33rd anniversary; lots of resources;
Lots of unanswered questions and quirky shifts as we move into a crisis-ridden era
Nigeria is the most populous country on the African continent, with just over two hundred million inhabitants. The Oct. 3 killing of a young man by the brutal SARS police unit has sparked a nationwide uprising.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Full Response to Rep. Ted Yoho. Line Rider - Beethoven's 5th Symphony. How to Person Woman Man Camera TV. The Making of a Deepfake. From Trash To Treasure.
This short documentary shows how in Lesotho—a highland country surrounded by South Africa—filmakers, farmers, and musicians rethink, reuse, and reinvent in order to promote positive change
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Surge in Sudan, purge in UK, African solidarity with US protests, and more
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