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Flashmob Dance by Kenyans to show the Support for Team Kenya at the Olympics
Written by kachwanya
To mark the beginning of the London Olympics, Kenyans did a street flashmob dance in Nairobi to show their support for Team Kenya at the London 2012 Olympics. If you are in Africa, catch all the games on Dstv Here is the Video, sit back and enjoy the spirit of […]
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Effects of a Lack of Coordination in the Cambodian Education Sector
Written by Chak Sopheap
Around 73 percent of employers said that university graduates do not possess the right kind of skills for work and a similar view was held by 62 percent of employers about vocational training graduates. These figures are the striking results of a survey conducted among employers in 2011 by a private consulting […]
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Being at the Olympic Games against all odds
Written by Kira Kariakin
Every time the Olympic Games come round, we think about the inequalities of the world. It seems somehow immoral, that huge amount of money spent on infrastructure, advertising and so on when so much could be done with it for the poor in the country hosting the games or […]
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Private Institutions: The Other Side of Coin
Written by Maria Farooq
One of the arguments in the Learning Our Lesson article is that private institutions do not take responsibility for the welfare of society although they are a part of it. All blame and responsibility is directed at ‘governments’ while private institutions are soaking up money and contributing a bare minimum to society in return. I would like to […]
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India: Of Poodles and Doodles
Written by Rahulkumar
‘Manmohan Singh – Saviour or Sonia’s Poodle’ was the headline (changed later) in a British newspaper that commented on the Indian Prime Minister’s tenure that is increasingly seen as riddled with corruption, inefficiency and bureaucratic sloth. The Supreme Court has asked the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh to halt […]
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The Shrinking of Malawi’s Chilwa Lake and its Greater Implications
Written by ArriannaMarie
In 2004, Malawi’s population was estimated at 12.3 million with an annual growth rate of 2.1 percent. Malawi is the most densely populated country in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, with a population density of 104 inhabitants per square kilometer.. About 83 percent of the total population was […]