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All of a sudden a lot of people I have a lot of respect for are proving that the respect is misplaced. Some of the commentaries about that Evans lawyer are unbelievably stupid, petulant, impetuous and totally uncalled for. I'm shocked that people are saying a man, no matter how evil we think he is, …
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Pyramids in KushKush Communications The pyramids from the Kingdom of Kush form one of the most spectacular sights in Sudan Africa has a rich and complex history but there is widespread ignorance of this heritage. A celebrated British historian once said there was only the history of Europeans in Africa. Zeinab Badawi has been asking …
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Donald Trump has a thing about Barack Obama. Trump is obsessed with Obama. Obama haunts Trump’s dreams. One of Trump’s primary motivators is the absolute erasure of Obama — were it possible — not only from the political landscape but also from the history books. Trump is president because of Obama, or more precisely, because …
A report by the World Bank's Stolen Asset Recovery programme found that, while nearly $1.4 billion in suspected corrupt assets were frozen in OECD countries between 2010 and 2012, less than $150 million was returned. Recovering stolen assets is of particular importance for sub-Saharan African countries, given the extent of the looting of public funds …
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