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and Sustainable Development

The Rise of Africa in the Twenty-First Century

Jacob Zuma is the President of South Africa Africa will write its own history, and it will be, to the north and to the south of the Sahara, a history of glory and dignity. –Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961) MUCH has been said about the rise of Africa in the twenty-first century. As home to seven of […]

It’s Time for Palestine

Mahmoud Abbas is President of Palestine THE Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom and national independence has reached a decisive moment. The two-state formula is under serious threat, due to systematic Israeli policies and practices that have seriously undermined the solution-threatening to make it impracticable in the very near future. More alarmingly, while Palestine takes concrete […]