Archive du mois : mars 2018

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Why African feminists gaze Rwanda as characteristic mannequin

Males tend to outnumber females in most parliaments around the world, but not in Rwanda. Women make up the majority of parliament in this African country. By most measures, Rwanda is Africa’s gender-equality success story for high female representation in politics, education and the workplace. Rwanda was the first country in the world to have…

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US surprise at ‘dramatic’ N Korea shift

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionKim Jong-un and Donald Trump: From enemies to frenemies?North Korea agreeing to discuss denuclearisation « is evidence that President [Donald] Trump’s strategy to isolate the Kim regime is working, » US Vice-President Mike Pence has said. He said the US had made « zero concessions » and « consistently increased the pressure »…

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Comcast gets FCC’s lend a hand in $3.5 million fight in opposition to small cable firm

The Federal Communications Commission has dismissed a complaint against Comcast filed by a rival that said it was forced « to pay a punitive ransom » of $3.5 million in order to keep airing Comcast-owned TV programming. Wave Broadband filed what it called a petition for declaratory ruling, claiming that Comcast engaged in unfair acts and practices…

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Why China’s Xi is now not ‘Putin-plus’

The recently announced constitutional amendments in China, ending term limits and paving the way for Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s indefinite rule, have sparked quite a lot of debate and speculations in Western media. Some commentators went as far as comparing Xi to Russian President Vladimir Putin, claiming that China is now turning into a Russia-style…

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Striking the BJP’s electoral success within the southeast in context

Since March 3, the main topic of conversation across India has been the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) unexpected electoral success in three small northeastern states – Tripura, Nagaland, and Meghalaya. In a country of 1.3 billion people and more than 860 million voters, such widespread interest in seemingly minor assembly elections can be considered…

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UN: Two million teenagers threat starvation in DRC

Over two million children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are at risk of starvation if they do not receive the aid they need, the UN has warned. The comments come in advance of a meeting between Mark Lowcock, the UN humanitarian chief, and potential donors willing to commit aid money to help the country in…

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Canada: Hundreds to negate Trans Mountain pipeline growth

Montreal, Canada – Thousands are expected to march through a city in western Canada in what organisers say may be the largest showing of « clear opposition » to a contentious oil pipeline project in recent memory. Indigenous activists will be marching on Saturday alongside environmental groups, local residents and other supporters in Burnaby, a town in the…