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Large Scale Land Investments do not Benefit Local Communities

By on August 2, 2010 in Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Featured, Photos, Tanzania
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Cross-posted from the Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet. This is the third blog in a series about the increasing prevalence of large-scale land acquisitions, or land-grabs.In April 2010, more than 120 farmers’ groups and non-governmental...
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Somalia: History, Culture and Economy

By on July 31, 2010 in Africa, East Africa, Photos, Somalia
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Somalia (pronounced /soʊˈmɑːliə/ soh-MAH-lee-ə; Somali: Soomaaliya; Arabic: الصومال‎ aṣ-Ṣūmāl), officially the Republic of Somalia (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, Arabic: جمهورية الصومال‎ Jumhūriyyat aṣ-Ṣūmāl) and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under communist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa.It is bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to...
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Rwanda: History, Culture and Economy

By on July 31, 2010 in Africa, East Africa, Photos, Rwanda
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The Republic of Rwanda (English pronunciation: /ruːˈændə/ roo-AN-də or /rəˈwɑːndə/ rə-WAHN-də; Kinyarwanda pronunciation ), known as the Land of a Thousand Hills, is a landlocked country located in the Great Lakes region of eastern-central Africa, bordered by Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.Although close...
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Comoros: History, Culture & Economy

By on July 31, 2010 in Africa, Comoros, East Africa, Photos
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The Comoros (pronounced /ˈkɒməroʊz/; Arabic: جزر القمر‎, Juzur al-Qomor), officially the Union of the Comoros (French: Union des Comores, Arabic: الاتّحاد القمريّ‎, al-Ittiḥād al-Qomoriyy) is an archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa, on the northern end of the Mozambique Channel,...
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Mozambique: History, Culture and Economy

By on July 31, 2010 in Africa, East Africa, Mozambique, Photos, South Africa
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Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique (Portuguese: Moçambique or República de Moçambique, is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to...
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