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When democracy is a farce

Representative democracy is a real farce. For more than two centuries now, since the French Revolution and the independence of the United States, it has been instilled in us, almost by force, that ‘democracy’ is an exercise of going to vote every so often.   Marcelo Colussi   If that […]

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Nature and its role in early marriage

A curious equation in which children are the biggest victims. Poverty, gender inequality, conflict and hunger, coupled with weather changes and natural disasters all play a role in child marriages.   Around nine million girls around the world face an increased risk of child marriage each year in conjunction with […]

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Gaza, the broken promised land

The horror of Hamas’s invasion of Israel and the deaths inflicted cannot be minimised or supported. It must be condemned. But neither can the Palestinian suffering inflicted by Israel for decades be ignored. While these facts and the balance of horror in this conflict are readily available to the mainstream media, most editors choose to ignore them. How long before the battle will give place to justice and shared development in the 21st century.