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Gabon is a good example of why judging how well a country is doing by per-capita income is just useless. It is oil-rich and yet half the population lives below the poverty line. World Bank/IMF strictures are doing their part to help keep it that way.
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Two young Indian children have been taken into care in Norway because their mother fed them with her fingers. Mari Marcel Thekaekara is appalled.
India's plans to buy up land in Africa are shameful, says Mari Marcel Thekaekara.
By cutting the fuel subsidy the Nigerian government has snatched away the main benefit to the people from the country's oil wealth, says Sokari Ekine.
With a ring of prayer planned to protest the eviction of the Occupy camp at St Paul’s, the Christian Left is coming of age, says Symon Hill.
Add your name to those urging the UK government to support Ecuador's initiative to keep the oil in the ground.
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