As a “fervent believer” of multicultural policy and a Canadian citizen, 23-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Gys Weverink hopes his country does not follow the example of France in banning the niqab. In Western Europe, multiculturalism has increasingly found itself under attack. A number of western politicians including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister …
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Young Africans must resist blithely adopting western norms and learn from other parts of the developing world which have not lost their own culture, language and traditions, writes 26-year-old Roland Uwakwe from Abuja, Nigeria. What do you know about Africans, especially the 21st century African youths apart from what you see and hear on CNN and the …
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Young Africans must resist blithely adopting western norms and learn from other parts of the developing world which have not lost their own culture, language and traditions, writes 26-year-old Roland Uwakwe from Abuja, Nigeria. What do you know about Africans, especially the 21st century African youths apart from what you see and hear on CNN and the …
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University of Buea, Cameroon, July 26-30 2010 With support from the Association of Commonwealth Universities Sixty years after its formation, the Commonwealth still brings together a quarter of the world’s population. In November, Heads of Government from the 54 member states will meet in Perth, Australia, to receive a major report from an independent Eminent Persons …
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The Communications and Public Affairs Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat is seeking a journalist from countries in the Pacific to undertake an attachment with the Secretariat in London from 1 July to 31 December 2011. Interested? APPLY! Deadline for applications is 3rd June.
Avid reading offers not only mental stimulation but can ensure freedom from poverty, superstition, loneliness and ignorance, writes 23-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Craig Dixon from Jamaica. There are numerous objects of demarcation between people who read, reason and write and those who do not. Oftentimes these objects distinguish between those who live in residential areas and …
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Avid reading offers not only mental stimulation but can ensure freedom from poverty, superstition, loneliness and ignorance, writes 23-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Craig Dixon from Jamaica. There are numerous objects of demarcation between people who read, reason and write and those who do not. Oftentimes these objects distinguish between those who live in residential areas and …
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Life as a teenager was a testing and sometimes sad experience for Craig Dixon – until he experienced a ‘transcendental’ moment whilst sitting beneath a mango tree. Read this poetic tale from the 23-year-old Jamaican Commonwealth Correspondent. My memory of the Graham-mango tree in the boondocks behind my cottage-home in Pellriver will live on ad infinitum. …
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Life as a teenager was a testing and sometimes sad experience for Craig Dixon – until he experienced a ‘transcendental’ moment whilst sitting beneath a mango tree. Read this poetic tale from the 23-year-old Jamaican Commonwealth Correspondent. My memory of the Graham-mango tree in the boondocks behind my cottage-home in Pellriver will live on ad infinitum. …
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Today’s generation of young people, though they are faced with a burden of debt, should heed calls to help improve society and become good citizens, writes 22-year-old Nnadozie Onyekuru from Maiduguri in Nigeria. “In a democracy, the most important office is the office of a private citizen.” – Justice Louis Brandeis My fellow citizens, I am tired of …
Correspondence: “I will open my heart and speak my mind” Read More »
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