This year rainy season in Rwanda has been especially deadly. It has seen floods wash away crops, destroy houses and claim lives. But it has also brought out the best in the community, writes David Masengesho, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Kigali. It is usual that on every last Saturday of the month people in Rwanda …
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This year rainy season in Rwanda has been especially deadly. It has seen floods wash away crops, destroy houses and claim lives. But it has also brought out the best in the community, writes David Masengesho, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Kigali. It is usual that on every last Saturday of the month people in Rwanda …
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Investment in the creative and cultural industries is a potential solution to the tragedy of rampant youth employment, says Meeckel Beecher, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Jamaica. The cultural and creative industries have been positioned in many countries as important industries that facilitate the growth of economies. A recent report from the World Bank suggests …
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Investment in the creative and cultural industries is a potential solution to the tragedy of rampant youth employment, says Meeckel Beecher, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Jamaica. The cultural and creative industries have been positioned in many countries as important industries that facilitate the growth of economies. A recent report from the World Bank suggests …
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The Commonwealth Youth Climate Network (CYCN) is attending the Rio+20 UN Conference (www.uncsd2012.org) which takes place from the 20th-22nd June 2012, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The conference was organized after a series of related activities which began on the 6th of June, these were also attended by the CYCN delegation in Brazil. Members of the …
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A central government initiative to offer grants to young Nigerian entrepreneurs should be adopted by both state and local authorities, argues Timi Olagunju, 26, a law graduate from the city of Lagos. It is an old Nigerian proverb that says, ‘when we use the left hand to spank someone, we use the right hand to …
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A central government initiative to offer grants to young Nigerian entrepreneurs should be adopted by both state and local authorities, argues Timi Olagunju, 26, a law graduate from the city of Lagos. It is an old Nigerian proverb that says, ‘when we use the left hand to spank someone, we use the right hand to …
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Debate is raging in Jamaica over whether the Caribbean island nation should sever ties with the British monarchy. Shane Cunningham, 26, a junior academic at the University of the West Indies, writes about the potential fallout of such a decision. For all nations that have been imperial outposts the question of their relationship with the …
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Debate is raging in Jamaica over whether the Caribbean island nation should sever ties with the British monarchy. Shane Cunningham, 26, a junior academic at the University of the West Indies, writes about the potential fallout of such a decision. For all nations that have been imperial outposts the question of their relationship with the …
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Gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure of national progress is woefully inadequate. As Grant Duthie, 18, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Brisbane, reports, it fails to consider the planet’s ecological limits and long-term sustainability. As world leaders meet for the Rio+20 summit in Brazil, UNEP executive director Achim Steiner has called on the world to …
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