A national commemoration to mark the sacrifice of tens of thousands of Australians and New Zealanders during the First World War brings home the tragedy of war and the importance of civic responsibility for Fale Andrew Lesa, a 21-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Auckland, New Zealand. ANZAC Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia …

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A national commemoration to mark the sacrifice of tens of thousands of Australians and New Zealanders during the First World War brings home the tragedy of war and the importance of civic responsibility for Fale Andrew Lesa, a 21-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Auckland, New Zealand. ANZAC Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia …

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A Nigerian Islamic terrorist group has been using threats and bombings to try to force the government to impose Shariah law in the country’s northern states, reports Alozie Nonso, a 24-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Owerri, in southern Nigeria. Nigeria, a west African country of over one hundred and forty million citizens, has experienced a series of unprecedented …

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A Nigerian Islamic terrorist group has been using threats and bombings to try to force the government to impose Shariah law in the country’s northern states, reports Alozie Nonso, a 24-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Owerri, in southern Nigeria. Nigeria, a west African country of over one hundred and forty million citizens, has experienced a series of unprecedented …

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The Clement Payne Movement was established more than 20 years ago in Barbados as a democratic socialist, Pan-Africanist and anti-imperialist campaign group. It is been vociferous in its criticism of NATO’s bombing campaign in Libya. Commonwealth Correspondent Craig Ghunta, 23, from Jamaica, went to meet its leader, Mr David Commisiong. On August 17, celebrated internationally …

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The Clement Payne Movement was established more than 20 years ago in Barbados as a democratic socialist, Pan-Africanist and anti-imperialist campaign group. It is been vociferous in its criticism of NATO’s bombing campaign in Libya. Commonwealth Correspondent Craig Ghunta, 23, from Jamaica, went to meet its leader, Mr David Commisiong. On August 17, celebrated internationally …

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The task of the serious peacebuilder is to be both researcher and historian, sociologist and psychologist, mediator and facilitator; in short, a resolute academician, writes Craig Dixon, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Jamaica. “The maturity of the gift of understanding is made manifest through consultation” – Bahá’u’lláh Perfect peace has no historical antecedents. There has …

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The task of the serious peacebuilder is to be both researcher and historian, sociologist and psychologist, mediator and facilitator; in short, a resolute academician, writes Craig Dixon, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Jamaica. “The maturity of the gift of understanding is made manifest through consultation” – Bahá’u’lláh Perfect peace has no historical antecedents. There has …

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 For sport to build peace, it needs to be coupled with educational processes and guaranteed commitment from  everyone involved, otherwise it can be a slippery roadmap argues Alvin Ma, 21, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Canada. At meetings for Commonwealth Sports Ministers convened to coincide with the London Olympics one summer ago, there were many posts on …

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