In the international media the word Pakistan has become synonymous with terror and lawlessness, a place in which the state is incompetent, writes Aamir Aziz, a Pakistani writer now living in Leiden, in The Netherlands. Hardly a day goes by without Pakistan featuring in international headlines with news of bloodshed, natural catastrophe, social disharmony, political …
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The pitfalls identified in New Zealand’s general election on 26 November go to show that political parties need to get their head around social media, and fast, reports Commonwealth Correspondent Eva Maria, 21. Media coverage of the recent New Zealand elections was described by many as uneventful. The country was buzzing, as National and Labour …
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The pitfalls identified in New Zealand’s general election on 26 November go to show that political parties need to get their head around social media, and fast, reports Commonwealth Correspondent Eva Maria, 21. Media coverage of the recent New Zealand elections was described by many as uneventful. The country was buzzing, as National and Labour …
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The race to decide who will challenge US President Barack Obama in November has been dominated by debate over gay marriage and contraception, rather than pressing issues such as healthcare, foreign policy and terrorism, reports Ryan Bachoo, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad & Tobago. I sat down this weekend to watch Round II of …
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The race to decide who will challenge US President Barack Obama in November has been dominated by debate over gay marriage and contraception, rather than pressing issues such as healthcare, foreign policy and terrorism, reports Ryan Bachoo, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad & Tobago. I sat down this weekend to watch Round II of …
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If a Nigerian governor substitutes merit for nepotism, it is partly because it is the only guarantee to enjoy retirement at the hands of friends, family and townsmen, writes Nnadozie Onyekuru, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Maiduguri. “There is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian land or climate or water or air or anything else. The …
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If a Nigerian governor substitutes merit for nepotism, it is partly because it is the only guarantee to enjoy retirement at the hands of friends, family and townsmen, writes Nnadozie Onyekuru, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Maiduguri. “There is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian land or climate or water or air or anything else. The …
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Fierce debate in Nigeria about whether a national congress on its future should be convened shows that the country has a problem with political dialogue, according to Nnadozie Onyekuru, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Maiduguri. “So many of the great human dramas of our time are being played out on the Nigerian stage. For example, …
“I say to myself that Nigeria’s golden age is just a dialogue away” Read More »
Fierce debate in Nigeria about whether a national congress on its future should be convened shows that the country has a problem with political dialogue, according to Nnadozie Onyekuru, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Maiduguri. “So many of the great human dramas of our time are being played out on the Nigerian stage. For example, …
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Young Nigerians need to start making their minds up about the kind of leaders they will be when they eventually have access to power, writes Emmanuel Ojeifo, 26, from Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state in western Nigeria. Just imagine this scenario. Some elderly men in a car have just had a terrible accident because not one …
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