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Why Africa is failing

Civilizations are fragile, impermanent things -Joseph Tainter Seeing flickering images of chaos in many forms like a social backlash against austere economic decline, stark manifestations of a loss of social cohesion, a persistent demonstration of angry bodies, thrashing, pelting armed riot police, and bringing down prized infrastructure on TV, is a common thing these days, as...

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Las Vegas’ Airport Might Be Renamed For Harry Reid, Who Once Marveled How Obama Had ‘No Negro Dialect’

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Sad news: Greyhound buses 'close operations', all services end this month

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Quinton de Kock will be relieved of Test captaincy after Pakistan series

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Black Panther's Ryan Coogler set to develop Wakanda series - Face2Face Africa

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Morehouse College Announces Online Courses Beginning August 2021

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