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Betting—you can't watch an EPL match on DSTV without seeing a betting company advertisement—is a tax on the young and poor.

French man, 86, issues historic apology for family’s role in transatlantic slavery Pierre Guillon de Prince believed to be first in France to formally apologise for ancestors’ allegiances to slavery An 86-year-old man has issued what is believed to be the first formal apology by someone in France for their family’s role in transatlantic slavery. Pierre Guillon de Prince’s ancestors, based in Nantes, which was the country’s largest port for transatlantic slavery, were shipowners who transported about 4,500 enslaved Africans and owned plantations in the Caribbean. Continue reading...

French man, 86, issues historic apology for family’s role in transatlantic slavery

Retooling Nigeria’s Industrial Policy to Deliver Real Economic Transformation By Franklin Iyamah | Industrial policy, which refers to the deliberate action by governments to drive growth in manufacturing, has returned to the centre of economic strategy around the world, first b...

Nigeria’s industrial-policy failures reflect a weak instrument mix as various governments have leaned too heavily on protectionist measures and discretionary incentives while underinvesting in the public goods that make manufacturing firms competitive. agorapolicy.org/research/pol...

Why African Borderlands Keep Burning | African Arguments Africa’s margins have become its main theatre of violence. From the Great Lakes region to the Sahel, armed groups exploit borderlands as safe havens and logistics hubs.

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Some F.O.O.D For Thought.
A small change in logic, not so much a change in rates.

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Opinion | Is It Too Much to Ask to Care About Sudan?

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Illicit Gold Mining Is Fueling Gang Violence in Niger State’s Capital City - HumAngle Illegal gold mining in Niger state has fuelled gang violence ever since gold was discovered in certain metropolitan parts of the town.

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How far the apple falls: Evidence on social mobility across OECD countries | CEPR Understanding levels and patters of intergenerational social mobility can help in designing policy mixes that enhance both drivers of economic growth and equality of opportunity. This column provides new cross-country estimates of intergenerational social mobility for 29 OECD countries. Parental background exerts a significant influence on offsprings’ socioeconomic outcomes, though with a different extent across countries. Education is a key channel of intergenerational mobility.

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But alas....there is another reason why the prices have spiked so quickly...........

UN resolution urges reparations for slavery’s ‘historical wrongs’ | UN News Applause erupted in the UN General Assembly Hall on Wednesday as Member States adopted a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity.

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“With its potential to generate up to $5 trillion in value by 2030, the metaverse is too big for companies to ignore,” a 2022 McKinsey report said. It added that 15 percent of corporate revenue would be derived from the metaverse by 2027.
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The Long Farewell to Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse - The New York Times Meta announced changes that effectively leave Mr. Zuckerberg’s vision of an immersive digital world based in virtual reality only on life support.

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lol @ subsidy for the NHS

“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.

Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability.

(Published July 2025)

V-Dem calls the period between 2005 & 2025 the "great reversal" in democracy, only 7% of the world population currently living in liberal democracies, the lowest in 50 years.

Which communication technologies have dominated our public sphere over the past 20 years? Our misery machines.

Eradicating malaria could deliver much larger economic gains in sub-Saharan Africa than previously believed. The new generation of malaria vaccines provides a highly cost-effective way to realise these benefits.

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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds | Climate crisis | The Guardian Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

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Shea : What happened next
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Statistics of Kagawa as they say : "crushing capacity had risen to nearly 300,000 metric tonnes annually; that farmer incomes had risen significantly; and that shea butter exports had increased by 250 per cent within a single year"

The decline of slavery and forced labor is one of the biggest social and economic changes in history.

In a new article, we provide a quantitative, bird’s-eye perspective.

We show that almost all countries have ended large-scale forced labor, often surprisingly recently.

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Tracking historical progress against slavery and forced labor: a long-run data view - Our World in Data Almost all countries have ended large-scale forced labor, often surprisingly recently.

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I have not read the book yet. It is on my reading list once it arrives in my mailbox. But i am sceptical of the transcending ethnic lines plot. But I will reserve comments until I read it.

Early warning system for food insecurity miss millions in crisis The leading global early warning system for acute food insecurity systematically underestimates the scale of crisis-level hunger, missing around one in five people affected. As a result, global assessments significantly understate the scope of global humanitarian need, with serious consequences for the timing and adequacy of aid to vulnerable populations.

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Important findings from today's article

1. The scope of global humanitarian need is larger than current estimates suggest.

2. The challenges of measuring food insecurity contribute to the systematic underestimation of food insecurity.

A Nigerian fishing festival returns to the joy of the community, despite setbacks | AP News Thousands of fishermen have descended on the Matan Fadan river, a UNESCO heritage site that snakes through lush vegetation in the village of Argungu in Nigeria’s northwest.

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Leonard Wantchekon: How the slave trade created mistrust and held back GDP growth in West Africa YouTube video by CORE Econ

Can social mistrust be a permanent barrier to growth?
Leonard Wantchekon discusses how the Atlantic slave trade created a culture of mistrust that still hampers economic cooperation & #GDP growth. Thanks to University of London & the Convocation Trust for their partnership. youtu.be/qvasGLLf7cA?...