Ken Opalo
INSTITUTIONS & DEVELOPMENT. Asst. Prof @Georgetown. Affiliate @HoyaAfrica, @gui2de_GU, @BrookingsInst & @EGAPTweets. Lifetime travel companion of @vkwhatt.
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Ken Opalo
EU prepares to delay Brexit until May 7 via @FT
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Tropical Cyclone Idai may have killed more than 1,000 in Mozambique
More than 1.5m people have been affected
Ken Opalo
Beira’s battering: Tropical Cyclone Idai may have killed more than 1,000 in #Mozambique economist.com/middle-east-an… via @TheEconomist
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Parties pick new candidates as anti-incumbency plays spoiler
Rebalancing of local caste equations one of the reasons why parties tend to change their candidates.
Drought deaths fake news, says Ruto
DP dismisses media reports that at least 11 people have died.
Ken Opalo
Really odd approach to this tragic crisis from @WilliamSRuto:
Drought deaths fake news, says Ruto nation.co.ke/news/Drought-d… via @dailynation
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Cyclone Idai death toll to exceed 500, Zimbabwe's military says
Rescue crews were still struggling to reach victims five days later, while aid groups said many survivors were trapped in remote areas
Bridging the Gap in the Nile Waters Dispute
Ethiopia is building a mighty dam on the Blue Nile, promising economic benefits for both itself and Sudan. But Egypt fears for its freshwater supply. The parties should agree on how fast to fill the dam’s reservoir and how to share river waters...
Cyclone Idai May Be ‘One of the Worst’ Disasters in the Southern Hemisphere
A United Nations official said workers had described “water and water for miles and miles,” resembling an inland ocean where homes and towns had stood.
Ken Opalo
Cyclone Idai may be one of the worst natural disasters ever in Southern Africa: nytimes.com/2019/03/19/wor… via @nytimes #Mozambique #Malawi #Zimbabwe
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‘I Put My Work In’: Honest College Applicants Await Their Fates
Unlike the parents indicted by federal prosecutors last week in the college admissions scandal, these students have followed the rules.
The Dam Has Broken. Time to Call Jubilee Plunder What It Is
To budget anything from a quarter to a third of the country’s annual GDP for stealing — to then borrow it, steal it, feign outrage, compromise parliament, and diffuse public anger with ineffectual corruption investigations, again and again and again...
Cyclone Idai leaves trail of death, destruction and homelessness in southern Africa | Oxfam International
Oxfam will be responding with water, sanitation services, food and other non-food items to people affected by Cyclone Idai that hit Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
'Horrifying' damage from Cyclone Idai
More than 150 people have died as the tropical storm swept across Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
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Ken Opalo
Cyclone Idai: #Mozambique president says 1,000 may have died bbc.com/news/world-afr… via @BBCNews
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#Japan faces stadium construction delays over bolts shortage ft.com/content/894266… via @FT #RugbyWorldCup
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The 8-Year-Old Homeless Refugee Chess Champion
Overcoming life’s basic truth: Talent is universal, but opportunity is not.
How a Demon-Slaying Pentecostal Billionaire Is Ushering in a Post-Catholic Brazil
Edir Macedo has a church, a bank, a TV channel, and a Moses complex. And with the election of Jair Bolsonaro, he has emerged as the country’s most controversial kingmaker.
Africa has forgotten the women leaders of its independence struggle
Women were pivotal to Africa's liberation parties, though they were often pigeonholed with the less powerful women’s wing of the party
Macron Covers New Ground in East Africa, but France’s Basic Message Is the Same
French President Emmanuel Macron stressed familiar themes on recent stops in Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya, underscoring the priorities of a government that has no plans to fundamentally alter its role in Africa. Read up on that and other stories...
7 African countries whose Parliament buildings today stand tall courtesy of Chinese money
7 African countries whose Parliament buildings were built by Chinese money