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Liberia: Muddy Waters.

There is less enthusiasm for her in Liberia, where many see her as a conventional politician who was once allied to the notorious Charles Taylor, now on trial at in the International Criminal Court in The Hague for a legion of human rights abuses. In the first presidential round with a large field of candidates, she received about 44 percent of the votes. The opposition, however, claims there were significant irregularities, and the chairman of the electoral commission resigned.

Pambazuka – The right to education.

The right to education is a fundamental human right, inseparable from people’s aspirations to a full and a wholly authentic democracy.

Laura Noonan: Here’s what is at stake if we don’t repay those Anglo bondholders – Analysis, Opinion – Independent.ie.

If a bank fails to honour one of its bonds, the rest of its bonds become payable immediately. In Anglo’s case, there will be about €12.5bn on bonds outstanding once today’s $1bn payment goes through. The last of those bonds don’t fall due until 2049, but Anglo could face demands for all of them today if it didn’t make the $1bn payment.

Population fears as ‘seven billionth’ baby born | Irish Examiner.

Debt crisis: How we got here.

2009

December : Greece’s debts shown to have reached €300 billion, or 113 per cent of GDP. Ratings agencies start to downgrade Greek banks and government debt………

Prince as kingmaker: Can an ex-warlord deliver Johnson-Sirleaf the Liberian presidency?.

Despite allegations of electoral fraud, Johnson has said that he will support Johnson-Sirleaf “for the sake of the nation,” and his own presidential ambitions in the 2017 elections.

New vaccine ‘to cut malaria risk by half’ – Africa – Al Jazeera English.

A new vaccine against malaria will help reduce African children’s risk
of acquiring the disease by about half, according to the first results
of an ongoing phase III trial. The vaccine has been developed by the
British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline’s lab in Belgium. Known
as RTS, the vaccine is the first of its kind to attempt to block a
parasite, rather than bacteria or viruses.

In the immediate aftermath of this spring’s revolution, something new
and unfamiliar happened in Egypt: women and men participated equally
in political events. But this article also notes: ‘Yet today,
political, economic and cultural barriers prevent women from being
accepted as full members of society. Egypt’s dwindling economy
prevents women from landing jobs in the public sector – which used to
offer guaranteed employment.’