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Harare, Zimbabwe
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A brilliant interview about city priorities and the governance challenges. Candid about the problems. Honest with the analysis. Clear on the way forward. 👏 @DavidColtart
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Bulawayo Mayor @DavidColtart says poor policing of the Nyamandlovu Aquifer, managed by ZINWA, has led to widespread vandalism of boreholes, reducing water delivery to the city to just 9 megalitres a day.
Watch the full interview: youtu.be/o3t7VA8bXoo?si=iQFV…
Superbly articulate @rshorsey. Nuanced description and analysis of the ecosystem of personalities, culture, history and geopolitics in and around Myanmar. Tragic situation @CrisisGroup
Will Myanmar’s Devastating Earthquake Impact its Civil War? shows.acast.com/60b001bcdb92… via @acast
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Gambling for Development in 30 points.
1. The argument
2. What it means for international development efforts?
3. What it means for research?
4. What is missing?
5. Who may like reading this book and why? 1/n
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it’s the annus horribilis,
the voldemort of years,
the year that must not be spoken,
welcome to 2024
@gzeromedia
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“THE PATRILINEAL TRAP”
- Jobs pay too little to compensate for loss of honour
- Women rarely leave the village
- Everyone anticipates condemnation
- Women remain secluded & dependent on patriarchs
- Loving mothers care for their sons, who seek housewives
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Very powerful New Year’s Address by President Zelenskyy. Instead of picking one line, I want to wholeheartedly recommend you to watch the complete speech. I promise, it is worth every minute.
Video via @walter_report
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“It’s just summer.” 🙄 xitter.cf/BestForBritain/status/…
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Two months ago I said that the fight for the Donbas would have little bearing on the outcome of the war
Now as that fight moves into its attritional phase, Putin's evolving strategy is becoming quite clear. He believes time is on his side. And he may be right 🧵
Excellent thread. @FCDOREDGCSD
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This is a very important part of this story that hasn’t got very much attention
Ukraine is one of the world’s largest producers of grain. The war threatens farmers’ ability to fertilise these fields and will affect planting and harvesting if it doesn’t stop. reuters.com/world/ukraines-f…
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Many people are thinking about potential compromises leading to peace in Ukraine. Yet to understand what's at stake for Putin one must keep in mind that this war didn't start in 2022, it started in 2014. For Putin, destroying Ukraine's independence has become an obsession.
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Come On!!!!!!!!
Access to BBC websites has been restricted in Russia - here’s advice on how to access BBC News bit.ly/3pEgZL7
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Chartbook #93 just dropped
Russia's $720m per day gas windfall - the lopsided economic war , by @adam_tooze adamtooze.substack.com/p/cha…
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Long thread about how I think the first 96 hours have gone, still very early/incomplete impressions. The initial Russian operation was premised on terrible assumptions about Ukraine’s ability & will to fight, and an unworkable concept of operations. Moscow badly miscalculated. 1/
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This is really powerful stuff & absolutely worth 9 mins of your day. Authentic, measured & compelling. As @ZelenskyyUa says so eloquently, if Putin won’t engage diplomatically, maybe millions of angry Russian voices can wake him up?
#StandWithUkraine
