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Africa: U.S. Is a 'Danger to the World', Warns Top Economist
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 29 September 2017
"The horrible realisation for me in the last 15 years ... is we're not taking care of ourselves and more than that, we're a danger to the world" Read more »
U.S. Is a 'Danger to the World', Warns Top Economist
A global push to end poverty and hunger, and combat climate change by 2030 is at risk from American "militarism", powerful business interests and the actions of President Donald Trump, leading U.S. economist and U.N. special adviser Jeffrey Sachs has said.
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Africa: Trump's Friends 'Trying to Get Rich' in Africa Should Be a Wake-Up Call
Nation, 25 September 2017
Last week, a speech by US President Donald Trump to African leaders revealed once more the intentions of some Western "investors" in Africa. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: President Hits Out At Trump
The Herald, 22 September 2017
President Mugabe has said the world is "embarrassed, if not frightened" by what appears to be a return of the biblical Goliath in reference to US President Donald Trump, whose… Read more »
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South Africa: Zuma Schools Trump On Climate at United Nations
News24Wire, 21 September 2017
President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday declared in his address at the UN that climate change was real. Read more »
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Africa: Does Trump's Administration Have an Africa Policy?
AfricaFocus, 23 August 2017
"Africa is terra incognita for the Trump Administration: a continent it cares little - and understands even less - about. With no dyed-in-the-wool Trumpian Africa hands available,… Read more »
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Africa: Trump Climate Action Would Hurt Africa, Activists Say
VOA, 3 June 2017
President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord could have a negative impact in Africa, say environmental activists on the continent. Read more »
InFocus
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"The days of non-reciprocal trade arrangements are gone," according to Witney Schneidman and Moyombuya Ngubula from the Brookings Institution's African Growth Initiative. It is ... Read more »
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President Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change will be greeted with anger across the African continent - but with or without ... Read more »
