Tag: Zimbabwe

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What is happening in Zimbabwe, and why should we care?

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While Americans struggle to cope with sexual assault claims on renowned politicians such as U.S. Sen. Al Franken, a major shake-up has occurred in Southern African politics.  Zimbabwe is a quasi-democratic country – despite the systems supposedly in place, the current prime minister has been in charge without interruption since 1980. Ninety-three-year-old Robert Mugabe’s reign […]

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Canned hunting: the factory farming that is killing lions

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With recent intense backlash against the slaying of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe by an American dentist, Walter Palmer, illegal hunting has been in the spotlight — and for good reason. Palmer lured Cecil out of a national park to just outside the barriers where the hunt was legal. It’s easy to see why people […]

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