Capitalism Asks Starving Poor Masses to "Voluntarily" withhold their Appetite in the Name of the Free Market to Protect Price Stability.

Grains piled on runways, parking lots, fields amid global glutIowa farmer Karl Fox is drowning in corn ( Read more... )

HRW: Boko Haram refugees in Nigeria raped by officials

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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has responded to criticism from his wife by saying she belongs in his kitchen.


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Boko Haram: 'Senior fighters killed' in Nigeria raid

Group's leader Abubakar Shekau believed to be fatally wounded in air strike carried out by the military, say officials


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BRUSSELS - The summer dying season is underway. It began in earnest late last month when, under a bright Mediterranean sun that cast the sea a sparkling blue, a fishing trawler teetered on its side before giving in to the panicked bodies on board, tipping them into the swell. The Italian Coast Guard caught the moment on camera. On the shore of ( Read more... )

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Since the mass abduction of the schoolgirls by Islamic extremists three months ago, at least 11 of their parents have died and their hometown, Chibok, is under siege from the militants, residents report.

Seven fathers of kidnapped girls were among 51 bodies brought to Chibok hospital after an attack on the nearby village of Kautakari this month, ( Read more... )

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'Chinua Achebe - Biography'

Born in Nigeria in 1930, Chinua Achebe attended the University of Ibadan. In 1958, his groundbreaking novel Things Fall Apart was published. It went on to sell more than 12 million copies and been translated into more than 50 languages. Achebe later served as the David and Marianna Fisher University professor and ( Read more... )