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        <title><![CDATA[Nic Dawes - Writer/Commentator]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Nic Dawes is a writer and commentator on Africa and the developing world. He is a former deputy executive director of Human Rights Watch and was editor of South Africa's Mail & Guardian.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[East Africa Is Backsliding Dangerously]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The U.S. is enabling and ignoring the democratic retrenchment along the continent’s Indian Ocean coast. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2020 07:30:30 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A man covers his face to fight the effect of teargas while Zanzibar riot police carries out an operation after the opposition called for protests in Stone Town, on October 29, 2020 as tensions rise while the results of the general election are being announced. - Tanzania&apos;s main opposition presidential candidate on October 29, 2020 declared he would not recognise the election result as key seats fell to the ruling party in a vote he described as marred by irregularities. Counting was taking place across Tanzania and its semi-autonomous archipelago Zanzibar -- which also elects its own president and lawmakers -- where early results showed the opposition losing seats in some traditional strongholds. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP) (Photo by MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[G-20 Must Begin the Next Chapter in Multilateralism]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The cure for pandemic-ravaged economies lies in a commitment to debt-relief and spending.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2020 08:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Unidentified guests attend a meeting of Finance ministers and central bank governors of the G20 nations in the Saudi capital Riyadh on February 23, 2020. - The deadly coronavirus epidemic will dent global growth, the IMF warned, as G20 finance ministers and central bank governors weighed its economic ripple effects at a two-day gathering in Riyadh. (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE / AFP) (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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