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		<title>As our narrative on Africa shrinks, the continent rises</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (15th January, 2018) For a brief moment Donald Trump sounded presidential on Friday as he signed a proclamation to mark the public holiday [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Independent (23rd November, 2015) France is not the only part of Europe under a state of emergency. All four power lines supplying electricity to two [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by CapX (20th November, 2015) &#38; The Independent (21st November, 2015) So here we go again. First the tragic slaughter of innocents in Paris, followed by that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2013 11:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Independent (December 19th, 2013) Like any father, Ethan James Feltham was looking forward to Christmas with his wife and their new son. But instead he [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Independent (December 6th, 2013) Under the blistering midday sun, two young musicians shook hands. &#8216;Would you like to rap on a track I’ve done?&#8217; asked [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Support journalists, not countries that jail them</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2013 08:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Guardian (August 5th, 2013) &#8216;I am jailed, with around 200 other inmates, in a wide hall that looks like a warehouse. For all of us, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Guardian (July 27th, 2013) In Swindon a young man lies in hospital critically ill after taking a green pill stamped with a dollar sign. Last [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Legalising drugs would be the perfect Tory policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Guardian (February 19th, 2013) A few weeks ago I had a coffee with one of the most admired Tory thinkers. A radical libertarian, he spent [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Save lives Mr Cameron, but don’t imagine you need to save Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Independent (February 2nd, 2013) This week, the Prime Minister went to Africa.Struggling to achieve anything at home thanks to the shaky state of her coalition, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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