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A Spotlight on Chinese Debt Bondage by Brahma Chellaney – Project Syndicate
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A Spotlight on Chinese Debt Bondage by Brahma Chellaney – Project Syndicate

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NEW DELHI – Recently released details of Kenya’s 2014 loan agreement with China to finance a controversial railway project have once again highlighted the predatory nature of Chinese lending in developing countries. The contract not only imposed virtually all risk on the borrower (including requiring binding arbitration in China to settle any dispute), but also…

The Long Blue Line: Saving Sunbeam—a deadly human trafficking case over 100 years ago
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The Long Blue Line: Saving Sunbeam—a deadly human trafficking case over 100 years ago

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It was early on the cold, windy morning of Wednesday, Dec. 17, 1919. The Coast Guard Cutter Manning commenced a slow, measured approach to the disabled schooner Sunbeam, adrift 150 miles off the Virginia Capes. Before the cutter was in position to shoot a messenger line across the schooner’s forecastle as the lead for a…

OCHA Sudan: Kassala State Profile (Updated September 2022) – ReliefWeb
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OCHA Sudan: Kassala State Profile (Updated September 2022) – ReliefWeb

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Details Background Kassala State is in eastern Sudan. It borders Gedaref, Khartoum, River Nile and Red Sea states and shares international borders with Eritrea and Ethiopia. Its state capital is Kassala town. Bani Aamer, Handandawa, Nuba, Rashaida, Shawigaa, Jaleen, Husa, and Halfaween are the major ethnic groups. Kassala receives on average less than 150 mm…