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Szavanna joins the discussions about the cheetah and the hippo generation in Africa: “It is many times shocking what is going on in these non-profit organizations, there is a real “hippo behaviour” present amongst all of those people running the show and I feel many times I see no difference between government and non-profit politics - they make a big noise about issues - just like the Live Earth event - but no real change - as Femi Kuti says.”
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Ghana: Who Will benefit From Oil?
- Todd and John, thanks for your comments.
@ John -- you raise very important points. I think ...
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