Rather than protecting some of the world’s most vulnerable children, many of Africa’s orphanages are exploiting them.
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White saviourism is simultaneously a state of mind and a concrete unequal power structure between the Global North and the Global South.
The international response to the refugee crisis in Ukraine has been impressive. But humanitarian aid is falling short to help refugees in other countries such as Bangladesh, Yemen and Ethiopia.
Though the Russian army dwarfs the strength of the Ukrainian army, the underdog has managed to resist during the early days of the Russian invasion. Military reforms are part of the reason.
The pervasive new argument is that China is upending the dominance of traditional Africa aid donors from the West. But a new study shows that while China is making inroads, the West is staying put.
In Ethiopia, the US pushes the diffusion of individual freedoms and China jockeys for collective economic betterment. Both the US and China could lose out if chaos spreads in the Horn of Africa.
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Associate Professor, Political Science, Radboud University
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Visiting Research Fellow, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
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Associate Professor of Honors and African History, University of Oklahoma
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