The Office Building Doing What the U.N. Hasn’t: Bringing Harmony to Factions of a Civil War
The property manager of a shabby office building in this congested East African capital has achieved what the U.S., U.N. and ...
Faster than Usain Bolt at the same age: The Ipswich schoolboy turned $6 million man
He gets a rubdown. Eats a banana. And heads to the cool-room at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre in Brisbane to lace ...
Why Helsinki Is Worth Visiting for the Architecture Alone
With its radical buildings by Eliel Saarinen and Alvar Aalto, the Finnish capital is one of Europe’s most fascinating, if ...
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The Travel Agent Who Brokered Peace Between Rivals in a Brutal Civil War
KAMPALA, Uganda—The property manager of a shabby office building in this congested East ... Tens of thousands of people on both sides of Sudan’s brutal two-year civil war have sought safety ...
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'Tortured and terrified' - BBC witnesses the battle for Khartoum
In recent weeks troops have mostly encircled Khartoum, coming up from the south after surging through central Sudan, and clearing ... of damaged and ransacked buildings - some of them blackened ...
Indiatimes5d
The cheat code to building your brand (and climbing up the corporate ladder!)
The corporate workspace is a tricky place - one one hand you have to give in your 100%, on the other, you also have to make sure you are heard, seen, followed and looked upto. While leadership is ...
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The 9 Brutalist Wonders of the Architecture World
it's always a testament to the fickle whims of fashion and fancy when something way out of style becomes so beloved again. Culture is a vulture. In the architecture world, it's all about the re ...
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Rights group says Lebanon court landmark ruling must end torture and impunity
Amnesty International stated Wednesday that Lebanon’s recent Shura Council ruling in actor Ziad Itani’s case signifies a pivotal moment in the battle against torture and impunity. Amnesty said the ...
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Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Nicholas Bariyo is a reporter covering East Africa and the Great Lakes Region for The Wall Street Journal’s Africa bureau. He is based in Kampala, Uganda, where he writes about politics ...
The Guardian Nigeria6d
Uganda army chief says troops deployed to S.Sudan capital
Ugandan special forces have been deployed to South Sudan's capital, the Ugandan army chief said Tuesday, after rising tensions that have threatened a fragile peace agreement. Impoverished South ...
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Syria Executions, Duterte Arrest, Sudan Health Crisis
Dire conditions continue for civilians in need of healthcare in Sudan Humanitarian partners in Sudan's war-ravaged ... and edited for clarity, style and length. Mirage.News does not take institutional ...