Democratic front-runner Barack Obama[BELOW] says rival Hillary Clinton may have to quit if he wins in Texas and Ohio. She says she will stay the course
The Young Obama who is vying for US presidencySince the nationwide Super Tuesday contests on 5 February, Mr Obama has won 11 states in succession and leads Mrs Clinton in the delegate count.
Mr Obama with his Gand ma in Kenya
Mr Obama currently has 1,385 delegates to Mrs Clinton's 1,276, according to AP. A total of 2,025 is needed to secure the Democratic Party's nomination.
CHINA IN AFRICA
'The 'third tier' of globalization: African traders in Guangzhou',
Prof. Michal Lyons (South Bank University), Alison Brown (Cardiff University) and Zhigang Li (Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou),
5 March 2008 5-7pm Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS Main building.
Synopsis
Synopsis
In recent years, Chinese and African trading cities have witnessed rapid social, cultural and physical change which has accompanied the China's boom in manufacturing and exports, on the one hand, and the boom in commerce in imported goods to Africa, on the other. A small but increasingly significant element of this growth has been the China- to Africa trade. The opening of China's economy has created new spaces for migrant entrepreneurs, for example in Guangzhou where temporary and permanent African migrants, active in the import / export of small-scale manufactured goods to the African sub-continent, are creating new markets in global trade, transforming social and business relations, and reconfiguring urban space on both continents.This paper draws on a pilot study by the authors in Guangzhou in 2007 to challenge established models of global city growth developed by Sassen and others, identifying the critical role of middle class of migrant entrepreneurs in promoting a trade which is having profound impacts on the host city, as on receiving countries in Africa and beyond.
-- Daniel Large Research Director, Africa Asia Centre, SOAS, 36 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PD
-- Daniel Large Research Director, Africa Asia Centre, SOAS, 36 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PD
STEPPING BACK FROM THE ABYSS
A Talk byJOHN GITHONGOon Tuesday, 18th March 2008At 7.00 pm (Doors open at 6.30 pm)at Victory Services Club, 63-79 Seymour Street , London W2Close to Edgware Road & Marble Arch (Carisbrooke Hall entrance)
There will be a Cash Bar before and after the Talk John Githongo is a former Kenyan journalist who investigated bribery and fraud in his own country. After the 2002 elections, he was appointed byPresident Kibaki as Permanent Secretary for Governance and Ethics, but became disillusioned by the Government's lack of commitment to endinggrand corruption in the wake of the Ango-Leasing scandal.
In February 2005, he went into self-imposed exile in the UK and resigned his Governmentpostion becoming a senior Associate member at St. Antony's College, Oxford . He continues to make a powerful impact in Kenya , to which he will surely return at some point to make a major contribution to his country.
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