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Fierce debate in Nigeria about whether a national congress on its future should be convened shows that the country has a problem with political dialogue, according to Nnadozie Onyekuru, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Maiduguri. “So many of the great human dramas of our time are being played out on the Nigerian stage. For example, …

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In January, Jamaica’s new prime minister announced she intends to make her country a republic, some fifty years since formal independence from Britain. Other Commonwealth nations may soon follow suit, according to Wajahat Nassar, 24, from Pakistan. The question of whether to continue with a member of the British royal family as head of state …

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In January, Jamaica’s new prime minister announced she intends to make her country a republic, some fifty years since formal independence from Britain. Other Commonwealth nations may soon follow suit, according to Wajahat Nassar, 24, from Pakistan. The question of whether to continue with a member of the British royal family as head of state …

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Young Nigerians need to start making their minds up about the kind of leaders they will be when they eventually have access to power, writes Emmanuel Ojeifo, 26, from Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state in western Nigeria. Just imagine this scenario. Some elderly men in a car have just had a terrible accident because not one …

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Young Nigerians need to start making their minds up about the kind of leaders they will be when they eventually have access to power, writes Emmanuel Ojeifo, 26, from Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state in western Nigeria. Just imagine this scenario. Some elderly men in a car have just had a terrible accident because not one …

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The Australian Constitution is desperately outdated and sets the tone for discrimination and racism to be perpetrated under the law, says Francis Ventura, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Melbourne. Australia is a modern, accepting and multicultural nation. Everybody accepts that, apart from an unfortunate few outside the moderate and fair thinking mainstream. A country’s Constitution …

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The Australian Constitution is desperately outdated and sets the tone for discrimination and racism to be perpetrated under the law, says Francis Ventura, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Melbourne. Australia is a modern, accepting and multicultural nation. Everybody accepts that, apart from an unfortunate few outside the moderate and fair thinking mainstream. A country’s Constitution …

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A debate about Sunday horse racing has moved from the church and race track to the streets and universities as Jamaica grapples with the concept and reality of the separation of church and state, writes Shane Cunningham, 24, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Jamaica. A war of words has erupted in two Jamaican daily newspapers, launched …

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A debate about Sunday horse racing has moved from the church and race track to the streets and universities as Jamaica grapples with the concept and reality of the separation of church and state, writes Shane Cunningham, 24, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Jamaica. A war of words has erupted in two Jamaican daily newspapers, launched …

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