Through the summer, I’ve had a few excuses for the links showing up at random times, or disappearing: technical disasters, our automated system crashing, unexpected illnesses and the like. But for the next two weeks, it will be none of these things that keep these links away from you: I am going on an honest-to-god holiday, the kind with beaches, pools, Dashiell Hammett and John Mortimer by the pool (in book form, I’m not having a holiday with a medium) and my son eating all the prawns off my plate. I haven’t quite finished my whole to-do list, so I’ll be working for another couple of hours yet, but once I cross off the last item from that list, I’m closing my laptop and ignoring my emails for the first time in a long time.
Economics & Marginalia: August 11, 2023 cgdev.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cgdev.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In post-coup Niger, many salute liberation despite outcry arabnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from arabnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The coup that shook Niger nearly two weeks ago triggered an international outcry and curbs on domestic freedoms, yet many people in the capital say the change is a breath of fresh air.