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Burkina Faso Sovereignty: 7 Lessons from a Revolution Without Reform

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. It is edited and managed by the International African Institute, hosted at SOAS University of London, the owners of the book series of the same name.

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5 Key Facts About the Man Arrested for Killing Baby Who Escaped from Limpopo Hospital

The man arrested for killing a baby has shockingly escaped from Tshilidzini Hospital in Limpopo. This alarming incident has raised serious concerns about hospital security and ongoing criminal investigations. The suspect, a 29-year-old man, was originally detained after allegedly strangling a 14-month-old baby to death, a horrific crime that has gripped the Limpopo community and the nation at large.

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53 Dead in Powerful 6.8-Magnitude Earthquake in Tibet – Quake Shakes Nepal, India, and Bhutan

A powerful Tibet earthquake 2025 struck Tingri County at 9:05 a.m. local time (01:05 GMT) on January 7, 2025. According to the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC), the magnitude was 6.8 with a shallow depth of 10 km. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) later upgraded it to magnitude 7.1. The epicenter was within the Everest region, about 80 km north of Mount Everest. This Himalayan earthquake caused widespread shaking across southwestern China, Nepal, Bhutan, and northern India.
Official reports confirm at least 53 fatalities and 62 injuries in Tibet, though some Tibetan sources estimate as many as 126 or more deaths. This seismic event underscores the ongoing vulnerability of the Himalayan region to major earthquakes due to the collision between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. The earthquake is part of a continuing sequence of seismic activity in the Himalayan seismic zone.

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