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The bizarre death rituals of termites and their queens

Boing Boing 

I have never seen a creature more grotesque than a queen termite.

I'm usually not too squeamish about bugs, but after seeing what a queen termite looks and acts like, I want to hide inside of an air-tight, bug-proof, plastic box for the rest of my life. — Read the rest

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South Africa Tiptoes Towards Coalition Politics – OpEd

Eurasia Review 

The results of the election to the South African parliament on Friday confirmed the widely-held belief that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) which spearheaded the country’s liberation from apartheid in 1993 and since dominated the political landscape like a banyan tree is in steep decline. ANC’s vote share plummeted from 57.5 percent in the 2019 election to around 40%. 

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US courts El Salvador's president as migration overtakes democracy concerns

Voice of America 

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — In 2021, the Biden administration turned down a meeting request with El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, on a trip to Washington, snubbing the self-proclaimed "world's coolest dictator" for fear a photo op would embolden his attempts to expand his power base.  A little more than three years later, it's the United States that's courting Bukele. A high-level delegation led by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and senior White House and State Department officials... Читать дальше...

How I lost confidence in PDP NWC – Ex-BoT member

The Punch 

Governor Godwin Obaseki’s former ally and ex-Board of Trustees member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Charles Idahosa, speaks to ADEYINKA ADEDIPE about how he parted ways with the governor and rejoined the All Progressives Congress, among other issues At what point did you think it was time to part ways with Governor Godwin Obaseki having

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