When I heard that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had died, the Falklands islands jumped to mind. My first impressions of Thatcher were defined by the disputes over these islands. In 1982, Argentine forces invaded this archipelago provoking the wrath of the Iron Lady. Thatcher decisively sent off the British military, 8000 miles away…
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It Is Easy To Forget That Miraa Is A Hard Drug
The first time, I went to Tanzania in the late 90s, I was really surprised to learn that miraa was classified as an illegal drug. I recall my Tanzanians mates looking at me wide eyed when I told them that one could pick up a bunch at any busy bus park and chew their way…