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Standard Digital / Nairobi, Kenya
Growth in Kenya should lift everyone
鈥淸T]he latest World Bank report projects that Kenya will be the fastest growing economy in Sub-Saharan Africa with a steady 6.2 per cent annual growth rate...,鈥� . 鈥淲e must however take cognisance of the fact that Kenya will need foreign investors to partner with the Government to realise greater growth. With this in mind, the Government must create a conducive environment for investors in the country.... Whereas projections for Kenya鈥檚 economy show improvement, the average citizen remains steeped in poverty.... As the Government seeks to address inequalities, it must [also] improve the quality of life of its citizens.鈥�

Mail & Guardian / Johannesburg, South Africa
Work toward religious diversity in Cameroon
鈥淲hile Cameroon has no history of religious violence, the growing popularity of radical movements is now putting the climate of religious tolerance at risk 鈥� with likely violent consequences...,鈥� , an analyst for Crisis Group. 鈥淒istracted by the brutality of Boko Haram鈥檚 campaign, Cameroon鈥檚 political and religious authorities underestimate the polarising effect of these underlying religious changes.... The government should immediately improve its monitoring of fundamentalist proselytisation, reform the country鈥檚 Muslim Koranic schools and create representative bodies for revivalist churches and Muslim communities. It should also ... promote interreligious dialogue, and improve communities鈥� understanding of how to stop religious differences [from] turning violent.鈥�

Les Echos / Paris
To win against Islamic State, more boots on the ground
鈥淎fter two world wars, the construction of a peaceful European coexistence and the United Nations鈥� system, pacifism itself has become second nature for most Westerners. The idea of a 鈥榡ust war,鈥� which used to be all too common, now seems strange, unreal or even obscene...,鈥� , a French academic and philosopher. 鈥淎fter some time, we surely understand that to eradicate savagery, it was necessary to take up arms. But we鈥檝e failed to grasp the direct connection with the present. Until now, at least.... [G]iven the nature of [Islamic State], of how it acts and what it can become, it seems now as if a war on the ground is the only solution that remains. Of course, it鈥檚 also the worst solution. Except, maybe, for all the others.鈥�

The Daily Star / Dhaka, Bangladesh
Workingwomen improve society overall
鈥淎t 36 percent, Bangladesh has fared better than most South Asian countries in terms of women鈥檚 participation in the workforce and the World Bank has rightly hailed the country as a model to emphasise the need for investing more [in] women...,鈥� . 鈥淎mple research shows that investing in women will bring benefits to our collective future, leading to stronger local economies as women save more than men and a higher savings rate translates into a higher tax base. Several studies also show that women spend more of their earnings on food, healthcare, home improvement and schooling for children, thus bringing about wellbeing of society in general.鈥�

New Zealand Herald / Auckland, New Zealand
Americans love their guns
鈥淒ays after another mass killing, this time at an Oregon community college, [Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton] unveiled an ambitious new set of controls on the selling of firearms.... If she is elected, Mrs Clinton will face no easier a task than Mr Obama. First, there is the shameful opposition to reform by the Republican Party, which controls Congress...,鈥� . 鈥淏ut, most fundamentally, she will have to change the mindset of many Americans. They value freedom and liberty, as enshrined in the US Constitution, above all else.... This dates from a time when militias were maintained, and has no relevance today.... And as common as mass shootings have become, many, astoundingly, still see no reason to surrender that right鈥� to bear arms.