Many of the players in Sudan’s pending South Sudan referendum that most suspect will lead to a vote for independence. South Sudanese political parties are getting their ducks in a row for the anticipated secession. From Khartoum Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir promises that there will not be a return to civil war after January’s vote. […]
I don’t understand the FIFA world rankings. And I doubt you understand the FIFA world rankings. Largely because the FIFA world rankings make little sense. But the latest FIFA world rankings are nonetheless available for us all not to understand. Ten African teams make the top 50, with Egypt (11), Ghana (17), and Ivory Coast […]
Really? The Namibian newspaper is reporting that Sam Nujoma, the founding President of Namibia, is condemning attempts to legalize prostitution in the country. Nujoma claims that prostitution never has been part of the the African people’s culture, but was brought to the continent by Africa’s colonial powers. He is quoted saying, “we have destroyed colonialism, […]
Robert Mugabe is rattling sabers about ending Zimbabwe’s coalition government, in which he and his ZANU-PF party has reluctantly shared power with Morgan Tsvangirai and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Mugabe recently appointed some senior government officials without Tsvangirai’s input and naturally the MDC leader and Prime Minister finds such unilateralism unacceptable. Tsvangirai sees […]
Quoting AFP, AfricaNews is reporting that the US Agency for International Development (USAid) has donated $10m to a project aimed at combating sexual violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC) where armed groups and rebel militias attack and raped civilians. Certainly this is welcome news, but it should not end here. All […]
South Sudan Trains Future Police Force: Margaret Besheer | Rejaf, South Sudan 16 October 2010 South Sudan police cadets are training ahead of the upcoming referendum on independence. In southern Sudan preparations are underway for the referendum scheduled for January 9 that will decide whether that part of the country secedes from the north. Part […]
So George Clooney and celebrity Africa activist John Prendergast think that we (the US, its allies) need to do more with regard to the situation in the Sudan. Fair enough. Prendergast has long been an advocate for the Sudanese people and while I could do with less of his retiring-to-the-fainting-couch appeals to emotion, and while […]
AfricaNews is reporting that a Zimbabwean security consultant and a Somali aid worker working for Save the Children organization were kidnapped by unknown gunmen armed with heavy machine-guns in the town of Adado near the Ethiopian border. The security consultant who is also believed to be a British national had reportedly gone to Adado to […]
Yet another great way to shed some perspective on African geography: Accompanied by this: [Hat Tip.]
One thing that bothered me about Kenya’s new constitution was that the US government lobbied heavily and spent $23 million (including funding NGOs) to bring about a “yes” vote. Vice President Biden, who personally traveled to Kenya, was quoted in the media saying that Kenya’s new constitution would “allow money to flow” from the US foreign […]
“The conviction therefore that our past tells us that the time for Africa’s Renaissance has come, is fundamental to the very conceptualization of this Renaissance and the answer to the question: Whence this confidence? Unless we are able to answer the question “Who were we?” we will not be able to answer the question “What […]
(Mandela with Conversations With Myself, Mail & Guardian.) Nelson Mandela’s new book, Conversations with Myself, which contains excerpts of his private journals, letters and personal notes, was released today across the globe. Barack Obama wrote the book’s foreword.
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