Three countries, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Morocco, have placed bids to host the 2015 and 2017 African Cup of Nations. South Africa just successfully hosted the World Cup. Morocco was a finalist to host that event before South Africa emerged victorious. Even the romantics in the CAF cannot possibly think rewarding […]
Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe may be a certified critic of the West, except that those words in the quotes bellow are not his but that of General Paul Kagame, the darling of the West, of Rwanda. Kagame, the rebel-hero who defeated the genocidal government in July 1994, has been accused of heavy-handed crackdown on his […]
The BBC recently ran a wonderful slideshow feature on South Africa in pictures, 1950-2000. Have a great weekend.
Let’s face it — Zanzibar does not get a whole lot of face time even in circles where African affairs are on the front burner. I’m as guilty of this sin of omission as anyone — according to my “Categories” list, I have yet to devote an entry to Zanzibar. Well, consider that sin rectified […]
Is anyone listening? Whether development aid or good governance, an increasing number of Africans are questioning the rhetoric around these goals. Valid or not, I think their criticism should not just be shrugged off. The truth is, when it comes to Africa, there is an unspoken code among the International Development Community (including the UN) […]
“Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is relinquishing his position as president of the larger faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) next year,” reports AfricaNews. The change in the MDC-T leadership comes as a result of the party constitutional term limit, which allows an incumbent to hold office for a maximum of two five-year […]
I should have written about this last week, but the United States has taken steps to strengthen ties with Somaliland and Puntland, the two regions that have broken free from Somalia and which possibly represent the best real chance for success in the region. I am not suggesting that it is a good idea to […]
On Facebook, a Namibian citizen journalist is reporting that the Ministry of Information has embarked on a nation-wide survey to Namibia’s thirteen political regions to get “people’s opinion on the branding of a new Nationhood and National Pride campaign, dubbed “My Namibia.” No big surprise there! But if this is not a new low for […]
Johannesburg-based writer Christopher Vourlias had a nice travel piece in the Washington Post a while back on Tanzania’s Central Line. Avoiding most of the hoariest cliches of African travel he still invoked the romance of working one’s way across country by train.
According to Reuters, “Repairs to sabotaged oil facilities in the Niger Delta and new production from deepwater projects should help cement Nigeria’s place as Africa’s top crude oil producer, a role it reclaimed this year.” Angola briefly supplanted Nigeria as the continent’s top producer, but all things being equal, Nigeria probably has significant advantages over […]
Unless you are from mars, there is a high chance that you probably heard about the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight set of goals-ranging from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education-agreed to by the United Nations to address the needs of the poor countries! Well the world […]
The American Free Press Newspaper is reporting that President Robert Mugabe said on Thursday that foreign investors should embrace Zimbabwe’s equity laws which require them to sell 51 percent stakes to locals or “stay out.” Putting Mugabe’s rhetoric’s aside, I think the idea of viewing locals as business partners makes sense! Whether Aid or business […]
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