Check into Hotel Rwanda
Africa needs this kind of good news in abundance - You might want to start talking to your travel agency to arrange a trip to Rwanda, if you have not been there yet. Perhaps early days yet, but it...
View ArticleNot Every Nigerian is a Drug Dealer or a 419 Scammer
A deadly form of bigotry that South Africans can ill afford - Chinua Achebe wrote a book a while ago, whose name eludes me; but it is not "Things Fall Apart" or any of the best sellers known to us...
View ArticleConfidence Doesn't Mind Cynicism
Nothing scares me more than someone who is easily rattled by criticism or cynicism - The spotlight has vigorously shifted to the next hosts even as the Italians conquered Germany to be crowned FIFA...
View ArticleBravo G8! You Really Can Talk the Talk
Rich countries do not want to reduce their trade-distorting subsidies - The poor people of the world are speaking out against the endless and apparently aimless talking among the rich nations of the...
View ArticleFor Goodness' Sake, Do It For Patrice!
A decisive step towards the liberation of the entire African continent - "The Congo's independence marks a decisive step towards the liberation of the entire African continent". You have to search long...
View Article"Worms can save the world!"
Slinky lads of the underground have monster appetites - The headline stirred up a swirl of nausea in my stomach. Being an Afro-optimist, one of my weekly media routines is to trawl the net for any...
View Article"A hungry stomach is not a good political adviser."
When will the colonial legacy ever end? - Two European countries made interesting headlines this week. The revision of the immigration laws in Britain and Portugal has implications for labour economics...
View Article"Kick Off Poverty"
A positive sustainable impact on 100,000 individuals annually worldwide by 2008 - Who wants to keep their children off the streets, if they can be world champions from playing soccer there? South...
View ArticleAsk David Banda - Poverty knows no Protocol
Let the boy go find his fate - Opinions matter, but only as far as that. The latest excitement over the adoption of David Banda - a 13-month old baby from the Home of Hope orphanage in Malawi's...
View ArticleIs this the China we ordered?
Free enterprise is not as appealing to the advocates of the system - Just who does Paul Wolfowitz think he is kidding, tackling China on matters of principle - Equator Principles, to be precise?
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