The View From the Camps
Omir Al-Basir will certainly be remembered. The conclusion of his legacy of brutality, as the leader of Sudan against the Ethnic peoples of the Darfur Region, is yet to be written. Heads of state from all over the world argue over how to pursue this conclusion—through justice by bringing him to the International Criminal Court (ICC) or peace by suspending the indictment in exchange for an end to the suffering.
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Ethiopia Celebrates Obama Win
When I initially arrived in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, I will admit, I did expect to get the usual attention Americans attract in African countries. I have traveled throughout the continent before, and know that somehow, people can identify us from a yard away. But this trip has been like none other I have experienced before: Locals literally yell out “Hello Obama” as I walk through the streets.
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President Bush's African Legacy
As the end of the Bush regime nears, most of the world rejoices. The lowest approval rating of his career, just 27% among Americans- according to a recent USA Today/Gallop poll - pales in comparison to the international distain. A recent ‘Economist Newspaper’ Poll revealed the depth of the anti-republican attitude in the wake of the passing Bush regime and the prospect of a President McCain
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So, How Many Times Did Levy Die?
Recently-deceased Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa does not have such luxury. While attending an African Union summit in Egypt on June 30th, 2008, news revealed he suffered a stroke. "I wish to inform the nation that the president had suffered a stroke," Zambian Vice-President Rupiah Banda reported in a statement at the time. "However, upon being attended to by doctors his condition has been described as stable."
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Home and Away, Whose Good News is it?
Late August’s release of Census annual report on poverty and income for 2007 had some news, and it has now been left to experts to decide whether the report bodes ill or good: the average American household’s income rose for the third year running. Income inequality fell yet again, meaning the gap between the rich and poor decreased. Poverty rate inched up very, very slightly from 12.3 percent to 12.5 percent.
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A Brave New World Confronts us
It has been decades since the phrase a “brave new world” entered the world’s lexicon. Nearly 20 years ago, then President George Herbert Bush declared the dawn of a “New World Order” – novus ordus seculurum.
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How Vital Obaasema is in Global Village
It has been several years now since communication professor Marshall McLuhan coined the phrase, “global village.” Politics, business, technology and culture are the forces shaping and determining the nature and substance of this world in ways few of us can comprehend.
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African Parents Reuniting With Children
This past Holiday season Lucretia Neal received the best Christmas present a parent could hope for. While others were busy buying toys, clothes or other gadgets, she was preparing for the arrival of her daughter after 17 years of being apart. Neal's situation, like others, is not uncommon among Africans today.
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Africa Does Not Need Secret Society
The lead story in the February edition of the New African magazine suggests that secret societies are “the way forward for Africa.” It argues, and rightly so, that: “Powerful secret societies in the West and elsewhere rule their countries and the world behind the scenes. They meet annually or thereabouts in secret locations. They discuss and take decisions on major policies affecting their countries in the world.”
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Thirty Minutes on the Cross
One of the benefits of being a Churchman and woman's kid is that you get to travel around lots, often on a shoe-string budget. You live, study, work, eat and do much else with people from cultures and backgrounds other than your own.
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Seeds of Hope: Kenyan Children Helping Children
My names are Silvia Chebiwot. I am seven years old. My home is Meibeki Valley and I go to Kemeliet Primary School. I am in class two and like playing handball. I live with my mum and dad. I have two brothers and two sisters. One day, I went to watch TV at the chief's house. I saw children crying. They were so thin. They looked very bad. It made me so sad.
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Students Taking a STAND Against Genocide
Nicholas Subtirelu might seem like the average student. He is a junior at
Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in Ohio majoring in German and
English. Unlike most students, he is also involved on campus. Subtirelu is working with STAND in the hopes to help end the killings of innocent people living in Darfur, Sudan. STAND is an organization that creates awareness about the ongoing crisis in Darfur and seeks to participate in various efforts to end the conflict.
