Spying on Zimbabwe’s cybercafes
My friend Andrew Rens sent me a troubling story from Zimbabwe – “Mugabe’s spies to infiltrate internet cafés“. According to this Mail and Guardian story,… Read More »Spying on Zimbabwe’s cybercafes
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November 2006
Midterm Madness
It’s becoming increasingly clear that US midterm elections could be something of a disaster. Lots of smart commentators are predicting problems with new voting machines,… Read More »Midterm Madness
links for 2006-11-03
Celebrating miserable African leaders � The sub-Saharan African roundtable Dennis Matanda’s interesting critique of the Mo Ibrahim prize for African government (tags: africa corruption) Revealed:… Read More »links for 2006-11-03
Regional integration as a strategy for African development
One of the best observations I’ve ever heard about African economics came from Dr. Nancy Birdsall, director of the Center for Development Economics in Washington,… Read More »Regional integration as a strategy for African development
Remembering those we’d rather forget
My friend Dumisani Nyoni was frustrated by coverage of the death of P.W. Botha, the former president of South Africa under Apartheid. Botha, unlike his… Read More »Remembering those we’d rather forget
links for 2006-11-02
U.S. intelligence unveils spy version of Wikipedia�|�Tech&Sci�|�Technology�|�Reuters.com US intelligence unveils Intellopedia, inspired by Wikipedia, to enable information sharing between various government agencies (tags: wikipedia security)