President Niyazov of Turkmenistan, better known as “Turkmenbashi, Leader of all Turkmen”, ranks high on anyone’s list of crazy dictators. Famous for commissioning a gold… Read More »When visiting Turkmenistan, do try not to get ill…
Christian Science Monitor’s Mike Crawley is attending FESPACO (Le Festival Panafricain du Cinma et de la Tlvision du Ougadougou), Africa’s largest and most influential film… Read More »The view from FESPACO
Know what’s great about failed states? They can’t police their borders, which makes them great places to smuggle drugs or weapons. International criminals and terrorists… Read More »Yet more fun with failed states
Titan Corporation, an American defense contractor, has pled guilty to charges of bribery. The bribery involved the government of Benin – Titan paid $2.1 million… Read More »US corporate bribery, with t-shirts
cross-posted to Global Voices Update: Here’s a briefing from Reporters Sans Frontiers on background on the Jeff Ooi “Islam Hadhari” controversy. Global Voices ally and… Read More »Jeff Ooi questioned in Malaysia
One of the reasons I’ve found it hard to take the World Summit on the Information Society too seriously is the fact that the second… Read More »No press censorship here. Nothing to see. Move along now.