Notes from FOO
I spent most of last weekend hanging out at FOO Camp, the remarkable conference Tim O’Reilly hosts for 200+ geeks in the backyard of his… Read More »Notes from FOO
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Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Chemical weapons in Darfur?
Passion of the Present is pointing to a new article out in Germany’s Die Welt, which asserts that the government of Sudan, in cooperation with… Read More »Chemical weapons in Darfur?
More Mbube
Tim Cohen, editor at large for Jo’burg’s Business Day, has an excellent op-ed on Solomon Linda and Mbube. Mbube is the song Linda wrote in… Read More »More Mbube
Zimbabwe: We’ve got both kinds of mercenaries – journalists, and soldiers of fortune
Zimbabwe has sentenced Simon Mann, alleged Equatorial Guinea coup plotter, to seven years in jail for weapons violations. The pilots of the plane that landed… Read More »Zimbabwe: We’ve got both kinds of mercenaries – journalists, and soldiers of fortune
How blogs selectively amplify the New York Times
As regular readers of my blog know, I’m interested in trying to paint a statistical picture of media coverage of the developing world. Last year,… Read More »How blogs selectively amplify the New York Times
Powell declares genocide has been committed in Sudan
Colin Powell: “We concluded that genocide has been committed in Darfur and that the government of Sudan and the Janjaweed bear responsibility and genocide may… Read More »Powell declares genocide has been committed in Sudan