PBS has recently released a documentary, titled “T-Shirt Travels”, which looks at the economic phenomenon of used Western clothing sold in Africa. The filmmaker, Shantha… Read More »Donated Clothing as an Economic Force
BBC is reporting that the 70 alleged mercenaries seized in Zimbabwe are now being charged with conspiracy to kill Teodoro Obiang Nguema, the president of… Read More »The Zimbabwe/Equatorial Guinea saga continues
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that the plane seized by Zimbabwe was headed for the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and that the passengers… Read More »Africa as Usual?
Sunday night, an aircraft carrying 64 suspected mercenaries and “military cargo” was seized in Harare, Zimbabwe and impounded. Reuters and the AP are both covering… Read More »South African mercenaries in Zimbabwe, enroute to Equatorial Guinea?
Anyone looking at a map might wonder why President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, fleeing political violence in Haiti, would choose to flee to the Central African Republic.… Read More »Why C.A.R.?
When two of the web’s smartest thinkers note a visual resemblence between you and a certain plump, bald founding father, should you be flattered, or… Read More »It’s all about the Benjamin