Africa as Usual?
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?
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
South African mercenaries in Zimbabwe, enroute to Equatorial Guinea?
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?
Why C.A.R.?
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.?
It’s all about the Benjamin
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
Making Room for the Third World in the Second Superpower
I got ludicriously useful feedback from blog readers regarding the two posts I made in preparation for the talk Joi and I gave at O’Reilly… Read More »Making Room for the Third World in the Second Superpower
Planting weeds to eliminate mines
Christian Science Monitor is reporting development of a weed that helps detect land mines. A Danish company, Aresa Biodetection, has developed a strain of Thales… Read More »Planting weeds to eliminate mines