Blessed are the Peacemakers
If you take just a cursory glance at the headlines from Africa, it’s easy to get the impression that the continent is torn apart by… Read More »Blessed are the Peacemakers
If you take just a cursory glance at the headlines from Africa, it’s easy to get the impression that the continent is torn apart by… Read More »Blessed are the Peacemakers
The aftermath of Katrina is – understandably – squeezing coverage of international stories out of many US newspapers. Mubarak’s re-election might have been a good… Read More »From Mali to Paris: Migration, Remittance and Cotton
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin gives an extraordinary interview to WWL-AM, a New Orleans radio station. He’s extremely critical of the disaster response thus far,… Read More »New Orleans Mayor Interview
Emmanuel Bensah somehow manages to make me nostalgic for tro-tros, the overcrowded, sweaty, unsafe minivans that serve as transport for most urban Ghanaians. His photo… Read More »Road Trip! Tales from the road in Ghana and DRC
In a pile of recent (terrific!) posts on Roba Al-Assi’s blog, “And Far Away” (don’t miss the one about her pink hair) is a great… Read More »Slingshot: Meet the Palestine Lyrical Front
When Niger’s president Mamadou Tanja declared that his nation wasn’t facing a famine, but local food shortages, his statements were met with widespread skepticism. (See… Read More »What if Tanja got it right?