Africa

Kerry McCarthy is a weapons-grade cock-end

Obnoxio The Clown (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

I mean, we already knew this, but consider this gem : @shanegreer @wallaceme It's like Boris liking the Clash. How can he listen to something which is fundamentally opposed to everything he is? I think she's actually fucking serious, too. I'd like to point out to the Dishonourable Member (and I use the term in its most ribald sense!) for Mogadishu East that not everyone defines themselves completely...

Bashir cancels visit to Istanbul

BBC News (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, indicted by the International Criminal Court, pulls out of summit in Istanbul, officials say.

Pigs don't fly: Air Zimbabwe plane crashes into bushpig on runway

Times Online (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

It took a wild pig on the runway at Harare International Airport to reveal what many Zimbabweans have long feared: the country's Civil Aviation Authority and the national airline have gone the way of much of Zimbabwe’s other frayed institutions.

Even Somali Pirates Can Provide Humor

My Right Word (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Luxury Cruise Lines Now Accepting Reservations! Additional cruise information available below. To The Point Cruise Lines is excited to offer the ultimate adventure cruise, along the pirate-infested coast of Somalia ! Ultimate Adventure Cruise Route Rates and Availability We board our luxury cruise ships in Djibouti on the Gulf of Aden near the entrance to the Red Sea, and disembark in Mombasa, Kenya...

For brave investors Zimbabwe could be the ultimate turnaround story

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

When the Movement for Democratic Change took over Zimbabwe's economy earlier this year there was not much left to run. Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF regime had carried out the most comprehensive destruction of a productive system seen in modern times short of war.

travel from east africa to india

Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday

hi everyonei will be teaching near Arusha in Tanzania from January to April 2010 this part of my trip is relatively straightorward and has already been mostly organised except return flights. I have friends who will be backpacking in India from april onwards and i have been trying to find reasonable ways of travelling to India from East Africa to meet them. So far all i have found are ridiculou

Sudan politicians report widespread electoral fraud

Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday

Sudan's political parties accused each other of widespread fraud and intimidation as voters began to register for the oil-producing state's first multi-party elections in 24 years. Opposition political party monitors told Reuters they had evidence of intimidation, buying of votes and other irregularities by Sudan's dominant National Congress Party (NCP), headed by President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. The...

• Politicians report widespread electoral fraud - IOL

It is time that we face the truth, northern and southern Sudan have never been and will never be one country

Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday

Quote of the Day "What is needed now is leadership to ensure that there is a roadmap towards a peaceable partition. This is not a decision that can be taken by default, by allowing the momentum of events to take their course. The statements by Deng Alor and Salva Kiir may have made secession inevitable, but they have not made it easy. A huge amount of work needs to be done. For the political leaders...

New book: Environment and Conflict in Africa: Reflections on Darfur

Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday

Environment and Conflict in Africa: Reflections on Darfur Edited by Marcel Leroy, UPEACE Africa Programme Publication date October 2009, 404 pages. ISBN 978-9977-925-63-9 This volume examines climate and ecological changes in Sub-Saharan Africa, and how these relate to conflicts on the continent. Particular attention is paid to environmental and livelihood aspects of the crisis in Darfur. Conclusions...

AU Panel Darfur Report in Arabic

Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday

Click here to view AUPD report in Arabic. Hat tip: Alex de Waal - 3 Nov 2009. Thank you for reading Sudan Watch.

Tunisian blogger Fatma Riahi released from police custody

newsjiffy (Free subscription) | yesterday

Tunisan blogger Fatma Riahi, who is known online as Arabicca, has been released by police investigating whether she is the author of Blog de Z , according to a posting on the Free Arabicca blog. According to Al Jazeera , Riahi was first summoned to appear before the Criminal Brigade of Gorjani in Tunis on Monday. She was released only to be arrested the next day. Her home was searched, and her computer...

Commins given humanitarian award

ireland.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Aid worker Sharon Commins and her colleague Hilda Kawuki, who were kidnapped and held for more than 100 days in Darfur, have been given a humanitarian award for their "brave and selfless" work.

Colour Wheels and Paintboxes

magsramsay (Free subscription) | yesterday

Appropriately enough for bonfire night, this weeks drawing lesson was on colour theory. I've made my own colour wheels before but not for a long time and not with acrylics so it was a fruitful exercise and absorbing after the initial struggle with a recalcitrant school compass. I've never been good at filling in paint neatly between lines so it was good for me! It got me thinking about the various...

Mputu ready for move to Europe

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

TP Mazembe's captain wants to leave now he has helped them to Champions League success.

South Africa outmuscle Zimbabwe

ECB (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

South Africa took a 1-0 lead in their two-match one-day international series against Zimbabwe with a 45-run victory thanks to a menacing batting display that contained half-centuries from Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers and Albie Morkel at Benoni.

Sovereignty, Human Rights, Responsibility to Protect

alexgreat | 17/10/2009

Sovereignty involves rights and duties among which the protection of one's fellow citizens is paramount. Historically people have organized in territorially distinct and independent states to build up the power and security necessary for achieving their goals of prosperity and peace. When a government either fails to fulfill its mandate or malevolently turns against the people, they can overthrow it

Watch Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh 2nd ODI Live Streaming

songsfever | 10/08/2009

Watch Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh 2nd ODI Live Streaming http://www.symbianspace.com/online-tv/ ?zim-bang

Full movie download: EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING, (2004 year.), USA.

victorio | 05/08/2009

Summary: Father Lankester Merrin thinks that he has glimpsed the phiz or phizog of Evil. In the years ensuing World War II, Merrin is relentlessly tormented by way of memories of the unspeakable brutality perpetrated contra the honest community of his fol during the War. In the wake of every bit of the alarm he has seen, both his credence in his boy male adult and his credence in the Almighty keep...