Monthly Archives: August 2009

Friday Afternoon Africana

Because Salif Keita spices up contemporary Malian music with classic balafons, koras and choreographed dancers:

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Breaking News: Rwandans Learn How to Sip Champagne Flutes

In a recent development out of the Great Lakes, Socialites Without Borders Teach Rwandans How to Mingle: KIGALI, RWANDA—In an effort to provide relief to a people devastated by civil war, genocide, and poverty, members of the humanitarian aid group … Continue reading

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International Rebel Parties in the Great Lakes

Reports are streaming in that FDLR fighters from Eastern Congo are moving into the Kibira forests of Northwestern Burundi. General Lazare Nduwayo of the Burundian army told the AFP: “The army last week received information about incursions into Burundi by … Continue reading

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Sierra Leonean Post-Conflict Security Mechanisms

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The Annals of Demobilization: Giving Up Guns and Still Feeling Pissed

Just last week, the United Nations and Government of Burundi marked the official ending of its Disarmament-Demobilization-Reintegration (DDR) Program with large celebrations of people erratically firing guns into the air. That, and the ceremonial reintegration of 576 – of a … Continue reading

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People All Over the World Celebrate Crisis!

There is nothing better than getting back to blogging on World Humanitarian Day. World Humanitarian Day is a day where people all over the world join together for those who have lost their lives in disaster. It is a day … Continue reading

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