Monthly Archives: September 2009

Justin Hook ponders important ethical dilemmas involving Klondike bars, many of which can be  applied to aid workers and the serious moral decisions made in developing countries. So, what would you do if: You operate an orphanage and your funding … Continue reading →

Over at the NewYork Review of Books, Howard French captures the history of everything you need to know about contemporary Great Lakes politics  in a review of recent books by heavyweight Central African scholars Gerard Prunier, Rene Lemarchard and Thomas … Continue reading →

Because it has been a crazy week with light posting and all anybody needs on a Friday Afternoon is to have Nigerian pop-star Djanb to call you his sweet potato:

If that whole structural violence and severe conflict weren’t enough,  apparently random probability is taking its toll on citizens of the DRC. According to the Independent Online, 3 women were struck by lightening and killed yesterday in the DRC: Separate … Continue reading →

1. New rebel leaders emerge in the Eastern DRC; just as horrible, but nowhere near as hip and fashionable as Laurent Nkunda. 2. Rwandan genocidaire sentenced to a long time in jail; prosecutors and defense fight over how long. 3. … Continue reading →

Apparently, Madonna has produced and narrated a new film about Africa, I am Because We Are, in which she takes on the Ubuntu and AIDS: We learn that when people ask Madonna, why did you choose Malawi, she answers (insert … Continue reading →

I wanted to make sure that I would get through 100 posts and still keep going, so here it is: Post 102. Over the past 102 posts, I’ve been through the DRC, Burundi, Liberia, Sierra Leone and a splattering of … Continue reading →

Joseph Sebarenzi, former speaker of the Rwanda House of Parliament, current exile with a soapbox on which he rants politically, just wrote a new book, God Sleeps in Rwanda: A Journey of Transformation. The subtitle could also be, Man Paul … Continue reading →