Earlier this week, Robert Mugabe, dictator of Zimbabwe, declared the cholera epidemic sweeping his country halted, although aid workers say that the situation has worsened. The World Health Organization (WHO) says the outbreak has not been contained and, as of mid-December, 2008, the death toll has increased to 978 people with 18,413 suspected cases. They [...]
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Chinatown, Africa
The West is behind the curve relative to African investment. China is decades ahead and reaps massive benefits. As in this Current.tv video, Angola gets new and improved infrastructure: roads, railways, hospitals, universities and schools, new businesses and is the fastest growing economy on the Continent. Unfortunately Chinese investment does nothing for Angolan unemployment and [...]
What One Hundred Billion Dollars Buys You
The answer is, in Zimbabwe, not very much. Back in July, the government of Zimbabwe issued one hundred billion dollar notes. With one, you can buy four oranges or three eggs as shown in the picture above. But they still cannot buy you a loaf of bread. Once-prosperous Zimbabwe has seen an unprecedented economic meltdown [...]
Sad News, Great Life
Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who became a world famous symbol of the anti-apartheid movement, died this morning, apparently of a heart attack after performing at an anti Mafia concert in southern Italy. Born in Johannesburg in 1932 to a Xhosa father and Swazi mother, Makeba – often called ‘Mama Africa’ and ‘the Empress [...]
Let Us Not Forget
As the work of healing our nation continues, do not forget the work that must be done elsewhere. We will surely turn our attentions to Iraq and Afghanistan and rightly so. But let us not forget the work to be done in the last place many of us think about, Africa. People are still being [...]
