allAfrica.com: Sullivan Summit Dinner To Honor Dr. Condoleezza Rice And Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Ms Rice being honoured for "Honored for her courageous leadership and fierce commitment to her ideals and principles, Dr. Rice exemplifies the vision of the Leon…
According to Nigeria World Columminst AIDS in Nigeria is now an Epidemic. Well a bit late but nevertheless lets go with that. According to Mr O Obasanjo HIV/AIDS is actually dwindling This Day June 5thWhat a load of nonsense Mr…
Well it seems it is actually going to happen – NIGERIANS ARE GOING ON STRIKE – and about time too. “Union lieaders said there was nothing government could now do, short of immediately slashing prices, to avert a shutdown“ There…
I love books, not all books, but a lot. I like literature, I like poetry, I like so much but I dont much like pulp fiction or the kind of crap you get at the airport or train station like,…
AlterNet: 66 (Unflattering) Things About Ronald Reagan 66 (Unflattering) Things About Ronald ReaganBy David Corn, The NationJune 6, 2004
John-Michel Basquiat: 1960-1988.His words like his work are subversive and he always went for the jugular. Its all mixed up but you get the meaning. Q: How long does it take to get famous JMB: 4 yeas – 6 to…
I started reading (birthday present) “Guns Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years by Jared Diamond, about 3 weeks ago. Normally I read quite fast and initially that was the case with this book….
let me be honest i cannot stand condoleeza rice even her name irks me. But I still wonder about some of the stuff I read on the internet about her, who writes it and why? Yes OK Rumsfield (RumBum) is…
Testimonies of Women are both acts of resistance and acts of solidarity. The women writing in the Testimonies below are all part of the communities of suffering and resistance that exist throughout the world. Although the testimonies of the women…
Report in the Boston Globe 27th April – a bit out of date but I am new to this and I thought this gives an interesting insight into the minds of some Americans. The extract is from a programme hosted…
"Don’t call me, I’ll call you" (Reuters, Guardian) It seems the Old Man Africa has finally finally retired at 86. I remember the day he was released, standing outside the South African high commission in Trafalgar Sq London with two…
“Thousands starving in Dafur” As usual African is forgotten by its own and by the international community who are totally engrossed in Iraq, Islam and war on terror the cost of which is partly responsble for the failure of donar…
Peace deal in Nigerian Oil Town "The agreement between the Itsekiri and Ijaw ethnic groups is supposed to end seven years of warring, which has badly disrupted oil production in the area". Behind this so called "peace deal" between the…