What a fantastic World Cup! The tournament was one of highs and lows and many unexpected results. Spain were crowned the new World Champions at the final on July 11th but the real winners were undoubtedly the South Africans themselves.
In an address the day the after the tournament ended, South African President Jacob Zuma cheerfully [...]
Tomorrow June 26th is national reconciliation day in Guinea. For the first time in over half a century the Guinean people will democratically elect their leader without the interference of the army.
In ‘58 Ahmed Sekou Toure became the country’s leader. He practiced torture and violence against his opponents and was known for widespread corruption in [...]
On June 22nd The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the United Nations Millennium Campaign (UNMC) announced that many of the world’s poorest countries are making significant progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Eleven of the most improved countries are amongst the weakest in Africa itself, and nearly half of the African countries that are [...]
Over the centuries Europe and North America acquired resources from other regions of the world, most of the time violently, and rapaciously with less regard of the consequences to future generations. These consequences include civil wars, imperialism, and, most recently, the dramatic exploitation of the planet that has brought us to the edge of a [...]
Many following the World Cup may have, at one point or another, being ‘dying to see’ a certain match. Few, however, would ever consider the literal meaning of the phrase.
But on the night of Wednesday 16th June, in Somalia two were killed and dozens more arrested by fighters from the Hizbul Islam group, who claimed [...]
This week is full of obvious excitement for the World Cup, but the UK is set to host an event that is also global and international as the World Cup: the Refugees Week.
As the organisers say ‘there is so much misinformation circulating about refugees and asylum seekers in the media that it is sometimes hard [...]
The world soccer governing body FIFA has branded the soccer World Cup 2010 as a ‘once in a lifetime’ event. This might help our understanding of why football supporters from Eastern and Southern Africa are enduring 4,371 kilometers of road trip to attend the grand celebration of the beautiful game.
They are driving across Kenya, Tanzania, [...]
‘Ladies and gentlemen, I am a happy man to be with Jacob Zuma, and I would like to thank you, your government, the host cities and the provinces, for their work.’ This is how FIFA president Sepp Blatter addressed national and international press in Pretoria on Sunday 6thJune.
President Zuma, who hosted the meeting after returning [...]
With the World cup bringing foreign football supporters expectantly in a party mood, some are concerned over the risk of an increase in HIV infections. The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) has been preparing for this moment since ‘09, when NGOs, health officials and activists agreed on using the World Cup to promote an [...]
Monday 31st May the 25th Africa-France summit was held in Nice, France. French President Nicolas Sarkozy agrees and expressed the idea that Africa should have a permanent seat in the UN Security Council and promised to push through the change next year, when France heads the G8 and G20.
Sarkozy said that global issues cannot be [...]
