Terrorism had long existed, although arguably, the attacks of September 11 in the United States of America had brought terrorism to the front burner of international agenda and politics. According to Teri Kwal Gamble and Michael W Gamble in their publication, Making Sense of Senselessness, ‘…untangling the causes of terrorism is much like trying to [...]
In a recent General Audience (23-11-11), Pope Benedict reflected upon his November visit to Benin. The Pontiff stated that the purpose for his Apostolic journey was three-fold: to pay homage to that nation’s late Cardinal, Bernard Gantin; to consign a document synthesizing the deliberations of the 2009 Synod of Bishops on Africa, and to commemorate [...]
The ANC must have had a headache when they saw the bill in the morning. The near unanimous passing of the Protection of Information Bill by South Africa’s ANC was always going to cost them, but local protests over the censorship plans has been bolstered by worldwide denunciation of what media and commentators are calling [...]
African National Congress (ANC) Youth League president Julius Malema has been suspended from the party for five years. The youth leader, perennially in the headlines, is still a topic of discussion despite losing his official position. The commentariat is energised as they continue to discuss his downfall and what it means for the ANC and [...]
As principal investigator at the Harvard School of Public Health, Max Essex, was recently awarded $20 million to study HIV prevention in Botswana – a meagre reward for the man who played a pivotal role in creating the current conceptual model of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, compared to the billions distributed annually. Essex’s erroneous research spawned the theory [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is accusing Chinese-run copper mining companies in this Southern African country of routinely flouting labor laws and regulations designed to protect workers’ safety and the right to organise. The accusation plays into the hands of newly elected president, Michael Sata, a longtime critic of Chinese investment and labor practices in the [...]
If there is one thing that guarantees to unify 85% of Kenyan Citizens, young old, working or not, whatever their tribe, (apparently 85% of the country is Christian) are the events in the church that night in Eldoret. Damian , an established IT consultant in Nairobi says “We struggle to take it in, this level [...]
Hopes are running high for Liberia’s second presidential elections since the end of its brutal civil war. The first round of polling appears to be credible. And with former warlord and current senator Prince Johnson’s endorsement, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first female head of state, is likely to win the run-off in November in [...]
After 42 years of one man’s rule, Libyans are now free from Colonel Gaddafi and his ‘jamahiriya’ regime. It is now expected that multi party democracy will fill the power void left by the leader Ronald Reagan dubbed ‘Mad Dog’, following his killing on October 20. The despot’s defeat came swiftly, following his discovery in [...]
Although Tullow Oil plc first arrived in Ghana in 2007, the company had been operating for 26 years, starting its first operations in Senegal. Earlier this year, Tullow celebrated its 25th anniversary. The company’s founder and Chief Executive, Aiden Heavey, had the idea, in the 1980s, of venturing into the oil and gas business when [...]
