Recent Posts Tagged With africa

• A proud moment for all Americans

  Posted on Sunday April 12th, 2009 at 06:33 pm in africa piracy Somalia patriotism ethical choices

  Shortly after arriving in Boston this morning I saw the news that Captain Richard Phillips was freed by US Navy SEALS in the Gulf of Aden...3 of his captors were shot dead and the fourth was captured. Hearing this gave me a great rush of patriotism, ...

• Imagine this...

  Posted on Saturday January 17th, 2009 at 01:17 pm in africa Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe

  Every time I hear Robert Mugabe, the sociopathic, megalomaniac dictator ruling Zimbabwe, referred to as a "Revolutionary", I feel a sickness in my stomach, the same sickness I feel when I see someone wearing a Che Guivera t-shirt. I would like to obt...

• Aid workers under attack

  Posted on Wednesday October 22nd, 2008 at 11:54 pm in africa Sri Lanka Somalia al-qaeda tamil tigers

  People sometimes forget how anyone can be fair game in a violent conflict...and aid workers, the people who try to help and put a smile on the face of the innocent people they are protecting, are no exception. In the last week, there have been severa...

• Barack Obama and his support for Raila Odinga

  Posted on Wednesday October 22nd, 2008 at 12:56 am in africa kenya

  Believe it or not, the presidential election is only two weeks away, and Barack Obama mania has affected many of my friends, family, and fellow bloggers. I continue to resist it though. The reason I cannot cast a vote for Barack Obama next month come...

• What happened after "Black Hawk Down"?

  Posted on Tuesday October 7th, 2008 at 02:03 am in africa Somalia ethical choices

  I have been busy working on several articles for some local newspapers, so I'm sorry that I haven't been able to update my blog. One of my articles focuses on the west's policy toward Africa and as I was doing some research, I found this story on BBC...

• "Blood Metals"

  Posted on Friday July 25th, 2008 at 10:42 pm in africa taking a stand against genocide ethical choices

  The video above offers some insight into the situation currently taking place in the Democratic Republic of Congo, or the DRC. For those of you who have very little knowledge of just how serious this conflict is, please watch it, and then think of it...

• One vote is all it takes

  Posted on Monday June 30th, 2008 at 11:04 pm in africa Robert Mugabe ethical choices

  In this video, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is seen casting a ballot in his one-man presidential election, trying to make the impression that his country is somehow embracing democracy (opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is currently holed up ...

• Darfur update...

  Posted on Monday May 12th, 2008 at 10:09 pm in africa darfur violence taking a stand against genocide

  Are there any doubts remaining about whether or not the regime of Omar Al-Bashir, the Sudanese President, is actually looking for a peaceful solution to the conflict in Darfur? From AP:The peacekeeping force in Darfur said Tuesday it was still trying...

• Empty promises

  Posted on Wednesday April 23rd, 2008 at 12:45 am in africa darfur violence taking a stand against genocide

  Almost four years ago, both President Bush and his opponent, Senator John Kerry, stood in front of a crowd declaring that the atrocities being committed in Sudan's western Darfur province were indeed genocide. The international community decided that...

• 14 years ago...

  Posted on Monday April 7th, 2008 at 06:21 pm in africa taking a stand against genocide

  I found the video above on Youtube, and I thought it put things into perspective pretty well.14 years ago, in April of 1994, the tragedy that would become the Rwandan Genocide was underway. In the end, it would become the most efficient killing spree...

• Alarming news from East Africa...

  Posted on Wednesday March 5th, 2008 at 10:37 pm in africa Somalia

  Violence in Somalia has forced thousands of people to leave their homes, and many of them have turned to fleeing across the ocean to Yemen. Unfortunately, the journey is dangerous, but its probably safer than waiting around in battle-scarred Mogadis...

• Bush's approval rating soars

  Posted on Wednesday February 20th, 2008 at 10:39 pm in africa George W. Bush

  I know, the title sounds crazy. However, I'm not referring to the president's sinking poll numbers here at home. In Africa, Bush's approval rating is well over 80%. It may seem surprising at first, but that area of the world, a place that has seen...

• Africa burning...

  Posted on Tuesday February 5th, 2008 at 01:29 pm in africa darfur violence taking a stand against genocide

  Over the weekend, rebels based along the border between Sudan's violence-racked Darfur province and the central African nation of Chad pushed across the desert into the Chadian capitol, engaging in fierce battles with government forces. At one point...

• Kenya fighting rages on

  Posted on Tuesday January 29th, 2008 at 01:08 pm in africa kenya Somalia taking a stand against genocide

  Violence in Kenya has taken a turn for the worse with Tuesday's assassination of an opposition lawmaker who had been working to end the crises. Ethnic militias armed with machetes continue to terrorize the slums of the capital Nairobi and towns acros...

• Congo tragedy takes its toll...

  Posted on Tuesday January 22nd, 2008 at 10:42 pm in africa taking a stand against genocide

  A new report has been released suggesting that over 5.4 million people have died in Eastern Congo since the conflict began in 1998 (previous estimates suggested 4 millio had died). The report also says that over 45,000 are dying every month...45,000!...

• A shameful obsession

  Posted on Saturday January 19th, 2008 at 12:48 pm in africa

  Over the last few months, the world has witnessed a dramatic turn of events in Iraq. From the increasing stability in the Al-Anbar province to the continuing prosperity of Iraqi Kurdistan, things have indeed become a lot better than they were a year ...

• History repeats itself...

  Posted on Tuesday January 1st, 2008 at 10:42 pm in africa

  This is a report coming out of Kenya from the AP, where a rather disturbing situation has been developing over the last 48 hours. Ethnic strife is happening again on the African continent, reciprocating itself yet again, this time in a country that i...

• Rwanda, Rwanda...

  Posted on Sunday October 14th, 2007 at 09:42 pm in africa

  Hillary Clinton recently announced that if she is elected president, she will appoint her husband Bill to be America's roaming ambassador to the world. Bill's main duties would be to repair America's "tattered" image throughout his travels. The imag...