Let’s remind ourselves. One of the big news stories of 2012 was “Kony 2012”, the short documentary video by the American children rights group Invisible Children. “Kony 2012”, which chronicled the atrocities of indicted Uganda war criminal and Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leader Joseph Kony, became the most viral video in history. It notched more […]
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The Story Of Kony, Pol Pot, Gangnam Style, And Why The End Of The ‘Abominable One’ Is Near
January 11, 2013 4 Comments Short URL Barack Obama, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gangnam Style, Joseph Kony, Khmer Rogue, Lord’s Resistance Army, Pol Pot, Uganda, Yoweri Museveni Heroes & Villains, Rogue Stuff
OCTOBER MADNESS: Can Stolen Elections In Africa Ever Be Better Than Clean Unpredictable Polls? Yes And No
One of the things that most undermines African democracy is election theft. If you look at many bouts of violence and guerilla wars in several countries in Africa – from Yoweri Museveni’s war that started in February 1981, the Algeria civil war that began in 1992 after the military-dominated government cancelled elections set to be […]
October 23, 2012 0 Comments Short URL African democracy, Algeria civil war, and pulling down transmitters, Angola, armed soldiers, armoured cars, Barack Obama, Cameroon, cancelled elections, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, election theft, Ethiopia, guerilla war, high risk, insanely shameless, Ivory Coast, Kenya post-election violence, Kizza Besigye, Military Police, Mitt Romney, Nigeria, power hungry, shutting down websites, state machinery, tanks, the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), Togo, Uganda, uncertainty, violence, Yoweri Museveni, Zimbabwe Naked Chiefs & Emperors, Politically Incorrect, Rogue Stuff
‘Peeling Back The Mask’; Why An Angry Aide’s Book Might Be An Unlikely Early Christmas Present For Kenya President Kibaki And Prime Minister Raila (Part 1)
The Miguna has landed, said a Kenyan wag. Last year, Miguna Miguna, Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s controversial and combative advisor on Coalition, Constitutional and Legal Affairs was dropped from his job. And with that, the country witnessed one of the bitterest political fall-outs between master and servant of recent Kenyan history. An angry Miguna […]
July 19, 2012 8 Comments Short URL Barack Obama, Kenya, Kibaki, Kilaguni, Miguna, Mo & Me, Mwai Kibaki, Orange Democratic Movement, Peeling Back The Mask, Raila, Raila Odinga Naked Chiefs & Emperors, War & Peace
A Fly On The Wall In Kigali Says President Kagame Has A ‘World Bank Headache’ – And There Is No Cure In Sight, Yet
Shortly after US President Barack Obama’ surprise nomination of Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank last week, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame is reported to have said: “He [Kim is] a true friend of Africa and a leader who knows what it takes to address poverty”. In a story filed shortly after the announcement, […]
March 25, 2012 8 Comments Short URL AfDB, Barack Obama, Donald Kaberuka, Jeffrey Sachs, Jim Yong Kim, Kigali, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Paul Kagame, RIchard Sezibera, Rwanda, White House, World Bank Diplomatic Shenanigans, Rogue Stuff
Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Burundi Smile Like Siamese Cats At London Somalia Meet; But What The Hell Is Going On In Kismayu?
•Kenya has trained and armed 4,500 Ras Kamboni fighters – while Al Shabaab has about 3,500 fighters left. •With ‘victory’ in Somalia near, the British have eased pressure on President Museveni to behave at home. •Ethiopia needed a trophy ahead of the London conference; it captured Baidoa. •Burundi’s Nkurunziza was feeling so good, he didn’t […]
February 27, 2012 8 Comments Short URL 9th Extraordinary Summit of the East African Community heads of state, African Union, Al Qaeda, Al Shabaab, Baidoa, Ban ki-Moon, Barack Obama, Burundi, Dar es Salaam, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Goodluck Jonathan, Hilary Clinton, Jessica Buchanan, Kenya, Kismayu port, London, London Somalia Conference, Meles Zenawi, NATO, Nigeria, Pierre Nkurunziza, Poul Hagen Thisted, President Ismael Omar Guelleh, President Kibaki, President Yoweri Museveni, Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi, Ras Kamboni, Somalia, Somalia Conference in Kampala, South Africa, TFG, Transitional Federal Government, Uganda, Yemen Women, Wine & War
