So on May 3, World Press Freedom Day, Freedom House got us to wake up and smell the coffee about the state of media freedom. It released a report revealing that press freedom has fallen to its lowest level in over a decade globally, and only one in six people live in countries with a free press […]
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The End Of Press Freedom Is Here; How It Was Killed By Both Its Friends And Enemies
May 6, 2013 3 Comments Short URL Africa, poverty, bob geldof, Tunisia, Rwanda genocide, Radio Milles Collines, press freedom, democracy in Africa, Eritrea, Singapore, Kenya post-election violence, Freedom House, Arab Spring, hate speech, China loving, South Korea, Malaysia, end of freedom, divided Africa, Bono Heroes & Villains, Political Barometre
Disease, The Clock, The Gods, Greed And Stupidity Have Helped To Change Africa As Much As Democrats, Generals (The Sequel)
When dictator Mobutu succumbed to prostate cancer, it was the first time anyone would have anything good to say about the dreaded disease – and also the first time the cancer showed any revolutionary potential In “Democracy Is Dying Or Dead In Africa; The Continent Is Being Torn Apart – Yet That’s One Of The […]
April 2, 2012 16 Comments Short URL Abdulsalami Abubakar, Africa, Angola, “the hand of God”, Democratic Republic of Congo Mobutu Sese Seko, Diego Maradona, Durban, Egypt, Ethiopia, General Abdulsalami-Abubakar, Gnassingbe Eyadema, Hosni Mubarak, Kamuzu Banda, Lilongwe, Malawi, Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Muammar Gaddafi, Ngbendu Kuku wa Zabanga, Ngwanzi, Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, Rwanda, Rwanda-backed rebels, Sani Abacha, Southern Africa World Economic Forum 2000, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Fast & Furious, Politically Incorrect, Rogue Stuff
‘Democracy’ Is Dying Or Dead In Africa; The Continent Is Being Torn Apart – Yet That’s One Of The Best Things To Happen To It (The Prequel)
Tuareg separatist rebels in Mali have taken advantage of the confusion in the capital Bamako following the recent coup against President Amadou Toumani Toure, to gain more territory. They are reported to have surrounded the historical city of Timbuktu, and wo important northern towns, Kidal and Gao, fell to them and their Islamist allies in […]
April 1, 2012 7 Comments Short URL Africa, Alassane Ouattara, Angola, Baganda, Bamako, Banyamulenge, Big Man rule, Capt Amadou Sanogo, civilianised, Darfur, Democratic Republic of Congo, Diego Maradona, Economic Community of West African States, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Eduardo dos Santos, Ethiopia, executed 20000 civilians, forces of history, Ghanda Koi Songhai militia, greed, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Khartoum, Kidal Gao, Libya, Mali, Matebeland massacres, military coups, Mombasa Republican Council, Muammar Gaddafi, NATO bombing, Niger Delta, Nigeria, North-Korean-trained Fifth Brigade, one-party dictatorship, post-independence, regionalism, Robert Mugabe, secessionist, Somalia, South Africa, South Kordofan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timbuktu, Tuareg, Tuareg people, Tunisia, Tutsi, Uganda, Zanzibari independence, Zimbabwe Aliens & Stars, Political Barometre, Rogue Stuff
Social Media, The ‘Leapfrog Effect’, Cappuccino Democrats, And Anti-Politics In Our Side Of The World
The other day on Al Jazeera’d THE STREAM programme, a Nigerian activist said that social media had played a big role in the on-going protests against the removal of subsidies that have sharply increased fuel prices at the pumps in the oil-producing country. He said the Nigeria government was caught by surprise when the protests […]
January 11, 2012 3 Comments Short URL Africa, Al Jazeera, and give chunks of it to a dodgy Lugazi sugarcane firm, anti-hierarchical technology, Cappuccino democrats, Egypt, Facebook, isolation problem, Kenya, Kenyan politician, leapfrog effect, Mabira Forest, Martha Karua, Middle East, Nigeria, Nigerian activist, North Africa, old Africa, old-boy networks, social media, social media anti-system, south of the Sahara desert, THE STREAM, Tunisia, youthful uprisings in Africa, YouTube Aliens & Stars, Things Tech
