With 2010 and the World Cup, and thus South Africa's global close-up, fast approaching, the country's tourist industry will become increasingly prominent. Moeketsi Mosola, chief executive of South African Tourism, is worried that crime is South Africa's Achilles’ heel and that all of the work going into preparations for 2010 will be for naught if […]
Now that the Movement for Democratic Change has declared that it will contest the runoff election Zimbabweans have reached the end of the beginning, not the beginning of the end of this seemingly interminable election issue. It appears that the MDC announcement has fueled increasing political violence that is likely to continue until the polling […]
Robert Kagan, a neoconservative policy analyst and one of presidential candidate John McCain's foreign policy advisors, has a new book warning that the West and its present leading liberal international system has a legitimate challenger in authoritarian Great Powers Russia and China and their alternative political system. Read a brief excerpt of 'the Return of […]
Anwar Wazen, Nick Noe and Mohsen Saleh about the latest events taken place in Beirut. Part I and II.
Nour's First Demo: The spirit of Pentecost on the fifth day of civil war Eugene Sensenig-Dabbous / 011.May.08 / 13:00 AM The besieged Lebanese government called yesterday for a demonstration of solidarity with the victims of the occupation of West Beirut for today, Sunday the 11th, the second highest Christian holiday, celebrating the gift of […]
I want to thank my friend, Dr. Eugene Sensenig-Dabbous for allowing me to publish his letters. Three Days on: A Report from Beirut 09.May.08 / 10:00 AM On the third day of what seems to be the beginning of a new civil war in Lebanon, I guess I owe you a personal account. I’m not […]
My work is a bit complicated. The best way to describe it is that I explore race, politics, and social movements in the United States and sub-Saharan Africa. I wrote the following recently, which mostly involves the issue of race in the United States. I hope you will find it to be of some interest: […]
My work is a bit complicated. The best way to describe it is that I explore race, politics, and social movements in the United States and sub-Saharan Africa. I wrote the following recently, which mostly involves the issue of race in the United States. I hope you will find it to be of some interest: […]
On the good news front, the Movement for Democratic Change has had a change of heart and now insists that it will contest the runoff election and is planning its strategy, whenever that election may happen. While I understand Morgan Tsvangirai's frustration with a system so clearly stacked against him, I was happy to see […]
This is a campaign started by BeirutSpring.com blog to support the freedom of speech in Lebanon.
This morning's killing of Mexico's Acting Chief of Federal Police, Edgar Millan Gomez, has put the emphasis back on the Bush Administration's Plan Mérida. Millan Gomez was the highest-ranking official to be killed since President Felipe Calderon began the crackdown on Mexican drug cartels in 2007. His death highlights the gravity of the war on […]
This just in: Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi is mostly concerned with the interests of Mangosuthu Buthelezi. Buthelezi is threatening to file suit to prevent the passage of a law that will make the position of chairperson of the KwaZulu-Natal House of Traditional Leaders permanent, thus forcing him to choose between his position as […]
Because everyone needs a bit of a comedown before heading into the weekend, here is a bit of a roundup of Zimbabwe-related stories. South African President Thabo Mbeki has traveled to Zimbabwe for talks on the country's disputed election. Acting both as South African head of state and as the Southern African Development Community's (SADC) […]
A while back we discussed an upcoming major AIDS conference in Moscow, well the event has arrived and it comes with some positive news. It was the largest Eastern Europe/Central Asia conference ever held and lasted for three days. Around 2,000 participants from over 50 nations took part to assess regional achievements, share results and […]
Media and personal reports on the ground in Beirut say Hizballah fighters have taken control of the Lebanese capital Friday on the third day of conflict. Sources say Hizballah officials are provoking the Lebanese government by asking them where their American supporters are in their time of need. Gunfire escalated Friday morning as officials closed […]