September 21 marked a day of shock and confusion for many people in Kenya when news spread of an attack at the Westgate Shopping Center in Nairobi’s trendy Westlands neighborhood, an area frequented by many foreigners. A total of 67 people were reportedly killed in the siege that lasted about four days. Terrorists tortured, killed,…
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Since leaving office in 2009, former U.S. President George W. Bush has been busy doing many things, including humanitarian work in Southern Africa. Bush and his wife, former first lady Laura Bush, have been traveling back and forth to Zambia, where they have set up a clinic to help in the fight against cervical cancer…
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Photo: All Africa.com A good friend of mine in Harare said to me three years ago, “please let there be no elections. The people here fear nothing more. We just want to be left alone for long enough to rebuild.” Most people agree that elections are quintessential democratic rituals. But faux elections may only make…
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Thousands of mourners converged in Ogidi, Anambra State of Nigeria, on May 23, for the funeral service of Africa’s literary icon, Chinua Achebe. He died in Boston, USA, on March 21. Achebe was the David and Mariana Fisher Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University. The Nigerian novelist is globally revered for his masterpiece, Things Fall…
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The recriminations are pouring in; Mitt Romney and the GOP lost the elections, big time. What’s the reason for the loss? Let’s take a look at what people are saying in America and beyond. Many pundits, including those who wrongly predicted the outcome of the elections, attribute the main cause to changing U.S. demographics. Ross…
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As if to say the world is not doing enough about Africa’s burgeoning business and investment opportunities, the Global Commerce Forum, which debuted the annual Energy Africa Conference in 2011, is bringing some of the smartest minds in the clean energy business to Colorado. They are coming to talk about “natural gas and renewables”, how…
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Denver-based Peace Jam Foundation has announced that one of the recipients of the 2011 Nobel Prize for Peace, Liberian social worker, Lemah Gbowee, will visit Colorado in November. The announcement posted on the organization’s website stated, “Nobel Peace Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee will presenting the 2012 Peace Jam Hero Award to Edie Lutnick and Ken…
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The first presidential debate between Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney in the 2012 U.S elections is set for Wednesday, October 3 in Denver, Colorado. As I have heard, for those of us who live and commute to work daily in Denver, we need to be prepared for the traffic nightmare that will…
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If you thought foreign policy would remain a non-issue in the current race for the U.S presidency, think again. While the pundits were “talking a good game” about the economy and jobs, abortion, and immigration, few had given thought to the obscure movie trailer posted on YouTube, bashing Islam, and the potential consequences it could bring…
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Why do people decide to have children? Beyond the social capital it brings – beyond those cute brown eyes – beyond the unmistakable and sometimes unpleasant smell of soiled nappies – why do we have children? There is a myriad of reasons for this somewhat inexplicable human impulse – some simply want a replica of…
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