The New York Times ran a story about men getting raped in Congo. It was already common knowledge that women get raped in Congo, sometimes more once, but for the NYTimes guys it appears that males getting raped is a big story. The truth is that this might be a big story if the New [...]

Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania will receive 151 million US dollars from the World Bank to boost their communication sectors. Malawi will get 20 million dollars, Mozambique, 31million, and, check this out, Tanzania will get 100 million US dollars. This is supposed to provide cheaper internet access at a higher speed which makes me very happy. [...]

I have been reading New York Times for five years right since I started having a real interest in Africa. After two years of getting involved in various humanitarian, journalistic, and personal experiences I realized that the New York Times covering of Africa has a different agenda than everyone else who is doing that. Their [...]

In the light of the latest attacks against Chinese in Algeria, I’m piling up a list of the top ten reasons why Chinese are despised in Africa. I am basing my list on the most common answers I received from Africans I interacted with in South Africa, Zambia and Tanzania. I believe these causes might be similar in other countries as well. The top is not made from the most significant to the less significant factor as this is irrelevant since all these causes act together and can only be seen as a whole!

Laura Freschi writes an interesting review of Michaela Wrong’s latest book, It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistleblower. I posted a comment to her review as I think she missed some points that should be made about this startling book. I’m also posting my comment here for personal reflections. Mrs Freschi, [...]

The investigation regarding the allegation of bribery involving a Chinese company and the government of Namibia has sparked a lot of debate in international newspapers. First, because the Chinese company has some ties with the presidential family in China which led to the banning of google search terms involving the word “Namibia” in China. No [...]