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[IDS]For those of us working internationally to uphold the rights of sexual minorities, the reappearance of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill on the agenda for the Ugandan Parliament has taken on a chillingly familiar air.
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It's almost guaranteed that animated films, even mediocre ones, do extremely well at the box office. Well almost guaranteed. There are some that don't. Recent case in point: Dreamworks Animation's latest film Rise of the Guardians. First, before we get to that, recall that Guardians is the first big budget, major studio animated film to be directed by an African-American, Peter Ramsey (pictured above) who I profiled back in late October HERE. And things looked good for the film with some knowledgeable box office experts predicting that the film was going to be major box office winner. However things didn't turn out exactly that way. According to film...
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Jamie Foxx is putting on his producer/writer hat to develop a new drama series for TNT titled Hit, which Foxx will co-writer with Rob Port (former Numbers co-executive producer). Hit will follow 2 former high school football teammates (a QB and a WR), and best friends, who are hired by the Miami Police Department years later, and assigned to an exclusive unit known as HIT (or High Impact Team), where they use their on-the-field abilities and teamwork to hunt and take down Miami's most dangerous criminal element. It's not exactly the same thing, but I can't help but think of Miami Vice, given the Jamie Foxx connection (he starred in the feature film version of...
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As they have since the start of the revolution last year, Egyptian bloggers and journalists reported Tuesday's protest online as it unfolded, transmitting images, video and text accounts from their phones to social networks.
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by Aissata Cheick Sylla and Adriane Del Torto
This morning the Minister of Agriculture Dr Yaranga Coulibaly officially opened the National Roundtable workshop for the Mali Country Programme Evaluation undertaken by IFAD's Independent Evaluation Office. To mark this special occasion, two members of Government, the Minister of Livestock and Fisheries Mr Makan Aliou Tounkara and the Minister of Employment and Vocational Training Dr Diallo Deidia Katara, the Commissioner for Food Security, Mr Yaya Tamboura and the President of the Assemblée Permanente des Chambres d'Agriculture du Mali. (APCAM) Mr Bakary Togola, the Interim director of the Independant Evaluation Office Mr Ashwani Muthoo and the Director of the West and Central Africa Division of IFAD, Mr Ides de Willebois all ...
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After losing 2-1 to Nice at the weekend, rumours in the French press are abound that Paris Saint-Germain manager Carlo Ancelotti will be relieved of his duties and out of a job by Christmas.
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There's no question which team has the most motivation for this match-up. Shakhtar top Group E and are already through no matter what happens tonight.
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The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) published a report in November 2012 titled "Barrgh-gaining with Somali Pirates." The authors are Olaf J. de Groot, DIW Berlin, and Matthew D. Rablen and Anja Shortland, both of Brunel University.
The study concludes that ransoms paid to Somali pirates are drifting upward and negotiation times are increasing, yet there is huge variation in bargaining outcomes across ship owners. The authors found that ransom amounts and negotiation length depend on the observable characteristics of both pirates and ships and on the reference ransom established by previous ransom payments for a specific ship type. International naval enforcement efforts have driven up the ransom amounts.
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At least 81 people died in landslides and flash floods caused by Typhoon Bopha.
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By Chola Mukanga
Gemstones are among the most lucrative minerals in the world. They are also stones that Zambia has in abundance. It has the second largest deposits of emeralds in the world and accounts for about 20% of global supplies. The quality of these emerald stones is very good for colour and specific gravity. Zambia also possesses Africa's largest deposits of amethyst and aquamarine, with the quality of the former considered to be amongst the very best in the world. These deposits can be found in Copperbelt, Eastern and Southern provinces, with more discoveries being made in other parts of Zambia as exploration intensifies.
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According to the Nigerian press, the defense headquarters have redeployed the commandant, Air Vice Marshal I. A. Kure, and corps...
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Egyptian activists tackle sexual harassment in Tahrir Square. Spy agency employees displaying a certain lack of discretion on social networks. And a video showcasing the arrival of autumn to New York City.
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Egyptians demonstrate against Morsi, the R-UMP makes its debut in the French National Assembly, meanwhile the royal bump continues to dominate British news and finally DSK is photographed surrounded by blondes at a Paris nightclub.
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We tracked down Abdellah Karroum in Paris, and asked him some questions about the Biennale Regard Benin 2012, of which he is the artistic director (more on that in yesterday's post). Abdellah Karroum was born in 1970 in Morocco. He is the artistic director of L'appartement 22, an experimental space for exhibitions and residencies in Rabat, which [...]
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