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There's no doubt Britain is fast turning into a nation of renters, so much so, that a new term has even been coined to represent the huge percentage of young Brits who are now choosing to rent instead of buy.
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(PHOTO: Jessica Chastain as CIA analyst Maya in "Dark Zero Thirty")
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Ethiopia to Host 2013 Kagame Cup The Council of East and Central Football Association [Cecafa] has given Ethiopia the rights to host next year's Kagame Club championships. Long-serving Cecafa Secretary General Nicholas Musonye told Times Sport yest...
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Susan Rice and Africa's Despots By SALEM SOLOMON Previously Published in New York Times December 9, 2012 Tampa, Fla. ON Sept. 2, Ambassador Susan E. Rice delivered a eulogy for a man she called "a true friend to me." Before thousands of mo...
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Iran ready to make more investment in Ethiopia: Iranian envoy Source: Tehran Times Iran's Ambassador to Ethiopia Ali Bahreini has expressed the Islamic Republic's readiness to make more investments in the African country, Press TV reports. "We...
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Why is the birth rate in Israel's Ethiopian community declining?Women say that while waiting in transit camps in Ethiopia they were coaxed into agreeing to injections of long-acting birth control drugs.Women who immigrated from Ethiopia eight y...
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Somalia has long been known as a nation of poets and storytellers, a tradition that was passed down through generations.
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I shared some quick thoughts on why John Mahama even after campaigning for a few months beat out Nana Akufo Addo who campaigned for 2+ years on my Facebook profile and a friend encouraged me to write a blog post. I wanted to share my analysis of why Johnny Digital Mahama won. Some of the points are serious and some aren't so serious. Cos Why So Serious? If you followed my blog from the start, you'd know I named my blog "Why So Serious". Yeap, picked it from the Batman movie.
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Was this global romp with Dan Snow and Sarah Parcak a Doctor Who adventure or a documentary? It was hard to tell
Rome's Lost Empire (BBC1, Sun) wasn't so much a documentary as an adventure in time and space. We begin in Alabama, with an awkward proposition. Presenter Dan Snow, channelling a charming mix of Hugh Grant and Doctor Who, has been talking to archaeologist Sarah Parcak for all of two minutes when he pops the question: "OK, this is the thing, Sarah. The bottom line is: are you going to come with me round the Roman empire?"
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While Homeland has never been a series that relied on a high degree of realism, this week's episode really pushed the boundaries of incredulity and surely put an end to the pretensions its creators seem to have about it being a subtle, thought-provoking drama.
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I shared some quick thoughts on why John Mahama even after campaigning for a few months beat out Nana Akufo Addo who campaigned for 2+ years on my Facebook profile and a friend encouraged me to write a blog post. I wanted to share my analysis of why Johnny Digital Mahama won. Some of the points are serious and some aren't so serious. Cos Why So Serious? If you followed my blog from the start, you'd know I named my blog "Why So Serious". Yeap, picked it from the Batman movie.
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Egypt's opposition coalition the National Salvation Front said tonight (Dec 9, 2012) they would boycott a referendum on a new constitution, scheduled for Saturday (Dec 15, 2012). Their rejection for the new constitution comes amid protests against the country's newly elected president Mohammed Morsi, who is accused of grabbing too...
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Egypt's political crisis looked set to continue on Sunday after opposition groups called for more mass street protests against President Mohammed Morsi and rejected his planned December 15 referendum on a draft constitution.
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The M23 and Congolese government delegation have finally begun negotiations today--it wasn't a very promising start, as both sides led off with accusations.
Discussions will begin in earnest tomorrow. What can we expect?
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A day after agreeing to annul a decree expanding his powers, Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi was accused by opponents on Sunday of heightening the political crisis by refusing to cancel a planned referendum on a draft constitution.
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Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi on Saturday annulled a November 22 decree expanding his powers after the move sparked weeks of violent protests. Morsi did not, however, delay a referendum on a draft constitution in line with opposition demands.
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