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The Center for China-US Cooperation in the Joseph Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver hosted a one day conference on "China in Africa" on 1 February 2013. The organizers invited me to give the keynote luncheon address. I took the occasion to predict the way the China-Africa relationship will look in 2023 in a speech titled China and Africa: The Next Decade.
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Faces of Africa Meles Zenawi: The man who gave backCCTVIt is harvest season in Tigray, northern Ethiopia... and the wheat is heavy with seed.One of the world's oldest known farming areas, the Ethiopian highlands have served as the region's grain...
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U.S. Govt and Ethiopia Commodities exchange to strengthen coffee trading and marketing U.S. GOVERNMENT AND ETHIOPIAN COMMODITIES EXCHANGE TO STRENGTHEN COFFEE TRADING AND MARKETING US Embassy Press Release Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The U.S. govern...
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Ato Abdulaziz Mohammed, Vice President of the State of Oromia, Donald Booth, U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia and Dr. Tom Kenyon, CDC Ethiopia Country Director at the laboratory inauguration ceremony U.S. Government Inaugurates New Regional Laboratory in A...
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Authorities have cracked down on reporters and news outlets that covered last year's demonstrations by Muslims, seen here. (AFP/Jenny Vaughan) Ethiopian journalist held for coverage of Muslim protests Source: CPJ Ethiopian security forces have d...
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Inter Press Service published an article by Jim Lobe on 30 January 2013 titled "Washington Urged to Stress Diplomacy in Mali." The article quotes my views that the Mali crisis cries out for a political solution and taking into account the concerns of the Tuaregs.
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The Carter Center maintains a website called "Sino-Africa" devoted to China-Africa relations in English and Chinese. Click here to access the home page of the English version and here to access the version in Chinese.
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It probably won't be a surprise to you to know that the families of Betty Shabazz and Coretta Scott King (their children primarily) object to Lifetime's original movie, Betty & Coretta, starring Angela Bassett and Mary J. Blige, as the title characters (Angela plays Coretta and Mary plays Shabazz). It seems to happen every time a film based on a real-life public figure goes into production. It premieres tonight, Saturday, February 2 at 8/7c, less than 2 hours from the time of his post, and centers on the relationship between Betty Shabazz and Coretta Scott King, following how they continued on as single mothers, after their...
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A senior official at Iran's space agency confirmed on Saturday that state media reports on the launching of a monkey into the thermosphere had used images of two different monkeys.
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Egypt's Interior Ministry on Saturday promised to investigate the beating of a naked protester by riot police after footage of the incident was broadcast on television. The video could further stoke popular anger against the government.
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In 2010, Hillary Clinton described social media as a new nervous system for our planet (1). So can the pulse of the planet be captured with social media? There are many who are skeptical not least because of the digital ... Continue reading →
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In light of Mali, Andy Morgan writes:
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The quarter finals are upon us, and this is where things get serious. The group stages were a joyous affair, and introduced all manner of characters (and hairstyles) to a global audience. We asked our team of contributors to choose their heroes of Afcon 2013 so far, the only rule being that they couldn't pick [...]
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Writing in The Guardian, football journalist Jonathan Wilson noted that "... for the first time since 1992, there will be no north African presence in the quarter-finals." He speculated as to whether this pointed to a "a significant trend of decline in the north African game." Egypt, "the most successful team in Cup of Nations history, has [...]
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The first track below is a message to Ghana's Black Stars (they play Cape Verde in the first of Afcon 2013′s quarterfinal matches in about 9 hours) that there is no shortcut somewhere worth going to. Hard work will pay off. This should ginger them out of the locker room if the coach has eaten too much kenkey and is being dull.
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