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Solidarity Visit Last Thursday we visited the Medical School of the Aristide Foundation [UniFA] and had the privilege of an audience with former first lady, Mdm Mildred Aristide. She spoke about the history of the medical school which though it was started in 2002 can be traced back to 1996 when Haiti restored diplomatic relations with Cuba [...]
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Zimbabwe will vote on a proposed new constitution in a referendum set for 16 March, after the country mysteriously (miraculously) found the funds to pay for the vote - a few weeks back, there were claims they had just a few hundred dollars in the bank. From the African Elections Project story: The Constitution select Committee (COPAC) of Zimbabwe will officially launch a campaign today to
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And when this freedom is finally won, what will we do with it? Build castles in the mountains? Talk of empowerment or look for others to oppress and to kill? If you come only to help me, you can go back home. But if you consider my struggle as part of your struggle for survival, [...]
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The morning after the film "Argo" took home the Oscar for Best Picture, former U.S. Ambassadors to Iran and hostages of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis discussed their time in captivity, the film and their hopes for diplomatic relations between Iran and the United States.
Despite concerns of "Argo" belaboring one of the lowest points of U.S./Iranian relations and inflaming tensions 32 years later, Ambassador John Limbert, the former hostage and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iran under President Obama, believes that both Iran and the United States are culpable in stoking the flames of the past and that it's time to move on.
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Ethiopia: Africa Oil inks oil exploration accord Canadian oil and gas company Africa Oil Corporation (AOC), said on Sunday that it has signed a petroleum exploration and production agreement with Ethiopia. State mines minister Sinknesh Ejjig and A...
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The political movement that sprang, fully formed, from the comedian Beppe Grillo's popular blog, could soon be Italy's largest party.
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It happens just about every year - a film that many don't consider an independent film wins an independent film award or two; while a film that many consider quintessentially indie, is seemingly looked over. It happened last 2 nights ago, at the Indie Spirit Awards ceremony, which saw Silver Linings Playbook dominate, while Beasts Of The Southern Wild was left wanting. I'm sure you can figure out which of the 2 films most consider the true "indie" film. And it didn't take very long after the Indie Spirit Awards ended for discussion on what exactly being an indie film means, to trend on social networks. But this is a conversation that the film community has...
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Fans of the NBC freshman series Revolution, should be pleased to know that, while you wait for the show to return on March 25, a live-action webseries will launch to only complicate the story even more. And here's where it gets even more interesting, the new webseries, will follow Capt. Neville (played by Giancarlo Esposito), who's on a mission to hunt down and kill those who had a hand in the attempt to assassinate Gen. Monroe (David Lyons). But while on this journey, Neville will apparently "stumble upon an even greater conspiracy that could change the course of the Republic forever." The webseries will flashback to 11 years after the blackout, and only...
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Indian land grabs in Ethiopia show dark side of south-south co-operation By Anuradha Mittal The takeover of peoples' land and water by corporations - even if they are from the global south - is a new form of colonisation The idea of south-south...
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From Pierre M. Coleman comes a new web series titled Jackson & Lewis. Synopsis: A new comedy web series that follows two contract killers, Jackson and Lewis, who share a dysfunctional but functional relationship. They are at the top of their game until Jackson suffers short-term memory loss from an accident. Their missions become a series of unfortunate events that are filled with mayhem and mishaps. They hire a cameraman to follow them every step of the way. So it has a little bit of Man Bites Dog in it I guess. Omar Scroggins and Dee Martin star as the two profile contract killers . Episode 1 is embedded below. If you like what you see and would like to follow,...
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Zimbabwe will vote on a proposed new constitution in a referendum set for 16 March, after the country mysteriously (miraculously) found the funds to pay for the vote - a few weeks back, there were claims they had just a few hundred dollars in the bank. From the African Elections Project story: The Constitution select Committee (COPAC) of Zimbabwe will officially launch a campaign today to
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President Obama announced in a letter to Congress that he deployed "approximately one hundred" U.S. military troops to Niamey, Niger...
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The fighting in Syria claims the life of French photojournalist Olivier Voisin, as civilian casualties continue to increase. In Egypt, we look at the threat of sexual violence that hangs over women who venture into Tahrir Square. Finally, as "Argo" clinches the Best Picture award at the Oscars, not everyone in Iran is happy with the film's version of events.
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"To select FIVE images in a career of about 7 years is not easy," Ugandan photographer Edward Echwalu writes in his email. "It was probably the most challenging editorial decision I have ever come across." I took it as a gentle reminder we might be asking photographers the impossible in our "favorite photographs" series. That [...]
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