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Black Looks gives a heads up. It appears another "Kill the Gays" bill or at least a criminalize homosexuality bill is headed our way -- this time in Rwanda: In November 2009, a draft revision on the Penal Code Act of Rwanda was tabled in the Parliament of Rwanda. Article... [view entry]
I'm not sure I'd categorize the BLK JKS as "avant garde"... they are so much more... but if that's some perfunctory way is to say they are the measure of Africa's cutting edge, then perhaps. I'd say they are a rock band who happen to be from South Africa, pure... [view entry]
Even though immigrants no longer melt away creases of the pot but tend to remain as they are, the minaret pickle reminded me of this old piece: For the immigrant there is often a new culture, a new language, unknown customs and norms, and undefined or not well-understood demands associated... [view entry]
Dancing Man-Matt Harding's video of Rwandan racers reminds me of this short film classic by Daren Wales: H/T: Daily Dish [view entry]
El Mar by George Benson. Album: White Rabbit. Label: CTI, 1971 [view entry]
New information seems to highlight the criminal, rather than ideological and terrorist, aspects of the recent Mauritania kidnappings. There is a disinterest in whole affair in official and elite circles. The overall attitude looks for “more pressing problems” unrelated to the kidnappings. The chief concern, as far as the kidnappings... [view entry]
 CNN reports: A Spanish government jet carrying the activist, Aminatou Haidar, 43, left Lanzarote Airport in Spain's Canary Islands around 10:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. ET), en route to El Aaiun Airport in Western Sahara, CNN+ reported. On Thursday evening, Haidar left a Lanzarote hospital, where she had gone hours earlier... [view entry]
Diamonds smuggled out of Zimbabwe are being illegally sold on the Mozambican side of the border in Manica town, according to the administrator of Manica District, Jose Tefula, cited by Radio Mozambique.Zimbabwe’s loose diamond deposits are located nearby in the province of Manicaland. These deposits have attracted a high number of foreigners, notably from... [view entry]
From Site:Country-Home Food Products is a World Bank assisted Project located at Koforidua, the Capital of Eastern Region of Ghana. The company which is a privately wholly-owned Ghanaian limited Liability Company incorporated on 18th June 1981 to go into the processing and canning of vegetables, fruits, and other related products... [view entry]
About KasahorowKasahorow is a project spearheaded by a Suuch Solutions (a Ghanaian company) to bring Africa’s languages alive. Kasahorow brings together editors and contributors from all over Africa to help create dictionaries for African languages.Kasahorow is a commercial project but it has several of its end products being open source... [view entry]
