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Mafé Tiga: June 2007
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Sunday, June 24, 2007. The Trouble with Africa(n Aid). Has posted an interview with author,. Robert Calderisi, who. Spent three decades working on international development, most of it with the World Bank where he held several senior positions. (Read his critical opinion of former World Bank president, Paul Wolfowitz. He is the author of. The Trouble with Africa. Saturday, June 23, 2007. For Guinea (out of a possible 33). Has a more detailed report available to read (in French) here. So, what does a.
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Mafé Tiga: Conakry: Then and Now
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Friday, July 27, 2007. Conakry: Then and Now. If there's ever any doubt about the quality of life in Conakry (and in Guinea, in general),. Coincidentally, around the same time as I came across the above article chronicling Conakry's despair, I was browsing for images of Conakry during its colonial era (an obscure moment of history with little photographic account), and I stumbled upon Images du passé en Afrique de l'Ouest. March 13, 2010 at 1:57 PM. Url=http:/ spa-vip.co.il/#][img]http:/ spa-vip&...Since...
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Mafé Tiga: The Hidden Value of Data
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Friday, July 20, 2007. The Hidden Value of Data. May not be the most compelling speaker you'll ever hear, but he sure knows how to use data and statistics to reveal surprising trends in human development, and the disparity in health and economy between the western world and developing countries. In the video clip below, presented during the Technology, Entertainment, Design (. Conference held this week. Thanks to Ton Oncle for cluing me into the TED video clip. Labels: data and statistics. Appears to you...
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Mafé Tiga: May 2007
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007. Kennedy has come back". The French seem to have suddenly fallen under the spell of the new president,. Talks about how after a contentious election, Sarkozy's approval ratings (at 65%) have already shot as high as any president this early in his election under the fifth republic. How to describe the Sarkozy mania? The French magazine,. Puts it this way:. He also has invited the media to accompany him and his new prime minister,. Time will tell whether France has reason for its ne...
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Mafé Tiga: Gaddafi Calls for a "U.S." of Africa
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Sunday, July 1, 2007. Gaddafi Calls for a "U.S." of Africa. For 40 years all the [African] summits have failed[.]Our micro-states have no future," proclaimed Muammar Gaddafi, the president/dictator of Libya, during his stop in Conakry last week. Gaddafi, longtime enemy of American presidents, recently embarked on an overland trip. The idea of a United States of Africa is not a new one. In 1958, a newly independent Guinea. Rhetorical flourish on the part of Touré. The union extended to eventually incl...
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Mafé Tiga: Last Train to Nowhere
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Monday, July 9, 2007. Last Train to Nowhere. Mauritania is renowned for its extreme heat, sprawling geography of sand, and utter desolation. The three qualities are at their most inescapable as you ride atop the iron ore train that rumbles from the depths of the country's interior to the coastal town of Nouadhibou. Why the sudden nostalgia more than a year later? Ton Oncle clued me in to a. Watch the train passing in all its glory (it's purportedly the longest in the world):. Labels: iron ore train.
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Mafé Tiga: "Who's Now?" What's Next?
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Wednesday, July 4, 2007. I'm taking a break from our usual all-Africa programming for a special, if unimportant, comment:. I cannot make it through more than thirty seconds of SportCenter's new segment " Who's Now? ESPN wastes enough time nowadays as it is with non-sports " entertainment. But tonight, as I'm wading through the hackneyed catchphrases of ESPN's on-air "talent" for my fifteen seconds of Twins' highlights, I was forced to watch Stuart " Bojangles. Steve Nash or Serena Williams. While Scott a...
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Mafé Tiga: A Room With a View at the Zoo
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Saturday, July 14, 2007. A Room With a View at the Zoo. Organizers of this year's Festival of Pan-African Music. FESPAM) in the Republic of Congo drew criticism from human rights activists after. Housing a group of Baka pygmy. Performers in tents at the Brazzaville Zoo. While national Forestry Ministry officials claimed that the 20 musicians. According to Roy Richard Grinker's In the Arms of Africa. The attention is not all negative, as "The Pygmies have long been called the premiers citoyens. You can fi...
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THE WEB-SITES THAT HELP FIGHT ZIM'S CAUSE!: BLOGGING FOR DEMOCRACY! OH THE JOY OF BLOGGING!
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THE WEB-SITES THAT HELP FIGHT ZIM'S CAUSE! MO ELECTIONS FOR ZIM! PLEADS ARCHB M S HOVE. PLEASE CLICK ON IMAGE TO GO TO ARTICLE! RGM WAS NEVER A LEGITIMATE PRES" ARGUES CHOKWADI CHIYE. PLEASE CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO GO THE ARTICLE! REV HOVE WITH MANDISA OF "SWRADIOAFRICA" (21/12/2009)! Http:/ www.swradioafrica.2bctnd.net/12 09/callback211209.mp3. WE WERE DEMONSTRATING AT THE BEIT BRIDGE BORDER POST 5th JULY, 2008! COPY PHOTO AND PASTE ON A MICROSOFT WORD SHEET THEN ENLARGE TO SEE THE SMALL PRINT! I'm sure t...
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THE WEB-SITES THAT HELP FIGHT ZIM'S CAUSE!: March 2008
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THE WEB-SITES THAT HELP FIGHT ZIM'S CAUSE! MO ELECTIONS FOR ZIM! PLEADS ARCHB M S HOVE. PLEASE CLICK ON IMAGE TO GO TO ARTICLE! RGM WAS NEVER A LEGITIMATE PRES" ARGUES CHOKWADI CHIYE. PLEASE CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO GO THE ARTICLE! REV HOVE WITH MANDISA OF "SWRADIOAFRICA" (21/12/2009)! Http:/ www.swradioafrica.2bctnd.net/12 09/callback211209.mp3. WE WERE DEMONSTRATING AT THE BEIT BRIDGE BORDER POST 5th JULY, 2008! COPY PHOTO AND PASTE ON A MICROSOFT WORD SHEET THEN ENLARGE TO SEE THE SMALL PRINT! I'm sure t...
