According to the ancient Hindu scriptures, history is divided into four epochs. As William Dalrymple was told again and again on his travels around the Indian subcontinent, the region is now in the throes of the ‘Kali Yug’, the Age of Kali, an epoch of darkness and disintegration. In such an age normal conventions fall […]
“African should have expanded market” Prof. Sachs
Report: Daniel Nana Aforo The special adviser to United Nations Secretary General, under Millennium Development Goals MDG`s and the Director of Earth Institute of Columbia, Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, has urged African leaders and governments to have stronger corporation and voice on the world diplomatic stage. He said African need to be able to […]
War in Africa
My name is ‘Idaogun,’ which means the Sword of war. But people used to call me Ida (Sword). I am from a small village, Oke, in the western part of Africa. The story I am telling you describes how I found myself in Whiteman’s land. In Africa there used to be wars among the villages, […]
Do Leaders Hear what we commoners say??
Here in Sri Lanka life has become just impossible to live! I am a Sinhalese (a native). If I feel like this, I dare wonder what the minorities are going through. We are in the midst of a terrorist war which the Govenment claims "Is not a war but just retaliation". Ever wondered what that means??? […]
Malawi Government to defend Zambia’s oppostion leader’s deportation
The Malawi Attorney Genarl will defend the deportation of Zambian Opposition leader Michael Sata at the High Court , it has been learned. Sata was deported in March this year soon after arriving at Chileka Airport in the commercial city of Blantyre. Soon after his arrival ,Sata was taken to Blantyre Police where he was […]
Presidential bodyguard nealy spoils burial ceremony
A body guard belonging to the Malawin President Dr. Bingu Wa Mutharika nearly spoilt the burail ceremony after he could not allow the former President of Malawi Dr.Bakili Muluzi to convey his peraonal message to the President after laying wreaths. There was exchange of words between the bodyguard and the former President while the […]