Zimbabwe protest singer cum activist and one of Mugabe’s most prominent musical critics Viomak, has described UNICEF goodwill ambassador Yvonne Chaka Chaka’s recent statement as “insensitive and inconsiderate” after Zimbabwe’s state paper the Herald, reported on 18 June 2010 that Chaka Chaka had described Robert Mugabe as the "most handsome man in Africa". Writing to UNICEF […]
A Conversation with Norman Uphoff, Advisor to Nourishing the Planet
In this regular series we profile advisors of the Nourishing the Planet project. This week, we feature Norman Uphoff, professor of Government and International Agriculture at Cornell University. Name: Norman Uphoff Affiliation: Cornell University Location: Ithaca, United States Bio: Norman Uphoff is a professor of Government and International Agriculture at Cornell University and former director […]
A Worthy Cause: Support International Bloggers with Global Voices
Dear Global Voices Reader, We’d like to ask you to support our work for 2010 with a financial contribution. If you’ve been following the activity on the Global Voices, Global Voices Advocacy and Rising Voices sites, or on any of our 17 active translation sites, you’ll have experienced the incredible energy and array of viewpoints […]
Obama’s Troops surge, The Greater Game Part 1
Newton’s third law of motion is quite applicable in our social lives. Every action has reactions and every reaction is caused by an action. Every thing which goes up has to come back to original position. Any student of history knows that historical is in fact a study of humans, their experiences of past. History […]
Nigeria, others race against time in the fight against malaria
WITH merely two years to meet the global targets of delivering effective, affordable protection against the debilitating disease, BEN UKWUOMA and CHUKWUMA MUANYA write that recent efforts by the international community, have led to hopes that malaria could be eliminated as a public health problem before the end of the next decade. It is a […]
Everybody Needs a Spokesperson–Humor in Business, Russ Riendeau
Everybody Needs a Spokesperson Written by a Spokesperson for Dr. Russell Riendeau “… a spokesperson for the Governor says that he had no intentions of selling Obama’s senate seat.” “…a spokesperson for God says he regrets the tidal wave that made shore last week along Canada’s eastern coastline. It was intended to strike the unpopulated […]
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