by Liz Colville Amid suspicions of rigging and voter intimidation, the Communist Party won Moldova’s April 5 election, sparking violent rebellion in the country’s capital. Protesters Storm Moldovan Parliament Elections held April 5 in Moldova, a country that The Economist calls the "poorest country in Europe,” sparked violence in the capital city, […]
Pope Urged To Talk Democracy and Human Rights in Cameroon
Pope Urged to Engage Cameroon’s Biya on Democracy and Human Rights By Ajong Mbapndah L Although his visit to Cameroon in March is intended as a prelude to the historic meeting of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar at the Holy See in October 09, Pope Benedict XVI is been urged to […]
Pope Benedict XVI Urged to Talk Human Rights and Democracy in Cameroon
Pope Urged to Engage Cameroon’s Biya on Democracy and Human Rights By Laurean Ajong Mbapndah ,Washington DC Although his visit to Cameroon in March is intended as a prelude to the historic meeting of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar at the Holy See in October 09, Pope Benedict XVI is been […]
Changing Face of African Leadership
Thabo Mbeki’s Resignation and the Changing Face of Leadership in Africa By Ajong Mbapndah L* It was predicted by some newspapers but few thought it feasible that President Thabo Mbeki will be forced to resign from office by his party, the ruling African National Congress-ANC.To doubting Thomas’s, the rarity of such a precedence in African […]
Chinese Democracy by Guns N Roses
Once you get over the initial amazement that after 15 years and 20 million dollars the almost mythical Chinese democracy has finally seen the light of the day, you realize that the album holds up its mythical status. Axl Rose is the only remaining founding member still in the band with keyboardist dizzy reed sticking […]
Le Morne Cultural Landscape
Le Morne, a rugged mountain that juts into the Indian Ocean in the southwest of Mauritius was used as a shelter by runaway slaves, maroons through the 18th and early years of the 19th centuries. Protected by the mountain’s isolated wooded and almost inaccessible cliffs, the escaped slaves formed small settlements in the caves and […]
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