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South Sudan, Independence and Oil
After half a century of ferocious hostilities between the Khartoum-led North and South of Sudan that resulted in 2 million people fatalities in the South and forced a further 4 million to flee the region, the conflict was finally brought to a close through...
A Few Words About Malawi
Malawi Lilongwe Wildlife Center In Malawi, we visited the Lilongwe Wildlife Centre, a project supported by companies like the Body Shop, providing sanctuary space for rescued, confiscated, orphaned and injured wild animals of Malawi. While touring their...
Debt Burden Continues to Cripple the South
Between 1970 and 2002, the continent of Africa received some US$540bn in loans. However, a United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) study, Debt Sustainability: Oasis or Mirage? revealed that despite repaying some US$550bn in principal...
A Few Words About Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Kids Playing With Water Well in Askum We started this trip in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, a place most Americans associate with war and hunger due to the famines of the mid 1980s and 1990s. Even today, more than 6 million people in Ethiopia are...
A Case for Eating Your Vegetables
Parents have always had a hard time getting kids to eat their vegetables Share
Despite drop in sales, IBM posts stronger earnings than anticipated
On Thursday, International Business Machines (IBM) came out with its results for the Share
World recession easing, sluggish recovery in sight, says IMF
The world is starting to pull out of its first recession since World War II, said the International Monetary Fund in its latest report released Wednesday. According to the latest report, the global economy was already stabilizing, the financial crisis...
Tourism and travel industry set to contract in 2009
The global tourism and travel industry is set to contract in 2009, according to a new report by Euromonitor International entitled “The Forecast Restatement – Travel and Tourism in a Crisis” launched at the World Travel Market Vision conference...
