the big day
|02:30 UK time, Monday, 21 September 2009
will you be celebrating kwame nkrumah's 100th birthday today? or not?
Archives for September 2009
up in lights
|15:16 UK time, Thursday, 17 September 2009
see how we put together 'focus on africa'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/2009/09/090916_focus_day.shtml
grow your own
|14:50 UK time, Tuesday, 15 September 2009
nice story on network africa and focus on africa today. there's been lots in the media about the US first lady and her prize veggie patch on the lawns of the white house. africa has its own success stories. two big prisons in mozambique will also start growing their own produce . . .
at the same time, the world has lost a man who some say saved more lives than any other:
empty words
|04:31 UK time, Thursday, 10 September 2009
top story this morning - boat tragedy in Sierra Leone. 8 bodies recovered, 116 missing.
https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8247287.stm
and the government spokesman tells us that life jackets are compulsory in the country
less is more
|04:25 UK time, Thursday, 10 September 2009
on zimbabwe and sadc - at least president zuma is "less biased" than former president mbeki was towards president mugabe.
https://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=81014
so that's a good thing . . . right?
number crunching
|04:31 UK time, Wednesday, 9 September 2009
It's 9/9/9 today in case you haven't noticed. let's hope Africa gets lucky
Silent partner?
|04:22 UK time, Wednesday, 9 September 2009
So Sadc is backing President Robert Mugabe's demand that sanctions be dropped
https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8245286.stm
It would be good to hear from Botswana - Phando Skelemani has never been shy about speaking his mind. Has that mind now changed?
