I, the Snowy Tree Cricketer, present my pseudo-random thoughts on and concerns about this world around me.
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This is the overall story that just doesn’t end. The on going war in the Congo is affecting children disproportionately as wars do in general. In my opinion, this is also the war that the world seems to have decided largely to ignore. As usual, the United Nations has
I wonder when there will be an end to these sort of news stories; On CNN online, there is a article on the newly released report on the rape of children (some as young as 3) in Afghanistan. According to the article, “Rapists are roaming around with impunity,” in some
Image Source: BBC Online These past couple of weeks, interesting and strange news related to Africa. On the good news, bad news and no news front, we have the following; Good news: The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo has asked their judges to issue an arrest warrent
I just read this heart wrenching news article on the Times Online newspaper, where “A baby boy had both legs broken by supporters of President Robert Mugabe to punish his father for being an opposition councillor in Zimbabwe”. I read this and I was truly shocked! These are not
According to this article in the BBC’s online news website, Mugabe, President dictator of Zimbabwe has declared, “The MDC will never be allowed to rule this country,” Mr Mugabe said at a rally in the city of Bulawayo.” So here is the question many, including President Paul Kagame
With some mixed feelings but certainly no regrets, I have finally come to the decision that I have been putting off for a number of years now. Nubian Underground, the African hip-hop website is changing its focus from African hip-hop music, to issues related to Africa especially in the area
I think this is really odd that for a nation that suffered under the oppression of apartheid not that long ago, would at the very least understand and plight of their neighbors who have come to their country seeking refuge, be it economic. Now these people, who Africa had
The BBC, in their continued coverage of the post election violent and campaign of terror in Zimbabwe is reporting that according to a trade union official, “some 40,000 farm-workers and their families have fled their homes in Zimbabwean election violence.”
As I try to make sense of what is going on in Kenya and the realization that a great evil has descended over that country… and the fact that the leaders, whom many had placed their hopes in, continue to remain silent and chaos continues to rage, I find some
As I continue to watch the leaders in my country bicker, meanwhile innocent men, women and children are murdered, I once again wonder… do Africans really have any hope for the future? Its pretty embarrassing that each year, as the other continents and other races move ahead, it seems that
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