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July 04, 2008
Rwanda Makes Plans to Reduce Dependence on Kenya, Kagame Says
July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Rwanda may reduce dependence on Kenya by building a rail line to Tanzania and is looking at other projects to make the landlocked central African nation more economically independent, President Paul Kagame said.
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Zimbabwe: Media environment now worse
Zimbabwe, enmeshed in an unprecedented political crisis stoked by the withdrawal from a presidential run–off by the main contender, has launched the harshest press crackdown in memory, an international media watch group has said.
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Horn of Africa: Uncovering Djibouti
Most people were shocked and in disbelief how fast the Djibouti case developed. Obviously, it was well planned, coordinated and synchronized by the conflict machine of the State Department led by Dr. Jandayi Frazer. It appeared like a tsunami; engulfed the Horn in no time taking every Eritrean by surprise. This raises a whole host of questions into the motives and the actors. Why? Why did Djibouti take this route? Who are the actors? What is the motivation behind it, what can they do and how to respond?
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Sierra Leone: The African Union -- Relevant or An International Laughing Stock
In these days the African Union (AU) has been presented with a challenge and opportunity - the challenge of dealing forthrightly with the illegitimate government of someone who can be rightfully referred to as "former President Robert Mugabe", calling his game to an end and instead exploiting the opportunity to gain the credibility and relevance it so desires as a continental grouping towards a new course of democracy and development for Africa.
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Ghana Elections: Once Again It Is an Election Year -- Politics, Promises and Deceit
I am wondering how politicians feel in an election year. How difficult it is for them to adjust to humble, sociable, prudent and respectful lifestyles. This is the period they are on their best behaviours and pretend to be on the level of the ordinary man. They come up with the promise of paradise tomorrow and what happens after that is the concern of God.
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Zimbabwe: Why are our African cousins, the Zimbabweans so helpless?
Ghana must never allow any dictator or the Military rule us ever again. A nation is innovative, creative and yearns to improve itself if and only if there is evidence of safety, good housing, food, freedom of speech and opportunity for further education.
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Colombia/ France: Betancourt is freed at last, but without France’s aid
Mrs Ingrid Betancourt, 46, a Colombian politician, was yesterday freed from her captors, the Armed Revolutionary Army of Colombia (FARC), by the Colombian regular Army, in an audacious but bloodless and also epic operation, carried out deep in the Colombian thick equatorial forest.
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Pascal Lamy - WTO Thug?
The WTO seems to be intent on ensuring the death of the African farmer.
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South Africa: Contrarians unite!
The one thing I've loved about all the doom and gloom negativity that seems to envelop us every day in the media and around the dinner tables is how certain sage and calm people have responded with positivity and realism in the face of often hysterical pessimism. One such opinion piece doing the rounds is from analyst Mark Ingham, which I've included in full:
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Somalia: US urges Burundian-UN peacekeepers for Somalia on the future
The United States government has called for Burundian government to contribute Peacekeeping troops to Somalia as parts of UN peace keepers planned to send to Somalia senior Diplomat said. Speaking at African Union summit In Sherm-Elsheikh town in Egypt Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer has declared that Burundian troops would be parts of UN peacekeepers to Somalia in the near Future as a hope.
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Libya: Education is Key to Africa's Development
Talking at a recent one-day conference on education challenge in Africa, organised at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso by the Africa Commission, ECOWAS, the organisation's president, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas said that education is indispensable if Africa is to develop and the enormous potentialities of the continent's youths are to be unlocked.
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Zimbabwe Elections: African leaders to tackle Zimbabwe crisis at summit
African leaders are expected to press President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday to negotiate with Zimbabwe's opposition but are unlikely to punish his government for holding a discredited presidential election.
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My friend goes nuts!
My friend Kongo has gone bananas – again. Of late, he has been behaving in a manner likely to suggest that his medulla oblongata needs a total overhaul, like a motor engine. As you read this, he is in police custody and I am worried that he might end up serving time. I am not soliciting for funds because I know that no lawyer in his or her right mind would be willing give him legal representation. His case has no precedence – at least not in the US.
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Kenya: The Komarock Community Development Network
Many unknown groups of people are contributing to peace and reconciliation efforts in Kenya after the post-election crisis earlier this year. One group that is involved and deserves recognition and accolade is the Nairobi-based Komarock Community Development Network (KCDN). Here is a report of recent activities.
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Ghana: Mr. President - Please don’t underestimate the Ghanaians' intelligence
THE FORTHCOMING OF THE National Awards event won’t happen until July 1st ,but judging by the buzz, controversies and ‘insults’ surrounding it, the Public will not pay much attention to its significance, importance and ramifications. The center of gravity of the National Awards has been shifted and it’s creating very uncomfortable feelings among Ghanaians of every political leaning.
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The Bloggers
Ghana Web
The GhanaHomePage is a comprehensive resource about the country Ghana. On this website you can find lots of news, information and entertaining stuff and get in touch with (fellow) Ghanaian people.

The GhanaHomePage was conceived in 1992 by Francis Akoto, a Ghanaian living in Finland. In t... more
Emmanuel Oluwatosin
Emmanuel Oluwatosin is a young entrepreneur from Nigeria. His major drive is to see a shift from meetings and talks to events and actions, ensuring that words give way to action - thereby addressing the need to step up from being end users to innovative minds. He also believes that the development o... more
Edwin Thomas
Edwin was born in Nairobi, at Mater Hospital. He attended Kenyatta University  for a Bachelors' degree in Education and the University of North Texas, for his MBA.
 
He currently resides in Dallas Texas. more
Sokari Ekine
Sokari Ekine is a Nigerian living in London. She is a feminist, Human Rights Defender and Activist.  She has been blogging for 3 years on the award winning Black Looks blog.   In 2005 along with more
Rethabile Masilo
Rethabile Masilo was born in Lesotho in 1961. Today he lives and works in France. He trains business people to use English to run meetings, make presentations, negotiate, and so on. Rethabile says, "I dislike injustice, especially in the form of discrimination, segregation, and economic slavery... more
Shabelle.net
The Shabelle Media Network, television and radio network was found in Merca, Somalia on 01/02/2002, by a group of media professional, Business men and intellectual personalities. The network was launched in Merca, Lower Shabelle Region, Somalia, on 6th of May 2002.

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Merhawie

Merhawie is a Civil Engineer who has been blogging for eight years. He holds a Masters of Science in Civil Engineering however, blogs on subjects as diverse as politics to cooking.

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The Media Line
The Media Line™ (TML) is a unique non-profit news organization established to enhance and balance media coverage in the Middle East, promote independ... more
Behailu Damte
Behailu is an Oromo Ethiopian living in the USmore
Susan Thompson
Susan Thompson runs a training program for fish farmers in Western Kenya. You can find the work of her organization (Fish 4 Kenya) at http://www.fish4kenya.com. more
Dro Ameh

My name is Dro Ameh. I was born in Nigeria in 1986.

 

I received a technical certificate in electrical installation and maintenance at the Federal Technical College, Benue State in 2004. Immediately upon completion of my techncal education, I started making mus... more

Yankuba Jambang
Yankuba Jambang joined the Gambia's Daily Observer newspaper in July 1997 as a free-lance journalist. A year later, he started filing stories for the Gambia's most respected privately owned FM news stations, Citizen FM radio (the voice of the peop... more
Reader Series
The Readers Series are  a group of opinion and commentaries submitted by African Path readers for dissemination on a wider audience. If you have an article that you want to publish on African Path, please feel free to submit it and our editors will determine if the article will run. To submit a... more
Nigeria Health Watch
Nigeria Health Watch seeks to motivate Nigerians and those interested in Nigeria to take an active interest, and play an active role in their health. When your neighbour dies from measles, during child birth, in a car accident, rather than conclude it was as "God wanted it", think, ask and... more
Kimani Njoroge

Kimani is a Research Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education.

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Eric Aseka
Professor Aseka is a Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence at Kennesaw State University for the 2006-2007 academic year. He is a renowned political historian with a profound interest in leadership studies. He believes that turning around Africa requires institutionalizing quality and effective leadership o... more
Indana Simonde
I am a student at Edinburgh, Scotland. I hail from Zambia and have spent my formative years in England.

I am a writer by profession and this space will be use to showcase some of my work from my book entitled The Broken Soul of Angelese The Orchid Sphinx:... more
Sean Jacobs
Sean Jacobs is a researcher and journalist. He lives between Brooklyn, New York, and Ann Arbor, Michigan where he teaches African Studies and communication studies at the University of Michigan. His favorite film is The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On and he is equally a fan of Abdullah Ibrahim and ... more
Rouvanne van den Berg
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Pauline Harris

Pauline Harris a graduate in Business Administration from UEAB (University of Eastern Africa Baraton). Currently living and working in the United States of America Ms Harris is a rapporteur and correspondent for newspapers, journals and periodicals focusing on the African Diaspora.

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Meet Kenyans
 Meet Kenyans is the place where Kenyans have a voice to speak for themselves instead of hearing about their stories through a non-Kenyan, basically the "Mzungu" also known as a white, or white man. Meet Kenyans is where you will read and see Kenyans themselves sharing their thoughts,... more
David Carson

David graduated from Tufts University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies and minor in History.  He studied abroad in Talloires, France, and then worked for an immigration law firm in Atlanta, Georgia, before returning to law school and rec... more

Oliver Wekesa
Oliver Wekesa is a young executive in Kenya's media industry. A student of business, he believes that every individual is able to shape their world if they so wish. Just depends how bad they wish it. Oliver hopes that African Path will create discussions that will bring people from... more
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Acolyte
Acolyte has a B.A in Communications and has just completed a Master's in Public Administration in an American university. He was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya but is now based in the USA. He is currently working in the Non Profit sector and is working on expanding his efforts... more
Tripoli Post
The Tripoli Post and The Tripoli Post OnLine focuses on serving readers by making information available with regard to Libya’s politics, business, culture, sports, history and the country’s dynamic growing population. This is in addition to covering world events.

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Sami Ben Gharbia

Sami Ben Gharbia, fled from Tunisia in 1998 and ... more

Rodgerick Williams
Rodgerick was born in Jackson, Mississippi and raised in Eutaw, Alabama. He began studying nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, before he realized that he didn’t want to be a nurse. Rodgerick has graduated from the U.S. Department of Defense Biomedical Engineering school with a ... more
Samira Edi

Samira hails from Cameroon. She blogs at African Path Village.

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Awate

Awate.com and other Eritrean collegues have been serving the public for years and more so since all opposition figures were banned in Eritr... more

Senegambia News
Senegambia News is an online news organization providing breaking news and opinion on both the West African countries of Senegal and the Gambia.

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Kimani Wanyoike
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Pan African Trade & Investment Summit
The Pan African Trade and Investment Summit will be held on the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities Campus at the Humphrey Institute. The dates for the summit will be October 4 – 6, 2007.

The event is organized by the Pan African Business Alliance (PABA), the Roy Wilkins Cen... more
Fred
Fred is a freelance writer. He has a certain amount of experience in troubled places and idealistic institutions, and has generally found more inspiration in the former.

Fred blogs at Extra Extramore
Elie B. Smith
My name is Elie B. Smith. I am 35 years old and a holder of a Diploma in Mass Communications and a Bachelor in International Marketing. I am a Broadcast Journalist by profession and have worked with the English services of Radio France International and Canal France International,respectively as a c... more
G. Pascal Zachary
G. Pascal Zachary (http://www.gpascalzachary.com) researches and writes on African affairs for the media, foundations and NGOs. He has made 25 separate visits to s... more
Brian Schartz

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Desire-Joseph Katihabwa
I was born in Bujumbura, the capital City of Burundi. I moved to Britain in 1999,and I have been working in customer service and IT for various companies. My desire is to finish my studies in International Law, Psychology to be able to help children in armed conflicts. more
Ras Babi Babiker

Ras Babi is a Sudanese teacher who has lived in the exile for many years. He writes short plays and poems.

 

Due to security reasons, he is unable to provide a comprehensive bio.

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Nyasa Times
Nyasa Times is a leading interactive news site covering Malawi.

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Firetongue

Firetongue was born in Cameroon in 1971, and has played guitar, keyboard and
accordion since he was 6 years old. His first sources of inspiration came from churches, where his father preached the Good Book.

 

When he was only 13, a jazz-guitar teacher in Yaoundé t... more

Henry Owera
Henry Owera is an Information Scientist with a research, an Information Society, and ICT4D  civil society background. Henry is an independent developer of Information Systems, web, and communications strategies, and a blogger whose exercise is no surprise Information Society and Social Informat... more
Kwaku Adu-Gyamfi
My name is Kwaku Adu-Gyamfi, a native  of Asuom,Ghana. I live in the  U.S. I am a social commentator and a founder of Adu-Gyamfi educational  and youth empowerment foundation to help the youth of my village in Ghana. I'm in the law enforcement profession but writing is what keeps me g... more
Ibrahim Garang
Ibrahim Garang was born in El Fasher, Sudan. He currently resides in London, United Kingdom and studies Geography at BirkBeck College (University of London) while also working part-time in the city. He also has interests in journalism. more
Franklin Cudjoe

Franklin Cudjoe is head of Ghanaian think-tank Imani: The Centre for Humane Education, (www.imanighana.org) which is a think-tank based in Accra dedicated to researching economic trends to glean practical public-policy insights for the benefit of government... more

Benin Mwangi
Benin "Mwangi" Brown is editor of BeninMwangi.com, a premiere online destination for surfers seeking to learn or talk about business and entrepreneurship in Africa.  Additionally, he also is involved in several other initiatives.

Ben... more
Benin
Benin also goes by Benin Mwangi at times. He is also an editor at African Path's business section called the Cheetah Index.

When he muses on general issues affecting the African continent he goes simply by "Benin". And his interests and opinions regarding the African continent... more
Joshua Goldstein

Joshua Goldstein is a 23 year old American aspiring freelance writer, development practitioner and web designer. For most of 2006, he lived in more