Tag Archives: Tyranny
2001-2011: Eritrea’s Wasted Decade
If Eritrea was a democratic republic and all the fronts, movements, groups were political parties, the Eritrean people would have voted “No Confidence” on every single one of them. Eritrea’s self-imposed ruling party, the PFDJ, spent an entire decade in
2001-2011: Eritrea’s Wasted Decade
If Eritrea was a democratic republic and all the fronts, movements, groups were political parties, the Eritrean people would have voted “No Confidence” on every single one of them. The PFDJ spent an entire decade in a futile effort to
Disempowerment and suppression of freedoms in Ethiopia
Disempowerment and suppression of freedoms in Ethiopia By Graham Peebles 21 April 2012 Graham Peebles looks at how the increasingly paranoid regime of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is systematically tightening its monopoly over information, suppressing free speech and suffocating
It’s Time to Slay St George’s Day
You always know something is going to be controversial when the introductory sentence is an arse-covering caveat. Well, here’s mine. This piece represents my personal opinion, not that of the BBC or any of my colleagues. So, without further ado,
It’s Time to Slay St George’s Day
You always know something is going to be controversial when the introductory sentence is an arse-covering caveat. Well, here’s mine. This piece represents my personal opinion, not that of the BBC or any of my colleagues. So, without further ado,
Revolution in aviation sector
•Princess Stella Oduah (m) during an inspection tour of MMIA, Lagos. On her left is Mr George Uriesi MD, FAAN •Nigeria’s aviation sector is beginning to show signs of life One thing Mrs Stella Oduah, Nigeria’s aviation minister has in
Gilbert Achcar on Libya and Syria
I have come to the conclusion that there are only two possibilities that can explain Gilbert Achcar’s detachment from reality in regards to the conflicts in Libya and Syria. Either he is woefully misinformed, or he is intentionally deceptive. And
Grasping at Africa’s future
Now updated with more malfeasance and suffering, Martin Meredith’s The State of Africa: A History of the Continent since Independence (Jonathan Ball) provides a depressingly full picture of Africa in the past half-century. Told in a swift, fact-packed narrative style,
Yudof missed the mark
By Tabitha Korol President Mark Yudof of the University of California graciously responded at length to my letter/essay, ” There’s a fault in California,” regarding their BDS conferences and my consequent commentary for their hosting hatemonger Louis Farrakhan, with copies
The feminist revolution: out, proud and petty
Find More Stories 8 March 2012 The feminist revolution: out, proud and petty 51 Comments Lyn Bender I’m not a feminist but… can I still care about women? I was born within the confines of a religion that declared in
