I’m interested in hearing all perspectives, so we should set up an interview. You can use the submit a question tab on my website to get in touch – your contact details go straight to my inbox (no one else will see it, so if confidentiality is a concern, I can agree not to disclose […]
Who says the Chinese government isn’t susceptible to pressure?
July 7, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Drafting my section of the Genocide Olympics campaign, I am dealing with two competing views summarized beautifully in this NYT op ed today by HRW’s Phelim Kine. Kine writes:
Activism under Obama
July 7, 2009 by 1 Comment
Where does one end a book about Darfur and advocacy? I have this very nice proposal which concludes neatly with the expectations around the incoming Obama Administration. But – unfortunately for my timeline and budget – the events since Obama came into office make it just too interesting to stop the story there. Related to […]
Odds & ends
July 6, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Apologies for the lack of updates. A friend told me that while the Kenyan government held a ceremony in honor of the arrival of fiber optic cable, their party was premature and the much-anticipated cable is not yet in the country. This didn’t seem implausible given that accounting for things not actually present is something […]
“Not all people are bad”
July 5, 2009 by Leave a Comment
In an earlier post about orphans of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda moving ‘beyond survival‘ at the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village, I mentioned a song they had written and performed at the village opening. The students,who have been learning English for just six months, have made a translation of the song from its original Kinyarwanda […]
Light shed by Botswana on the so-called “AU decision” against the ICC
July 5, 2009 by 1 Comment
UPDATE: Sudan Tribune reports that the decision was taken “by consensus” – but it is unclear to me how you have consensus if the parties are not actually in agreement. ——————————– At the end of their summit in Sirte, under the watchful eye of Chair, Col. Gaddafi, the AU put out a statement that they […]
Liberia TRC Report no longer publicly available . . .
July 2, 2009 by Leave a Comment
**UPDATE2: The report is now publicly available again – and still contains the recommendation with President Johnson-Sirleaf be barred from public office. *UPDATE 1: July 3 Finally one news report on this thanks to Voice of America but no info yet on what (no-doubt heated) discussions are going on behind the scenes . . . […]
errr . . . really?
July 2, 2009 by 2 Comments
The Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was established three years ago through a piece of legislation called the TRC Act. It has been supported and funded by the government of Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (a.k.a. Africa’s first female President). This fact, in combination with the widely accepted sense that Johnson-Sirleaf is the best thing […]
Conflict in Congo Rages on Despite 49 Years of Independence
July 1, 2009 by 1 Comment
Thanks to HuffPost for publishing this: Goma, DRC – Jimmy Makozo is ten years old. He should be in school. Instead, he is on the streets of Goma desperately reaching out to strangers like me. Throughout Congo, celebrations are underway for the 49th anniversary of independence from colonial rule. It was in the midst of […]
Regarding the SDAC post
I don’t want to be drawn into the personal attacks that I have criticized others for getting into, so I’ll try to keep this to a few substantive points that I should probably correct for the record. 1. SDAC says: “the root of the problem [with my research] is the apparent lack of diversity of […]