Archive for the ‘NGOs’ Category
Vox Populi. Maybe, sort of.
For all the information swirling around about Congo these days, this map is interesting. It’s from Ushahidi, which means “testimony” in Swahili, a site designed to aggregate crisis information sent by ordinary people, via emails or–here’s the specialness–SMS. Because cell phones are ubiquitous here, and virtually nothing else is, the SMS is the real key [...]
"I see your war crimes charge and raise you civilian protection…"
This is old-ish news, but it merits repeating: After five years of genocide, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is flirting with peace in Darfur. He just wants one thing in return—immunity from that pesky genocide charge issued this summer by the International Criminal Court (ICC). And the United Nations, after years of tough talk about ending [...]
“After disasters and death tolls, world moves on”
It sounds like me being glib, using my unending cynicism to make a point, but that’s a real, it-ran-in-papers-and-on-the-web headline from the Associated Press. Which I think is amazing. So amazing I’ve had it open on my web browser for, apparently, two weeks. It’s from May 15, just after the cyclone and the earthquake in [...]
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