There has been lots of speculation, hand-wringing and other expressions of sincere concern since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for the…
Read MoreI’m not a fan of making lives easy on my readers. I think the kind of bs we usually encounter in what fills our…
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Lexicographer Erin McKean’s interactive ‘Wordnik’ is projected to be the largest online dictionary ever. CHICAGO — Erin McKean doesn’t look much like a revolutionary….
Read MoreWhere earlier this week three members of the Revolutionary United Front were convicted of all kinds of Awful Stuff. The RUF is rebel group…
Read MoreThe International Criminal Court issued a warrant for the arrest of Omar al-Bashir, the president of Sudan. After the usual politicking in the halls…
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Rwanda’s Army is flushing FDLR fighters out of Congo. RUHENGERI, RWANDA — Joseph Karege wanted to give up his gun and come back to…
Read MoreHere’s a description of what one new media guru (who’s actually kind of an old dude, so take hard, Old Guard of a Dying…
Read MoreI have a feeling this will be a recurring series: words and phrases used by aid communities, rights groups, or other NGOs (or for…
Read MoreFor those of you who haven’t yet had the occasion to squish tightly into a small little mini-bus, known in most of East Africa…
Read MoreOne of my Rwandan friends is getting married soon, and it turns out that getting married here requires a lot of stuff. The wife,…
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