Grandiose Parlor

Some Happenings in my Neck of the Woods:

What is America agenda in Somalia? Peace? Fight terrorism? Strategic relevance?

“Washington backed the warlords in their losing battle against the Islamists. And it tacitly approved Ethiopia’s military intervention to support the TFG. It has even been passing aerial surveillance reports to Addis Ababa, according to US news reports. Preoccupied with the spectre of Islamic terrorism, the White House is thus party to an attempt by a repressive regime in Ethiopia to replace a popular de facto government in Somalia with a widely reviled official one. It is a dangerous gamble.”

Check Ethan Zuckerman’s …My heart’s in Accra for some insight.

Is Uganda Africa’s Newest Investment Darling?

“In the African context, if we are talking about recent economic growth amidst large hurdles, it is difficult to disregard Uganda. This is a country that has endured some major trials and has slowly over time edged it’s way back into a period of sustained economic growth. Does this make Uganda a role model for other developing economies wishing to grow foreign direct investment?”

Benin “Mwangi” on Business News from Africa has the facts

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Is He a year older today?

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Some Kind words from Black River Eagle (BRE) , one of the “High Priest” of the African blogosphere:

“I am so pleased and inspired by the participation of people from Africa in the blogosphere and the Web this year. Many times I think to myself that there is no point to continue writing at Jewels in the Jungle about news and issues concerning Africa because there are so many great and talented writers from Africa and non-Africans who are knowledgeable about Africa publishing online today that my voice is really not needed. I and many others from around the world could have never dreamed that Africa would step forward in such a self-assured, interesting, and creative manner online as what we have witnessed over the past few years. You have been in a word M-A-G-N-I-F-I-C-E-N-T…”

Thank you Bill for the good work at Jewels in the Jungle, and for being such a great inspiration. BRE blogs at: http://jewelsnthejungle.blogspot.com

Another impeachment overturned in Nigeria. And here is a comment made by a reader in the Nigerian Village Square:

“That satanic impeachment by six at six am. Listen villagers, let us shout 20 kwenus to the Judiciary in Nigeria. I did not say hip hip because I did not want to make the mistake of the stammerer who was asked to spell hippopotamus and he ended up raising a hip hip hurray response. I nominate the Nigerian judiciary as the person of the year in 2006. I was almost dead believing that no paddy man can exist in that jungle until I read this news earlier today. May the shadow of Nigeria ever remain long and may all patriotic Nigerians who have almost lost hope like me after Abule Egba, awake since there seems to be a light in the tunnel, and it is not that of a train.”

Laspapi, a playwright (and a blog) listed some facts about Nigerian home movies, Nollywood., tagged: “24 Things we’ve learnt from Nollywood”

Who the heck is Atala Wala Wala? He is the narrator of the events in Pangolo Junction:

“Where people come to exchange views (and sometimes blows) over the prevailing issues of the day…it’s where our three main protagonists go to hang out after the activities of the day over a cool glass of kunu.”

He writes long, funny and insightful prose. Check him out at: http://pangolo.blogspot.com/

Nigeria’s population has nearly doubled to an estimated 140 million people since the last count in 1991, according to census figures/Yahoo!

• Can a national population double in 15 years? Or was the last census inaccurate, or is this just a bloated estimate?

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