Grandiose Parlor

This is the kind of message members of the African Union need to send to Khartoum:
“On Wednesday May 23, Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed Senate File 1075, a targeted divestment bill which will divest Minnesota’s State Board of Investment from companies that support the genocidal government of Sudan. “Minnesotans can be proud that we are taking […]

This following was insured by folks at Global Voices (GV):
On Thursday May 24, Reuters will be holding another of their Newsmaker events, this time on the subject of Darfur.
The event takes place in New York, staring 930am EST, and the event page is here -

http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/newsmakerDarfur. I’ve also pasted the basic information below. If any of […]

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Phillip Bohwasi, writes via African Business Executive:

“Africa has had problems with its leaders, a majority of whom were elected into power through popular revolution; but found no checks and balances for the misuse of power in place…Leadership is the cornerstone of all processes of revitalization. Leaders are in short supply and must be revitalized and […]

The “We Blog for Darfur” (WBD) project is receiving some attention from the mainstream media, the first stoplight comes from Mark Jones, the global community editor of Reuters, who wonders “if its wise to start a new blogging initiative or focus on existing ones.”
It’s encouraging (at least to me) to see Reuters writes about WBD […]