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That's all they needed
Topix - Thursday, December 06, 2007
p> LAGOS From The Economist print edition Illicit drugs flow in from all over and then flow out to Europe A FAIRLY typical recent morning at Murtala Mohammed, Lagos's main airport, saw four traffickers carrying ... via The Economist ... more
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Sudan to dominate Security Council's intensive December schedule - President
Topix - Wednesday, December 05, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We will see at the proper time if and how this will impact on our work." Briefing reporters in New York, Ambassador Marcello Spatafora of Italy, which holds the Council's rotating presidency for this month, said the Council will be focusing on Sudan over the next... more
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Raft by Raft: Taking over the World
Topix - Tuesday, December 04, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I suspect that the subjects in the picture are not Icelandic..." Click on the picture to watch an audio slideshow of Iceland's most popular one-day tour, the Golden Circle. via Iceland Review ... more
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Past 10 Years
Topix - Sunday, December 02, 2007
p> ARCHIVE click for a new search 1998, November 3, Tuesday - foreign THE TOPICS: Smoke in cockpit causes charter plane to make unscheduled landing Jet makes emergency landing; 11 injured Chinese jetliner makes ... via Turkish Daily News ... more
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Not quite the best
Topix - Friday, November 30, 2007
p> After years of regularly being named the best country in the world in which to live, Norway has been toppled from top spot on the United Nations list. via Aftenposten in English ... more
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A Little Bit of Africa in Icelandic Elementary School
Topix - Wednesday, November 28, 2007
p> Almost 500 students, and the oldest members of the adjacent HraunavallaskA3li kindergarten, listened to the band play and sang along to African tunes and danced to the beat of African drums, Morgunbladid ... via Iceland Review ... more
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Forget HIV, Lack of Clean Water, Proper Nutrition and the Corrupt...
Topix - Tuesday, November 27, 2007
p> Catching up on my drug related reading can be a depressing exercise. Via the ONDCP's blog I found UN Drug Czar's -- Antonio Maria Costa -- latest speech on Europe's cocaine "epidemic". The whole thing is utter ... via To the People ... more
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Cape Verde: We are Africans
Topix - Sunday, November 25, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"What a crazy idea to think that Cape Verde's culture is different from the one of Guinea Bissau and therefore we are not part of Africa. Come on!" The world is talking. Are you listening? Obikuelu Pedra [pt] is not happy to hear on the Radio... more
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On the Child Trafficking Route
allAfrica.com - Friday, November 23, 2007
n northern Guinea-Bissau, in the dark of night, a dilapidated bus carrying 17 children is parked on a quiet side road. Its driver awaits a signal from a bus up ahead in the convoy illegally crossing the border into ... more
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West Africa: On the Child Trafficking Route
Topix - Friday, November 23, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I had to bring the marabout 350 CFA francs (US$0.79) a day. Otherwise, I was beaten. It's my worst memory." In northern Guinea-Bissau, in the dark of night, a dilapidated bus carrying 17 children is parked on a quiet side road. via AllAfrica.com ... more
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Food prices: Africa shows first signs of trouble
Topix - Friday, November 23, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Prospects are not good for countries that strongly rely on imports because in the short-to-medium term, we forecast that food prices will remain extremely firm, at least in the next 10 years" Regulars Interact Christophe Parayre Dakar, Senegal 23 November 2007 05:45 Recent violent unrest over... more
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Gineau-Bissau sacks TV, radio chiefs
Topix - Wednesday, November 21, 2007
p> Welcome to the Shortwave Central blog. Here you will find broadcast, pirate, and clandestine information including loggings, QSLs tips, and last-minute news. via MT Shortwave Central ... more
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Country in 'Serious' Drug Trouble
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 20, 2007
n unfamiliar country keeps popping up in press reports about drug trafficking: Guinea Bissau. This West African state of 1.5 million people is one of the poorest in the ... more
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PT to offer another slice of African holding company
Topix - Tuesday, November 20, 2007
p> According to its deputy COO Zeinal Bava, the Portugal Telecom Group plans to sell off a second minority stake in its sub-Saharan African telecoms investment venture Africa Holding, but will keep majority ... via TeleGeography CommsUpdate ... more
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Amy Winehouse, Kate Moss 'glamourise' drugs
Topix - Sunday, November 18, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"But models and socialites who wouldn't dare to wear a tiger fur coat, show no qualms about flaunting their cocaine use in public." 'Shambolic': singer Amy Winehouse, booed off stage this week One of the world's top drug enforcement officials has launched a fierce public attack... more
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Death Penalty: Moratorium Vote Leaves Deep Divisions
Topix - Saturday, November 17, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We are happy with the substantive majority of countries who voted for the resolution. It was more than what we had expected" UNITED NATIONS, Nov 16 - It was a victorious day for the anti-death penalty movement on Thursday, as the Third Committee of the U.N.... more
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Paid malaria workers 'save more lives'
Topix - Friday, November 16, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"This paper contributes positively to the debate on how we tackle malaria" Financial incentives could save more children from malaria Researchers have found that giving small financial incentives to health workers in developing countries could reduce the malaria death toll. via SciDev.Net ... more
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On the frontier of finance
Topix - Thursday, November 15, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Africa is going from unbanked to banked" ABUJA, JOHANNESBURG AND NAIROBI From The Economist print edition Taking advantage of more stable economies, banks are venturing deep into sub-Saharan Africa Illustration by Satoshi Kambayashi NOT so long ago, a ... via The Economist ... more
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Some facts about African economies from new World Bank report
Topix - Wednesday, November 14, 2007
p> Highlights from the World Bank's report on African economies released Wednesday. via PR-inside.com ... more
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ANGOLA-BRAZIL: Portuguese - the Common Language of Trade
Topix - Wednesday, November 14, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Angola is the country that receives the most financing from Brazil, as over half the funds of the Programme for Export Financing (PROEX) administered by Banco do Brasil last year went into the Angolan economy." Although separated by the Atlantic ocean, Angola and Brazil are united... more
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