Over the next four years the U.S. will face a number of foreign policy problems, most of them regional, some of them global. Dispatches From The Edge will try to outline and analyze some of the key issues for Africa. Africa is probably the single most complex region of the world and arguably its most
Boys will be… girls
One of the largest toy chains in Sweden published a gender-neutral Christmas catalogue, which pictured boys playing with dolls and girls holding toy machine guns. The move has reignited a debate in Sweden over the proper place of gender roles. Top Toy has produced children’s Christmas catalogues in Denmark and Sweden for both Toys R
Virtual clinics
A bid to save nearly £3billion by slashing appointments with a doctor and treating patients via computer will put lives at risk, ministers were warned. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is planning a technological revolution that could spell the end of the traditional doctor’s surgery. A new system of “virtual clinics” is being planned in which
Obama’s Soviet Mistake
Putin in 2009 outlined his strategy for economic success. Alas, poor Obama did the opposite but nevertheless was re-elected. Bye, bye Miss American Pie. The Communists have won in America with Obama but failed miserably in Russia with Zyuganov who only received 17% of the vote. Vladimir Putin was re-elected as President keeping the NWO
Separatists winning in Catalonia
Four separatist parties in Spain’s Catalonia looked set to win a majority in regional elections on Sunday, partial results showed, but the main one was on course to lose some seats, possibly undermining its bid to call an independence referendum. With half of votes counted, the ruling Convergence and Union alliance, or CiU, was winning
The least emotional country in the world
Singapore, where residents work the longest hours in the world, was also found to be the least emotional country. Never mind its temperate 28C weather, low unemployment rate and high per-capita GDP – Singapore is the most emotionless society in the world, according to a new Gallup poll, beating the traditionally po-faced Georgia, Lithuania and
Thanksgiving ‘White-Supremacist Holiday’, Founders ‘Nazis’
Forget all that turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie, today should be a day of fasting and atonement for American “sin.” That’s according to Robert Jensen, a journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Jensen, known for his hard-left politics, also calls Thanksgiving a “white-supremacist holiday.” Jensen’s opinion piece “No Thanks for Thanksgiving,” appeared
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Africa For Norway New charity single out now!
A spoof music video appealing to Africans to donate radiators for freezing children in Norway got almost 430 000 hits in five days on YouTube. The video, a parody of the 1985 US charity song We are the World written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, was the idea of a Norwegian group which said
US hacked French president’s computers in ‘cyberwarfare’
The United States used U.S.-Israeli spy software to hack into the French presidential office earlier this year, the French cyberwarfare agency has concluded, according to the newsmagazine l’Express. The magazine reported late Tuesday that the computers of several close advisers to then-president Nicolas Sarkozy – including Chief of Staff Xavier Musca – were compromised in
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Hillary Clinton in Israel
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed to support Israeli security on Tuesday while calling for a quick de-escalation of Gaza fighting that raged on unabated amid signs of an emerging truce deal. The top US diplomat flew in for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as efforts continued across the region to refine an
Rebels in Congo seize Goma, airport
A rebel group believed to be backed by Rwanda seized the strategic, provincial capital of Goma in eastern Congo on Tuesday, home to more than 1 million people as well as an international airport in a development that threatens to spark a new, regional war, officials and witnesses said. Explosions and machine-gun fire rocked the
‘African languages disappearing in South Africa’
Molteno calls on Government to prioritise teaching of indigenous languages to avoid death of cultures and continued decline in scholastic performance The Molteno Institute of Language & Literacy has called on the government and civil society to join forces in an effort to stop the decline of indigenous languages. “We need to act fast to
South Africa lacks skills for nuclear – Greenpeace
Greenpeace Africa and the South African History Archives have lodged a formal complaint with both the Public Protector and SA Human Rights Commission with regards to the second refusal by the Minister of Energy to publicly release the Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR). The review was compiled by the Department of Energy to assess South
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‘Secession is a deeply American principle’
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) said Monday that secession was a “deeply American principle,” amid a growing number of people petitioning the White House to let their states secede from the U.S. “Secession is a deeply American principle. This country was born through secession. Some felt it was treasonous to secede from England, but those ‘traitors’