Despite the fist-pumping proclamations of this being "Africa's Century", the casual observer would be forgiven for mistaking the Africa of 2011 for the Africa of 1981.
When Mexico marked its Centenary of Revolution last month, bringing to a close two months festivities that began in September with its Bicentenary of Independence, many assumed the northern border town of Ciudad Juárez would either cancel or at least…
He was twenty-one, a photojournalist, shot several times at close range in broad daylight. His colleague, an eighteen-year-old intern, was wounded. Luis Carlos Santiago Orozco and Carlos Manuel Sanchez Colunga were parked in a shopping centre carpark when the bullets…
Crew and extras on the set of The Human Factor, an upcoming Clint Eastwood-directed rugby film starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. An endfield Tuesday. An endfield Sunday as crowds arrive at Ellis Park for the African National Congress’ final…
I don’t obscure these pages with issues-oriented coverage often, so when I do it’s nice to think the issues might count for something. Yesterday’s snap federal election, called five weeks earlier by Conservative PM Stephen Harper in a bid to…