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The ZAM Chronicle

Wednesday - 25th June 2014

The ZAM Chronicle

Africa Exists

Africa Exists

By Bart Luirink

Simon Njami’s divine discovery. More...



Shellfie  

Editorial

Feeling Sorry for Shell



The Rise of the Big Men  

The Rise of the Big Men

By Nnamdi Onyeuma

Investigation in Niger Delta reveals the businessmen behind the kidnappings. More...



Comrade Sunny  

Comrade Sunny

By Christina Carvalho

From anti big oil activist to rebel victim to consultant. More...



Sara at Soccer City  

The South African World Cup Legacy

By Sara Chitambo

How the World Cup made South Africans realise that the government should impress its own people as well. More...



Safe from Kony, Sick from the Camps  

Safe from Kony, Sick from the Camps

By Barbara Among

Mass community protests helped to fight a mysterious illness affecting Uganda’s civil war children. More...



Fixing the Ghanaian State  

Fixing the Ghanaian State

By Evelyn Groenink

Undercover reporter Anas Aremeyaw Anas exposes what is bad in Ghana whilst creating alliances with ‘the good people in government’. More...


   

ZAM Report

The Strand of Hair that Sold me Out

By Ibro Ibrahim

ZAM Essay

Selfiedarity

By Bart Luirink

ZAM Art

Mandela Landscape

By Anton Corbijn & Berend Strik

Mandela Landscape
 
This Issue

» Africa Exists

» Feeling Sorry for Shell

» The Rise of the Big Men

» Comrade Sunny

» The South African World Cup Legacy

» Safe from Kony, Sick from the Camps

» Fixing the Ghanaian State

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Web latest Web latest
New interest in Chris Hani murder in South Africa after ZAM Chronicle story+++ Afriwikipedia in the make+++ All hopes squashed for Congolese traffic police+++ Orange bananas for Uganda+++ World Cup appeases Kenyan criminals+++ Talking to terrorists may actually help+++
 
Uncle Tom Uncle Tom
Fair Trade reminds me of my local neighbourhood nightclub boss, Honest Jimmy, says Uncle Tom. More...
 
ZAM recommends ZAM recommends
It’s official: FairTrade doesn’t help farmworkers+++ But it pays for new toilets for bosses+++ Kenyan reporter exposes hate speech from countries’ leaders+++ Ngozie Adichie reflects on ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’+++ Anger of black mineworkers analysed+++ Hot: Zanele Muholi on the cover of Agenda+++ If black people said the stuff white people say+++
 
Tweets Tweets
@zanu_pf: It is very sad that it is no longer safe to go on holiday 2Kenya. While they fix their problems - consider visiting Zimbabwe the paradise.

@Nataabalo: What are gay sanctions? ---> Obama slaps gay sanctions on Uganda http://nbs.ug/details.php?op
 
The Contrarian The Contrarian
Until they are prepared to do their jobs properly, UN peacekeepers should rather stay out of conflict zones. For now, UN presence only increases prices, props up a discredited ruling class and adds to people’s hurt, says West Africa-based correspondent Bram Posthumus. More...
 
Quotes Quotes
"I have spoken to them about the girls and they told me the girls are well but some are sick. They are giving them antibiotics but they cannot buy food. They are attacking villages for supplies."
Lawyer Aisha Wakil on her part in negotiations with Boko Haram about the kidnapped Chibok girls in an interview with Al Jazeera, 22 June 2014
 
"I don't agree with what they are doing, but I speak to them because I am their mother. These are Nigeria's lost boys. My hope is that the government listens to them and lets them have dialogue."
Idem, in the same interview.
 
 
 
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