Comments on: Some News of Africa https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/19/some-news-of-africa/ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:34:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/19/some-news-of-africa/#comment-9990 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:34:10 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/06/19/some-news-of-africa/#comment-9990 Stephen: It is news here and many people are concerned. But it is not daily news and moderately important things can push it aside.Australia is linked to southern Africa more than the US is, so it can’t be entirely blamed on US insularity.Well, OK, it can be. Anyway, that is why I’ve posted this.

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Do you have any idea of what is going on in Zimbabwe?

I’m surprised that such a question even need be asked. The shenanigans by Mugabe and ZANU-PF are common news items here in Australia. Maybe it is because Zimbabwe is a former member of the Commonwealth of Nations, and there is sizable population of white Zimbabweans in Australia, such news is relevant to us. Or this another example of US insularity in general, and of news in particular?

]]> By: Sara https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/19/some-news-of-africa/#comment-9988 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:23:28 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/06/19/some-news-of-africa/#comment-9988 Do you keep up with Somalia by any chance? If Hell existed, it’d look like Somalia.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/19/some-news-of-africa/#comment-9987 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:32:02 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/06/19/some-news-of-africa/#comment-9987 In the past, Congo and Zambia were vital in the same way, because of cobalt. I’m not sure if Zim has cobalt. BUt cobalt is no longer as important as it once was, I guess.

]]> By: JanieBelle https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/19/some-news-of-africa/#comment-9986 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:12:47 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/06/19/some-news-of-africa/#comment-9986 It’s interesting that there are no frenzied claims of secret intelligence about WMDs in Zimbabwe, no flaming rhetoric about how evil Mugabe is, no impassioned pleas to the UN explaining why we simply must invade that sovereign state immediately to free the oppressed people of that nation.Oh yeah, no oil.

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