Yes, yes, and wine too, of course. But let’s have a look at the news first.
Tag: South Africa
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Forgotify, the Last Frontier: Week 5
This week dumped me into a musical world almost completely unknown to me, and, surprisingly, unknown to Wikipedia as well.
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Midweek News
It’s Wednesday! It’s news! I also believe in some corners of the worlds it’s Wine Wednesday. So go ahead and whine with some wine.
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News in Africa: 02/21/2013
It’s Thursday, Persephoneers, and I’m back with another round of news from Africa! After the jump, we’ve got updates on the Pistorius case in South Africa and a whole lot more.
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News in Africa: 02/07/2013
As always, there is a lot going on in Africa these days, and some of it isn’t very rosy. I wish I could bring you positive and uplifting news reports every week, but some weeks, those uplifting stories are much harder to find amid the muck and mire. [TW: discussion of sexual violence after the […]
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News in Africa: 01/24/2013
Happy Thursday, fellow Persephoneers, and this means another round of news from Africa! After the jump, I’ve got updates on the conflict in Mali, AU decisions, and women’s rights. I’ve also discovered an enterprising entrepreneur, and of course, there is a bit about the Africa Cup of Nations. Let’s jump right in!
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News in Africa: 01/17/2013
I’m back with more news from Africa. We have lots to talk about in the news, so why don’t we jump right in?
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News in Africa: 01/03/2013
We’re back! Wow, that break went by all fast and stuff, and here we are to a new update on news from my favorite continent! (I’m just a little partial.) In this update, we have all kinds of new developments with laudings of amazing African women as well as some hopeful developments. It’s a new […]
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News in Africa: 12/20/2012
This week’s update on Africa is the bee’s knees with some encouraging and heartwarming news amidst updates on the political scene.
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News in Africa: 12/06/2012
It’s another week, and Africa’s been hopping. From conflict development to genomes to billionaires, there’s a bunch to cover, so let’s dive right in, shall we?
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News in Africa: 11/15/2012
Various diplomats are urging Morocco and Western Sahara to enter serious negotiations to avoid outright conflict. Because of continuing unrest in Mali, there are fears that this instability will spread, igniting smoldering hostilities between Morocco and Western Sahara.
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News in Africa: 11/01/2012
In this week’s highlight of African news, I’m going to start off with the bad news and end with the good, because then you can dwell on the positives instead of the negatives. Here we go!
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News in Africa: 10/25/2012
If it’s not apocalyptic swarms of insects, then it’s piracy on the rise. Africa is getting hit hard with more after the break.
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News in Africa: 10/18/12
News from Africa for the past week is a bit of a mixed bag. Highlights include a change in imperialistic attitudes from Europe toward Africa and a woman being elected to a prestigious office for the first time. Lowlights include a war criminal and unstable governments. More details after the jump.
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News in Haiku Love You
There’s always a little schadenfreude in the news haikus.