From Tanzania Corespondent Lute Wa Lutengano… My good friend, Ngoswe, famed by the book he authored ‘Tendehogo’ and of the saying ‘Mambo ya Ngoswe mwachie Ngoswe’ – leave Ngoswe’s affairs to Ngoswe – Edwin Semzaba, was born almost 60 years ago on 29th February 2012. One of those days of his birthday in the mid [...]

From Amira Al Hussaini… Netizens covering the daily carnage in Syria on social media had to take a step back today to soak in news of more atrocities committed against humanity in the Baba Amr neighbourhood, in besieged city of Homs. NPR media strategist Andy Carvin, who is in Tripoli, Libya, tweets: @acarvin: I need [...]

From Saudi Arabia Corespondent Eman Al Najan… Prison, lashings and Interior Ministry phone threats, fines and pledges drove the women driving movement underground again.  This time around though, unlike in 1990, it was only for a few months before Saudi rights activists geared up again to call for this basic right of no gender discriminations [...]

From Uganda Corespondent Arinaitwe Rugyendo… Rwandan President Paul Kagame has variously been described as a leader with an ascetic temperament, stern, ruthless to opponents and thieves, and a firm, unyielding African megalomaniac. But beneath this slate is a state ranked by Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) as the least corrupt in East Africa and [...]

From Thomas Megginson via Osocio… I’m not quite sure what to think of this new PETA campaign for veganism. They’ve been promoting the ”vegetarians make better lovers” thing for some time now, but in this version they use comedy (voiced by comedian Kevin Nealon) rather than sensuality to get the point across. But is the [...]

From South Africa Corespondent Hassan Isilow… There have been mixed reactions from regional experts regarding U.S president, Barack Obama’s decision to send five American military officers to South Sudan. “I believe the United States is sending its troops to southern Sudan in order to protect its oil interests, because china is already there,” Professor Hassan [...]

An antihero is a story’s protagonist who holds values and exhibits behaviors against that of the archetypal hero, who nevertheless elicits a significant amount of admiration and sympathy.  In the wild and wonderful world of the comic books, called graphic novels by some, antiheroes are everywhere. With the recent explosion of comic book movies and their resulting popularity, even John Q Public has [...]