Zimbabwe’s voters may have finally put an end to Robert Mugabe’s wacky reign of terror, error and kleptocracy.
Results posted outside voting centres seemed to show a landslide win on Saturday for opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s party, but Mugabe’s government has warned that any claims of victory before the official results are released will be treated […]
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mugabe may not have cheated quite enough to steal another election
March 31st, 2008 · No Comments
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somalia eradicates polio — again
March 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments
In an all-too-rare example that crippling diseases can be fought and beaten in the developing world, a Canadian epidemiologist has helped Somalia rid itself of a disease that hasn’t threatened Canada in nearly 50 years.
From Reuters:
No Somali child has been paralysed by polio in the past year as a result of a huge campaign to […]
