Posts in "Sudan"

Over Their Head

Posted on by Susan

Remember Francis my driver? Despite the grenades going off when last I was in Kenya, he reassured me that El Shabbab was nothing. I can’t tell whether that was wishful thinking or meant to keep my tourist dollars over there. Today I read an extremely cogent article by Ken Menkhaus of enough project.org. His best [...]

Mother of All Battles

Posted on by Susan

Every time I prepare to return to Kenya there are those who think that joining me would be great fun/education. And each time I invite the person to join me. I’m always up for company. Once they hear about the accommodations, the shots, the lack of food that they would eat and the potential for [...]

Shhh…Don’t Tell…They’re Killing People

Posted on by Richard

The voting continues in the Sudan. It’s hard to get the truth out of folks.This article just upsets me. “A UN source speaking on condition of anonymity”…really? really??? This comes from an MSNBC article. So let’s see let’s lie and say things are going well when they are killing each other. The UN must save [...]

Posted in reporting, Sudan, UN

Got Hope?

Posted on by Richard

Hardly seems possible that it was 2 years ago I was readying for Obama’s Inauguration. The tee shirts and slogans abounded and one that I loved was a take off on Got Milk? I wear it now and it says Got Hope? I’m not really sure. I’m not talking about Obama or the horrific shooting [...]

Posted in Africa, Sudan