Having kept my thumb on the political pulse of Sudan since the days of the admirable John Garang, yes, I’m keeping an eye on the elections currently underway. My thoughts? Well, considering that these are the first multi-party elections to happen in Sudan in nearly 24 years, I’m more surprised by how many people are [...]
Archive for the ‘Sudan’ Category
Hey London, your books are needed for Sudan
As reported by Roving Bandit, one of my favorite bloggers from Sudan: “This looks like a great project. There is a container at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London waiting to be filled with academic books for Juba University. Get down there if you have any and you are based in London; [...]
Travel between Uganda and Southern Sudan
“I think we better abolish the visa regime and I am going to inform my government so that anybody with a South Sudanese or Ugandan travel document can walk into each other’s country and trade freely.” ….that comes from Otafire, Ugandan Minister of Commerce. [Source: Roving Bandit]
Kiva Pledge Update: Featured Project
[This is part of a series of posts that will extend through the entire year of 2009 twice monthly according to my original post "My pledge to Kiva for 2009". To view all of my Kiva projects, take a moment to check out my Kiva lending page.] In this week’s Kiva Pledge Update I am [...]
Speaking of Bashir’s indictment by the ICC…
I’ve read multiple write-ups on the indictment of Sudanese President Omar Bashir and have been asked just as many times on my thoughts on the whole ordeal. Some are asking because I have an interest in human rights in general and others are asking because I started studying human rights law with the University of [...]
Kiva Pledge Update: Featured Project
07 Jun 2009 at 18:49
Josef Scarantino
Africa, Business, Microlending, Networking, Nonprofit, Sudan, Updates
[This is part of a series of posts that will extend through the entire year of 2009 twice monthly according to my original post "My pledge to Kiva for 2009". To view all of my Kiva projects, take a moment to check out my Kiva lending page.] In this week’s Kiva Pledge Update I am [...]
Kiva Pledge Update: Featured Project
[This is part of a series of posts that will extend through the entire year of 2009 twice monthly according to my original post "My pledge to Kiva for 2009". To view all of my Kiva projects, take a moment to check out my Kiva lending page.] In this week’s Kiva Pledge Update I am [...]
Update on the upcoming Voice of Sudan
After getting off to an aggressive start on Voice of Sudan (VOS), the social blogging network for Sudanese, I took a two-week hiatus to focus on some work under my web business. I typically start projects very strong, then take some time to rest and let the idea stir in my mind before jumping back [...]
The details on Voice of Sudan: A Sudanese Blogger’s Network
Those who know me well understand that the focus of all my passions in Africa has always been Sudan. Although I haven’t written extensively (yet) on the history of my interest in Sudan, I’ll expand a little more on that here. I became deeply interested in Sudan in my late teens after reading about the [...]
7 Noteworthy Links
I decided to increase 5 Noteworthy Links to 7 Noteworthy Links. I have such a large plethora of links to share that I feel the need to get them out in the open to people who might benefit from them. As always, if you have something to add to next weeks list, please send them [...]
