As Libya erupts into civil war, so, too, does Cote d’Ivoire. On Thursday, for the first time, military units controlled by the rival Ivorian presidents, Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara, fought in the streets of Abidjan.
In the exponentially larger American film market, I would be hard-pressed to name six currently working female directors off the top of my head, which means that Ghana’s small but influential body of women filmmakers merits a much closer look.
It probably comes as no surprise to you when I say that occasionally, it’s difficult to communicate with people here. With the susus [grandmothers], it is especially difficult as they, for the most part, speak no English. Yesterday, it reached a new height.
To nobody’s surprise, the Ugandan electoral commission has declared Yoweri Museveni the victor in the past weekend’s presidential elections with sixty-eight percent of the vote.
Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi stated that he will refuse to step down, as crowds of protesters demand change in Libya.
It’s been nearly a week since history was made in Egypt. By all accounts, the 80 million people who live in “the land of the Pharaohs” had wanted change—and change is what they got.
On March 5th and 6th, 1,200 practitioners and students will join together at the Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School for the 2011 Social Enterprise Conference.
Originally posted on Huffington Post.
One year ago this week, I left a comfortable senior position at the investment bank, Goldman Sachs, to follow a dream.
Editor’s Note: This piece was first published on Amb. Campbell’s blog, Africa in Transition, on the website of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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