Most of the time Mwende lives alone, except some months when her sister comes home for holidays.
“Mum died when I was five. My granny looked after me until last year, when, she died too,” whispers Mwende, her eyes filling with tears. I pause because I don’t know how to carry on asking her questions. It [...]
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July 9, 2009
Food = school
July 9, 2009
G8: Wind turbines dominate the landscape
Berlusconi seems to be shouldering rather a lot of criticism at the moment. His penchant for partying and handsome young women doesn’t sit at all well with his role as leader of the Italian Republic.
But I want to say a few good things.
Berlusconi is the premier of a gob-smackingly beautiful country. In fact it is [...]
July 9, 2009
G8: Inching forward, but painfully slow
Much later than anticipated, and after fraught and heated negotiations, the G8 communiqué was finally released to the world.
On aid the G8 has reaffirmed their commitment to the 2005 promise to double aid to Africa by 2010, but considering the failure of Italy and France to deliver on the previous promise, we are sceptical about [...]
July 8, 2009
G8: Berlusconi’s circus should be a no-brainer
Oh how Silvio Berlusconi must have envied Cristiano Ronaldo’s welcome at the Bernabeu on Monday night: eighty thousand fans screaming in appreciation. I can’t imagine the beleaguered Italian PM getting such support when he takes centre stage at the G8 this week.
The problem with Berlusconi, it seems, is that he is all hat and no [...]
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