Is Facebook Good For US President Barack Obama?
Region: United States
YES and NO. Mr. Obama has used Facebook and other social media platforms to reach out to millions and advance his agenda. He is a social media magnet. At the time of writing this article, the Facebook group, Barack Obama ... more
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Op-Ed: The Real Motivation Behind the Madonna-Bashing
Region: Malawi
Madonna is back in Malawi to adopt a 4-year old girl called Mercy and daggers are drawn. Her critics accuse her of behaving like a “rich bully” and using her wealth and celebrity to “fast-track&rdquo... more
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Op-Ed: How I Stayed HIV-Negative in Zimbabwe
Region: AngolaPope Benedict XVI's maiden visit to Africa was, at best, a disaster. The controversy-laden trip concluded on a sad note when two Angolan teenage girls died in a stampede to enter a stadium where the Pope presided over a yo... more
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So Long, Hugh Hefner
Region: United StatesPlayboy's Hefner Selling Mansion, according to The Age. Not the famed Playboy Mansion, but the 700-square-meter, $20 million one next to it. Good riddance. This is the beginning of the end of a hedonistic version of the ... more
Views: 566Tsvangirai Assassination Attempt, US Implicated?
Region: ZimbabweConspiracy theories abound following yesterday's tragic road accident which killed Susan Tsvangirai, wife to Zimbabwe Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai. Mr. Tsvangirai survived the accident. CNN had... more
Views: 842For Just This Dark Moment, Canadian Justice System Makes No Sense
Region: Canada
Last summer Vince Li stabbed and beheaded a fellow passenger, Tim McLean, on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba, Canada. Yesterday, Justice John Scurfield found Li not criminally responsible. For just this moment, the ... more
Views: 580I'm Boycotting Rihanna Too
Region: United StatesDisgrace! That's my one-word reaction to the news: Rihanna and Chris Brown Are Back Together. Chris Brown abuses Rihanna, apologizes, publicly expresses remorse and she wobbles right back into his arms! What exact... more
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Women Finally Coming Home To Rule The World
Region: United States
Barbara Supp, writing in De Speigel, asks this important question: Can Globalization Help Women Out of Traditional Roles? The answer is a big YES it can, because women can. A women's revolution is underw... more
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Turkey, Russia, Thanks For Not Loving Canada
Region: Canada
Surprised that Canada gets some love, except from Turkey, Russia, according to a BBC poll released Friday? You shouldn’t. Canada is still viewed globally as having a positive influence on the world, second only to G... more
Views: 632Mr. Obama, It’s Time To Embrace Mr. Mugabe
Region: Zimbabwe
Last November Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe congratulated Barack Obama after his election as the 44th President of the United States. He assured Mr. Obama that he was ready to engage the US (and the international commun... more
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Obert Madondo is a Zimbabwean writer, blogger, political/social commentator and journalist living in Toronto. Before fleeing Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe in 2000, Obert worked as a speechwriter and personal assistant to Margaret Dongo, that country's first post-independence female independent Member of Parliament. He had also worked with various political and human rights movements.
Recently, Obert's opinion and analysis on Zimbabwe has appeared in the Ottawa Citizen and The Zimbabwe Independent newspapers in Canada and Zimbabwe, respectively. Obert has also been interviewed by the Toronto Star newspaper and CBC, Canada's national broadcaster. He regularly contributes opinion and analysis on Zimbabwe to NewZimbabwe.com.
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