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A Horse, a Buggy...What a Menace!
(Short Story)
18-06-2007
by Alfred Seymour Hopkins
The horse drawn buggy, filled with fresh watermelons, caused suspicion. You just don't see that very often these days in downtown Buenos Aires, do you? A sturdy brown horse with a tired languid look, the sagging wooden walls of the buggy, luckily...
A thought on democracy
(Opinions)
29-09-2009
by Ashish Bhandari
One of my teachers told me, “Democracy is the rule of people by the people for the people.” I always used to run around these words, never knowing what they meant. I never cared whether it was autocracy or democracy; they never meant anything to...
Are You a Citizen?
(Opinions)
24-11-2008
by TinaJ
We all do say we are citizens of a particular country. Some even go ahead to have dual citizenship. But do we really understand what we actually mean when we say we are citizens; a Kenyan, an American, an Australian? Do you say you are Kenyan or...
Barack Obama
(Poetry)
27-01-2009
by Simonette Brebenariu
( An acrostic poem of mine)
(Dedicated to USA President Barack Obama )
B-arack Obama, a genius, respected gentleman with the gift of the gab,
A-ttraction for him might be the rock with crystal, gold and aura.
R-ichness of...
Ethics in Development: Conduct-World fictional interview
(Interviews)
20-11-2008
by Samuel-Malachi Odekunle
This is a fictional interview by Conduct-World Magazine on the topic “Ethics of Development”.
Conduct-World Good Evening Samuel, How are you today?
Samuel Odekunle: I’m doing great, welcome to my home.
CW: Thanks Samuel, Do you want to...
I am he
(Poetry)
26-10-2008
by Ola'lekan Babatunde
I am he.
Hey! I am he.
Enmeshed in Him;
Him that was, yea that is,
Loo, that will.
Hey! I am he.
His creativity exhumed me,
By a speck of His breath
I was released.
Hey! I am he.
Encrypted by Him and after Him.
Don't you see?
Ki...
I had a dream: Haiti will rise again
(Poetry)
15-02-2010
by Norma
I have been to Haiti
Through the papers, TV channels, radios and even by word of mouth.
I have been to Haiti.
I have been to Haiti, that land of proud Africans, in my dreams.
Rotting bodies struggling to rise amidst wafts of smells.
I have...
Il faut repenser la gestion de la chose publique en Guinée
(Opinions)
12-12-2009
by Mohamed KOUYATE
Picture, "Africa dawn lights," by Samira Hassan .
Il est important aujourd’hui de repenser la gestion de la chose publique en Guinée après les évènements du 5 décembre 2009. Pour bon nombre de nos compatriotes « le roi est parti, et vive le...
In my hand
(Poetry)
24-09-2009
by ondo Marina
In my hand
I hold the world
I hold your hand
I support you
I give love
In my hand
I see disentangling
My stolen life
My dream
My hijacked fate
to this hand, I say:
Whatever happens, count on me!
Why inflexible, why...
Is democracy alive and well?
(Opinions)
24-09-2009
by ondo Marina
A democratic system is compatible with economic development. The most obvious example of this is the liberal democracy in the USA. The private stakes push the competition into economic cooperation. Therefore, everybody is lucky enough to be an...
Is it worth it?
(Short Story)
7-08-2009
by Mike Ssegawa
(Picture, Children in a displaced camp- Uganda , by Andrew Kaggwa )
Politics is not a career of the smartest people. Yet, everything else rotates around it. This is my experience in my country, Uganda.
I was born six years before the...
Letter to Dua
(Poetry)
8-01-2009
by Akinbo, Adebunmi Adeola
Sir,
I was there the other day on the
squash court with you,
I saw your fingers, your grip and
vouch your stamina,
but Sir,
Do you believe that your death is
possible if you think alone about
your responsibility ?
Sorry i said it Sir,...
Maxim Starchak, Angarsk
(Opinions)
10-11-2004
by irene melchner
Старчак Максим
Что я хочу рассказать миру о России
Демократия в России есть.
Россия есть демократическое федеративное государство с республиканской формой правления, именно так записано в статье 1 Конституции Российской федерации.
В России...
Pakistan is Changing
(Opinions)
18-03-2008
by Hassan Nasir
The Pakistani elections are over finally; all Pakistanis and the international community are very much satisfied on the way elections were held. Many changes were observed in the electoral procedure and in the environment in which elections were...
Political change
(Short Story)
22-08-2009
by Arrey Emmanuel Enow
To me, political change is the transition from one government to the other with new and challenging ideas that will benefit the entire nation. I welcome political change because without political change then we are rearing dinosaur rulers...
Political change: our choice?
(Opinions)
17-07-2009
by Timothy G. Branfalt Sr.
If we all had a choice in political change, that would be "true democracy". It would be a government that was run by the people for the people, not by an individual who set standards which we had to obey. Democracy goes far back into the past. It...
Problems for Nuclear Deterrence that Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Create
(Opinions)
20-09-2007
by Kayamone A. Sutton
Since the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945, the United States has steadily enforced its policies of strategic nuclear deterrence. The strategy of deterrence was vital during the Cold War Era because of the...
Reconstructing Haiti: A great opportunity for co-development reinforcement
(Opinions)
11-03-2010
by Edy Fils-Aime
After the earthquake hit the heart of Haiti on January 12th, 2010 international humanitarian aid with long chains of logistics are necessary to save lives and relief people. In the meantime, it must be said that humanitarian aid will not undo...
SPLA/SPLM's crimes against humanity in Southern Sudan will not go unanswered
(Opinions)
19-12-2008
by John Sunday Martin, Chairman of Mundri Youth Development Association- (MYDA)
The history of the liberation struggle in the Republic of Sudan, particularly in the Southern part, has its foundations on human rights- the desire to be free and to enjoy rights that are alienable to all mankind by Universal Declaration of Human...
The consequences of leadership
(Opinions)
13-06-2008
by Dereje Amera
In our living world, various leaders have come, passed by and influenced our reality as human beings. They have interfered in the decisions and moral choices that societies make in the daily operation of their lives. Leaders have shaped humanity...
The power of initiatives to youth developmental growth
(Opinions)
6-10-2008
by Desmond D. Osokpor
The elements were elemental: One mile, four minutes. Men could not run a mile under four minutes. It became a challenge in the history of humanity. But on May 6,1954, an English man, Roger Banister, who just graduated from medical studies, crossed...
Where is the republic?
(Poetry)
17-09-2007
by NDILLE NDILLE KOGGE
I see the real and the dreams
The euphoria and the elation
Of those within and beyond the realm
Phasing out into Shoel, the great pit.
Here is the apogee of frustration
The nudity of political perversion.
As myself
Look in the mirror
The...
Who is listening?
(Poetry)
20-04-2009
by Jane Arwa
Who does the listening
When everyone seems to know it all?
Who will lend an ear
And hear the cry of the faithless?
Many are the afflicted
But few are the listeners;
Many are the hopeless
but few are the encouragers.
The young generation is...
Why The ‘Dirt’ In Our Politics
(Opinions)
19-08-2007
by Odimegwu Onwumere
Especially now that a brother can kill a brother, sister can kill a sister etcetera, because of political positions, the game of politics and its practitioners in our country are in trouble. They are rotters in a ritzy country. Their conducts are...
Will an Obama victory alter the idiosyncratic perception of the black race?
(Opinions)
3-11-2008
by DR PEDUS C EWEAMA
The year 2008 would, no doubt, go down in the annals of American history as a monumental year politically and economically, but more importantly black history would not be complete without citing the amazing feat which Barack Obama has achieved....
Yes, We Did!
(Poetry)
23-01-2009
by Mutebi Bwakya
Yes, we did it! Yes, we did!
We made a great choice; we put in a great bid.
He told us that we could. He said,"Yes we can!"
A really positive statement; the words of a great man.
An on-point African-American; Barack Obama,
just what we needed...
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