I covered the background to the Congo tragedy in my Blog – Congo: A Humanitarian crisis on a massive scale. A documentary film made by Frank Poulsen was shown on Current TV called “Blood in the Mobile” which charted the… Read More ›
Africa
Congo: A humanitarian crisis on a massive scale.
In December 2004, the New York based International Resource Centre blamed a six-year military conflict in Congo which was being fought over the country’s rich gold, diamond and mineral stores for 3.8 million deaths in Africa’s third-largest nation. The WarChild… Read More ›
Annie Lennox : Exploiting the HIV Brand
Annie Lennox joins the increasing group of ageing pop stars to re-brand their legitimacy and navigate their path to canonisation through association with “celebrity diseases” – and being linked with HIV/AIDS is the most obvious choice for the artistic community…. Read More ›
