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Goodbye and good riddance

Victoria Brittain’s obituary of Jonas Savimbi captures a lot of how the rest of the world has conspired to mess up Africa over the years. Africans, like Savimbi (and Robert Mugabe right now), have played their part but it is shameful how the world’s economic and military powers have meddled for their own ends and ignored what’s best for the people of Africa.

We’re now at a point where there’s a chance for real, positive change. And appropriately the impetus is coming from forward-thinking African leaders, rather than being imposed from the outside.

Intelligent thought

“My readers know more than I do. And if we can all take advantage of that, in the best sense of the expression, we will all be better informed.” Dan Gillmor sums up much of what is important about weblogs.