Blog posts tagged "Africa"

May 25, 2010 3:59 pm 25 Comments

Sooner or later there was going to be a showdown somewhere in Africa over the continental-wide Christian backed attacks on homosexuality. It seems Malawi is it. The jailing with hard labour for fourteen years of Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza – after they declared their intention of sealing a civil union, has finally concentrated action [...]

March 26, 2009 11:49 am No Comments

My seasoned and accomplished contact who operates in the highest echelons of the multinational world reports attending a number of gatherings of economists over the past few weeks. He says they are all, without exception, pessimistic. He’s not entirely convinced they are right. And nor am I.

March 23, 2009 11:44 am 45 Comments

I’m very struck by the response to the condom debate sparked by our interview following the Pope’s comments last week. More than 50 comments, and an interesting spread. I have I suppose what the Catholic church would call a “confession” to make. I did not handle it well. One must be honest about these things.

March 18, 2009 12:04 pm 64 Comments

Several readers of this blog have commented on my interview in last night’s programme on the back of Lindsey Hilsum’s report on the Pope’s trip to Africa. En route to Cameroon, Pope Benedict remarked that condoms were not a solution to the spread of Aids but part of the problem. After the piece, I spoke [...]