Oil in the Angolan President’s Family: Keeping it Global

A few months late to this story, the Wall Street Journal published a piece last Wednesday entitled “Angola Wealth Fund is Family Affair.” This was widely reported in the international press back in the fall when the Fundo Soberano de Angola was officially announced. The Fund, started with $5 billion, now puts Angola in line […]

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Actually old Zimbabwe dollars. It’s a fad and collectors are paying thousands of US dollars for it. The Wall Street Journal.

SAVE DARFUR

The Onion lampoons US-based Darfur-focused pressure groups. One question to the panel: How can the people of Darfur thank Americans? Best response: “I would like a clay pot.”

PLANET HIP HOP

Aug. 4 – Planet Hip-Hop: Ahmir “?estlove” Thompson of the Grammy-winning hip-hop group The Roots and a panel of top international musicians and moguls including rapper Bajah from Sierra Leone talk to Wall Street Journal culture editor Christopher John Farley about why hip-hop has gone global-and where the music is heading next. (Bajah + the […]

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