Post with tag "aid"
Chronicle: A photo that makes me feel ashamed
In a recent issue of the magazine “New African” Henning Mankell discovered a photo portraying Mia Farrow standing with a group of african children. That photo made him feel ashamed.
Quite recently I happened to see a photo in the African magazine New African (issue 488, October 2009), a magazine which is among the best in its genre. Its perspective is clearly African and it focuses on such diverse subjects as politics, economics, sociology and culture. … Read more
Chronicle: Follow the money – or the importance of cleaning up one’s own mess
2009-08-24 we learned that SEK 50 millions had been embezzled from Swedish foreign aid meant for health care in Zambia. That is a lot money. Hence it is important that the Swedish government is firm in its demands on their Zambian counterpart.
In Sweden corruption is regarded as a rather delicate issue, but it did not have to be. During all the years that I have spent in Mocambique – or other African countries for … Read more