Africa by Sam

When I hear about war crimes in Africa, one of the first things that come to mind is Rwanda and the horrible genocide.  This month the first war crime in Uganda is going to trial. Ex-colonel Thomas Kwoyelo is facing 93 charges of war crimes when he the was commander of Lord's Resistance Army.  Kwoyelo has been accused of these horrible acts between 1987 to 2006, 29 years of terror.  He has been captured in 2008 and has been waiting for a trial since.  So many trial dates have been set but some issue would come up to postpone to another day. This is my first time hearing of Kwoyelo and what I have read has convinced me that he may have some bad blood. I am not exactly sure how the process works in Uganda but if he is given a fair trial I hope justice is served. How could one man be responsible for acts of murder, human trafficking, rape, assault, theft, slavery, and 80 more ways to hurt another person?  My first impression is that I do not like this guy but I hope the facts and a

In honor of the World Wide Web being 30 years old this month, I thought this article about Algeria would be quite ironic.  British computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented this amazing computer breakthrough that would connect the world and change our future.  To make this blog and bit more interesting to read I have a question, who do you know that does NOT have an email address?  My answer would be my 80 year old mother and my 98 year old grandmother on my father's side. My aunties and uncles in their 60's to 80's all have an email. Sure they probably needed some help setting up the account from me or someone a bit younger that understands the computer lingo but they know what it is.  I know 8 year old children that have an email account but President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria does not.  The shocking thing is that his peers and advisors about also in this same age group.  Most just do not understand this "dotcom" thing. Ok so now to the meat of this