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The first tweet came through just two hours after the massive earthquake devastated Haiti's capital early Tuesday evening: "Please text 'Yéle' to 501501 to donate $5 to Yéle Haiti. Your money will help with relief efforts. They need our help." Sent from the Twitter account...
"This is the first time there has been a major disaster when this type of service has been widely available," says Yéle Haiti executive director Hugh Locke, whose nonprofit will use the funds to send nutrition bars, candles, hand-cranked flashlights and blankets to Haiti on two FedEx...
This year's World Cup in South Africa could be one of the greatest ever advertisements for the continent - or a disaster. There are many potential stumbling blocks: infrastructure, transport, security. Some of these may turn out to be unexpected triumphs: the stadiums, for instance, are nearly finished - and they...
Still, South Africa's success or failure shouldn't be written off five months before the first ball is kicked. But that's exactly what has happened following the Jan. 8 attack on a bus carrying the Togolese national team in the northern Angolan province of Cabinda, where an Angolan...
Let's be clear: Angola's decision to hold an international football match in Cabinda was an extremely poor one. Cabinda is an oil-rich province where the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (Flec) is fighting for independence and a fair share of oil revenues. But...