LONDON, March 30 — At this week’s summit of world leaders, the big winner will be the developing world, with the United States, Europe and Japan offering China, India, Brazil and other emerging nations unprecedented new influence in global financial decisions.
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Africa’s Renowned Film Festival Turns 40
The festival began 40 years ago, when a group of Burkinabe journalists attended the first World Festival of Black Arts in Senegal’s capital, Dakar. They were struck by the power of film as a means to convey post-independence Africa through African eyes and established the Pan-African Film and TV Festival of Ougadougou, also known as FESPACO.
Alice Walker traveling to Gaza
CAIRO, Egypt – Pulitzer-prize winning author Alice Walker, who wrote “The Color Purple,” is traveling to Gaza along with other female activists to highlight the devastation of the Israeli offensive on Gaza’s residents.