Monthly Archives: July 2012

I remember attending “agacaca” during the colonial days. “Agacaca” then was a traditional arbitration process colonialists allowed Rwandans to continue practicing in resolving their differences. It’s the same “agacaca” that’s precursor to the Gacaca court system adopted and modernised by … Continue reading →

I have no bone to pick with any journalist, least of all those who are well-intentioned. But I have a beef with the way they all pick on a dubious phrase coined somewhere in distant lands, or coined by one … Continue reading →

Save for specialist historians, few remember the name Hammarskjöld. Late Dag Hammarskjöld was son to Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917. From a wealthy family, Dag had no reason to kowtow to anybody. This helped him … Continue reading →

Has the English language changed these days or does the UN have its own English? In the English I learnt, when you “leak” out some information, it means you give it out clandestinely. A “report” is an account or opinion … Continue reading →