While we once assumed that warmer water meant more cholera – a grim portent of widespread cholera in a future of climate change – it seems that instead cholera has a complicated relationship with river flows.
The computer security firm McAfee released a bombshell report today alleging evidence of a widespread hacking operation. The United Nations was one of 70 targets, which included defense contractors, governments, think tanks, and Olympic Committees.
There were two possible alternatives to legal action against Mubarak: summary execution or letting him live out his remaining years under house arrest. Surely today's court room action is the more satisfying than either of these two.
Friend of Dispatch Dayo Olopade sits down with CNN's Market Place Africa to discuss some of the ideas around her forthcoming book, "The Bright Continent."
Channel 4 News comes out with another huge story: an officer comes forward to accuse top ranking government officials of ordering the summary execution of surrendering Tamil Tigers and civilians.
