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If I knew about a book called “Where there is no vet”, I would buy it immediately, because the more you know how to do yourself in Niger, the better.
After three days of not eating, I knew something was seriously ill with Aslan, and so I called up our family vet (who’s in Niamey for […]
There’s a fresh debate going on in Norway right, touching right into the heart of aid politics. It all started with a chronicle I wrote that was published in Bergens Tidende on April 28th, entitled Be om unnskyldning, Egeland.
Here are a few quotes from the chronicle that translates to ‘Egeland, you owe an apology‘:
…for despite […]
I am not your typical tree lover, but I work for an organisation that helps people in the northernmost sub-Saharan agricultural zone establish drought-tolerant trees and bushes that bear fruit even in times of need – and I just happen to love my job so very, very much. Knowing the amazing consequences that such long-term […]
Yesterday afternoon, Anette and I were figuring out how we wanted our trees to grow in the garden, when I reached out for the wrong branch. A wasp came out of nowhere and attacked me, stinging me at least twice (although it felt like five…).
Thinking it was a bee (we have a bee nest in […]
Having read through many of the articles of the June issue of the NewAfrican magazine that my friend brought to me this weekend, I am left with a heavy feeling, wondering why the world is such a sad place.
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At first glance, Stella Orakwue seems like any educated young author who is eager to […]
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I just read a post today about a journalist in Uganda who was coerced into paying a woman she had interviewed for an article although she felt it went against journalistic work ethics. At first she was reluctant, but her Ugandan colleague seemed to have valid point: “”You’re going to get […]
I am heartbroken.
We were informed last night that my mother’s cancer has returned, and what seemed to be a somewhat stable situation has been shredded to pieces in a fortnight.
Tears are flowing constantly, but I do not expect them to stop. I love my mother so much.
I lift my head high and seek the Lord, […]
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