Isn’t South Africa just the most fun? We live in a land that is marked by one of the most incredible digital divides. Forget Third World South America, or Middle Africa. That’s different – technology just never got off its feet and it’ll take many years, plenty discarded US laptops and OLPC’s from heaven before the situation changes. South Africa is different. Many people have written about our unique combination of First World business and technology with Third World infrastructure, politics and crime. But this dichotomy never really hit home till an experience I had the other night. - I live in a fairly safe neighbourhood – Craigav…

- Cameroon Embassy official blames protesters for riots By Andy Matthews Editor The Mount Airy News WASHINGTON, D.C. — A spokesperson for the Cameroon Embassy said on Friday that anti-government protesters are not looking for a peaceful resolution to their quarrels with President Biya's administration, suggesting that they prefer instead to incite riots and civil unrest that have led to the country's worst violence in the last 15 years. Modeste Michel Essono, the First Secretary of Communication for the Embassy of Cameroon's Communication Center, also said that some Cameroon protesters in the United States are deliberately misleading the media, providing news ou…

- Bill Swaney, the chief consular of the U.S. Embassy in Cameroon, told The Mount Airy News in an interview that the United States has no immediate plans to lift a travel advisory to Cameroon that has been in place since Feb. 28.Ultimately, the U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon, Janet E. Garvey, will make the final decision, Swaney said."We will review it in a month," Swaney said. "In the coming weeks there are lots of things to consider . . . The ambassador will take a closer look at this. Our primary role here is the protection and security of American citizens."On Wednesday, the State Department updated its initial travel warning, saying that while the military has restored…

- Opponents of Cameroon President Paul Biya will gather Friday at the U.S. Embassy in Washington, D.C. to stage a peaceful demonstration against the government just weeks after riots and demonstrations rocked the western African country, leading to the worst violence in Cameroon in the last 15 years. The demonstration comes as government and opposition leaders begin the cleanup process in which human rights activists estimate led to the death of more than 100 people. The Cameroon government initially placed the death toll at 15, but has since raised the number killed to 40. Government officials blame the riots and protests on a group of youths who carried out the "execution of a diabol…