“I wish Father Christmas offers me the latest video game,” says Joanna. “I wish he offers me the whole set of  Tintin  adventures  DVD,” adds Tony.  “I wish I could still be alive,” spouts Youssef in tears.“
My brother died last Christmas age ten. He was a soldier in Darfur.”
 
Joanna and Tony both hug Youssef to share his sadness, as he continues explaining how his …

So Muammar Gaddafi is no more. But to what extent did he pay with his life less for the torture and oppression for which he was undoubtedly responsible than for his lesser-known empire-building ambitions to create a ‘United States of Africa’?
 
When, Gaddafi helped 45 Africans countries in 1992 to establish the Regional African Satellite Communication Organization (RASCOM), he gave the continent its own satellite – in …