Lately we have been inundated with news reports about billionaires like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet opining on inequity and the need for higher taxes on the rich,with the latest such pronouncement coming from the founder of the World Economic forum Kl…

Contributor: “YYC”Libya: Is a breakdown in order forcing NGOs out?”Patients were brought to us in the middle of interrogation for medical care, in order to make them fit for further interrogation”, says MSF director Christopher Stokes, “this is unaccep…

The Liberals are unimpressed with the Conservatives’ use of foreign aid funds.
“The Liberal…

Elizabeth Payne wonders what’s going on at CIDA.
Oda announced four CIDA projects –…

On 21 December 2011, at the opening of the “Dutch Winters” art exhibit at the Rijksmuseum located in Amsterdam’s chic Schiphol Airport, a painting was put on display that, for those following closely the International Criminal Court&#…

She’s goddammed ignorant to not question anythingContributor: “Wide-awake Canuk”I still remember Ms. Jolie’s visit to Libya, shortly before Gadhafi was murdered, and how she “praised Libyan revolutionaries” and expressed her solidarity as they forged a…

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Are you ready to see a different side of Egypt? Being our second time visiting this Middle Eastern jewel gave us the chance to look at it with a different set of eyes. Yes, the pyramids are mesmerizing, but having seen them before, we could look beyond their majesty and take in the atmosphere around us.

In 2008 we took a big challenge and road our bicycles from Cairo to Cape Town. It cost us a lot of money and we didn’t know how things would turn out after our 4 months in Africa. All we knew was that we needed to change our lives, so we took a chance and [...]

People smoke a lot in Cairo. it. It is said that living in Cairo is the equivalent of smoking 1 pack of cigarettes a day. Between the actual cigarette smoking and the air pollution, our lungs took a beating.

The Noise of Cairo is an upcoming documentary about the Cairo art scene after the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Produced by scenesfrom, this “cinematic kaleidoscope” interviews a dozen artists and explores the role played by creatives during …

Contributor: “YYC”It is rumoured that Saif Al-Islam has married a Zintan woman (let’s hope she wanted the marriage too), which would make good, peaceful sense if the rumours of tribal war being on the horizon are correct, and may well save his own life…

Before visiting the Red Pyramid of Dahshur, I didn’t even know it existed. Our guide Maha told us that it is her favourite pyramid of all in Egypt, so I took her word for it and expected something grand when arriving.

“Internal security problems” the key to peace on earth!Contributor: “YYC”Harper’s actual words in a CTV end of year interview (emphasis mine): “Afghanistan now, with all its internal security problems, is today no longer a threat to the rest of the wor…

Oil production plans could reshape Morocco's economy and environment

RABAT, MOROCCO—Many well-known voices trying to address the global climate c…

Who hasn’t dreamt of going to Egypt? We were recently in Seattle talking with the executives of Expedia.com and while all of them are well travelled and have been all over the world. When we told them they were going to Egypt next, they talked of how it was either their favourite destination or for [...]

Africa is one of the key targets of a rush by investors to acquire more land. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have been actively involved in the internal politics of African countries for a number of years, but now they have been joi…

CIDA teams up with NGOs to do development work at mine sites

MONTREAL—As excavators, heavy haulers and chemical treatment plants dig made-in-Canada mi…

As we speak, we are in Egypt speaking at a travel conference. Nearly 4 years ago to the day, we are back in the country that changed our lives. It was in 2008 that our entire adventure began and ThePlanetD was born when we flew into Egypt for the start of the Tour d’Afrique. We [...]

Image courtesy of www.orphanbracelet.orgMy last few Give a Little donations have been to organizations dedicated to turning the tide of HIV/AIDS in Africa and supporting the victims left in the wake of this horrific pandemic.Orphan Bracelet Campaign&nb…