On air: Have you lost the argument if protests turn violent?

“If I’m surrounded by police, then I shouldn’t be there”.
This was posted on our blog last night by Mark, a British soldier, after a video emerged of an apparently unprovoked attack by riot police on a man at last week’s G20 protests. The man now died and there are calls for an inquiry into the police’s actions. (Read Mark’s full post here) It comes after a very busy 24 hours for riot police across the globe.

Of course Africans would like to leave Africa…

From Lammi from Liberia:

A few days ago I listened to a BBC World Have Your Say broadcast which centered on the botched attempt by the pop star Madonna to adopt another Malawian child.