Southern Sudan Prepares for Independence Day
The birth of a nation is necessarily fragile.
View ArticleHow Sierra Leone Improved Maternal and Child Health
(New York Times) — The paramedic’s eyes were bloodshot, his features drawn. Pregnant women jammed into the darkened concrete bunker, just as they had yesterday and would tomorrow. The increase in...
View ArticleGuinea’s President Survives Coup Attempt
(The Guardian) – Guinea’s president has survived an assassination attempt by gunmen who opened fire on his home, throwing into doubt the stability of the country’s first democratically elected...
View ArticleViolent Crackdown Costs Malawi U.S. Aid
(Wall Street Journal) — A U.S. aid agency said Tuesday it is halting a $350 million, three-month-old energy project-financing deal with Malawi after the southeast African country’s government responded...
View ArticleSomalis Reach Out to Famine Victims
From Facebook to car washes, immigrants are in full fundraising mode.
View ArticleFear of War Amid Nigeria’s Political Violence
(The Root) — The signs are ominous, and strangely familiar: communal warfare raging in the politically volatile Muslim Northern regions, with supporters of the ruling party stabbed, hacked or shot;...
View ArticleWikileaks: US and Mugabe's People Talk Regularly
(Christian Science Monitor) — At 87, President Robert Mugabe isn’t the oldest serving president of Africa, nor the longest-serving. But the rumor that Mr. Mugabe may be in ill-health has been an open...
View ArticleBarnes & Noble Chair Personally Finances African Author
(New York Times) — It is trickier than ever for an author to persuade a publisher to finance a traditional book tour. Brick-and-mortar bookstores are decreasing, travel is expensive, and money for...
View ArticleNew Zambian Prez Brings the Fire
(Christian Science Monitor) – Zambia’s new president Michael Sata is known for his fiery speeches, his harsh criticism of Chinese investment in the Zambian copper mining industry, and his fondness for...
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