Stories about Sub-Saharan Africa from October, 2005
Loss of life in Lesotho
Lesotho blogger Sotho puts the human disaster of Katrina, where it is estimated that 700 people died, in the context of a “3rd world” country like Lesotho where loss of human life will be 300 times greater than in the US of the coming years due not to natural disaster...
Kenyan Photo Essay
Kenyan blogger Kipepeo points us to some great photos of Kenya courtesy of Christoph-Grandt.com
Aid for Darfur
Aid worker “Sleepless in Sudan” responds to those who have accused her of “”blogging to much on “the problems of Darfur and the mistakes people are making – and not offering any bright solutions myself”. One solution she sights is for the Canadian armoured personnel carriers stuck in a warehouse...
Mob rule in Nigeria
Nigerian blogger “Jangbalajugbu-Homeland Stories” has a horrific story showing the brutality of mob rule. An 11 year old boy Samuel is burnt to death after he is suspected of attempting to steal a baby.
Radio Sud FM
Black Star Journal reports on the shutting down of Senegal's most popular radio station, Sud FM by the Senegalese government.
Food aid for Zimbabwe
Sokwanle – Civil Action for Zimbabwe has issued a press release “Crimes against humanity: The Case for Urgent Action Against Zimbabwe. In today's press release , Cardinal Napier and Archbishop Pius Ncube, two leading clerics in the Roman Catholic Church, stress that if the United Nations’ Security Council does not...
Language in Africa
Kenyan blogger, ThinkersRoom discusses the issue of language in Kenya which applies to Africa in general where most countries have multiple languages therefore often leaving groups of friends who speak different languages no choice but to commuicate in the colonial tongue.
Lawsuit against the US
Ethiopundit seems to have got his dates a week ahead for some reason. He reports on the Ethiopian Government's lawsuit against four US journalists which they may now have now dropped.
Singing for Tuobodom
Ghana blog “The Trials & Tribulations of a Freshly Arrived Denizen” reports on a controversial song by a Ghanaian band that pokes fun at a small town called Tuobodom. Th
Mugabe banned from Europe
The Bearded Man questions why Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe, who is supposedly banned from travelling to the EU is allowed to attend a conference in Rome on world hunger where he will be speaking.
Mugabe's Excuses
Zimbabwean Pundit revists the eviction of thousands of urban dwellers by President Robert Mugabe last July. As the world watched outraged, Mugabe came up with the excuse that new homes would be built. The people are still waiting!
Somalia and Somaliland
Yvette Lopez of Inside Somaliland has a report on the “Curious Case of Somaliland”. Most people get confused over what is Somalia and Somaliland often thinking they are one and the same, here it is explained. Somaliland is not Somalia, but is a part of what used to be Somalia...
Call in day for Darfur
It is National Call-In Day for the Save Darfur project on Coalition for Darfur Blog
Racism in Netherlands
Chippla of Chippla's Blog has just moved to the Netherlands. Here he reports on the myth of Dutch tolerance towards immigrants especially Muslims from Turkey and Morocco.
Africa: white writers
Diary of a Mad Kenyan Woman, discusses the issue of the contribution of “white” writers in African literary history and the arbitrary changing of people´s social categories in order to fit in to the category of “white”. Since when was Franz Fanon “white” ? “he would be twirling like a...
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