Stories about Sub-Saharan Africa from January, 2006
Nigeria: Africa Cup
Soul on Ice has an Africa Cup of Nations match report: Day 4. Nigeria 1, Ghana 0 …..”Man of the match? Wilson Oruma. The midnight marauder was everywhere displaying some...
Nigeria: hostages in the delta
Nigerian Times comments on the hostage taking in the Niger Delta. He believes the oil companies (Shell) and the Nigerian government have to take some responsibility for the situation.
Kenya: DIY Solar electricity
Afromusing points to a DIY solar electricity kit that “allows the self-assembly of low cost pv panels to power radios, torches, etc so allowing the replacement of dry cells which...
Nigeria: paradise
Teju Cole posts more of his beautiful Nigerian photos. (I believe he deserves an award for these photos – any suggestions welcome.) He also has a poem “Paradise”…..One night a...
African Union: Sudan withdraws
The Fish Bowl points to a report in the London Independent that Sudan is withdrawing from the candidacy to chair the African Union after five countries withdrew their support.
Nigeria: blog mentoring
Nigerian blogger, Ore, writes about her excitement of being part of blogging mentoring project involving young Caucacus Women.... “Each week, “mentors” will post on a variety of topics to inspire...
Kenya: Anglo-leasing
The Girl in the Meadow wonders whether in the light of the Anglo-leasing scandal in Kenya, the media is corrupt?….Is it true that editors of Newspapers are often paid to...
Zimbabwe: demise of sport
Zimbabwean Pundit guest writer, Eddie Cross writes on the “Demise of Sport in Zimbabwe….This past week has seen Zimbabwe withdraw from world-class test cricket or face expulsion. It is a...
Kenya: Anglo-Leasing & corruption
Kenyan blogger You Missed This comments on the Anglo-Leasing scandal that has exposed corruption in high places. He provides a background to the company starting in 1964 to the present...
Africa: bring back DDT
Yebo Gogo presents an argument for the return of the use of DDT to combat malaria on the continent…..”DDT does have a negative environmental effect, but I believe the benefits...
Ethiopia: bombs in Addis
Ethiopundit reports on the two bomb blasts that went off in Addis Ababa on Sunday – both incidents included a hand grenade….As we have said before, for Ethiopia's rulers, Politics...
African music
Music for peaceful thinking, Benn loxo du taccu visits Congo Brazzaville music of the 70s & 80s – “Brazzaville’s L’Orchestre Tele-Music’s Faux Marie” and Soundroots reviews Yawo “a multicultural conglomeration...
African Renaissance: Challenges
Africa Unchained points to a review of “African Renaissance: Roadmaps to the Challenge of Globalization” by Fantu Cheru….Africa’s dependence on foreign aid, he says, has done the opposite of its...
South Africa: Africa source II
Linuxchix Africa reports on Africa Source II recently held in Kampala, Uganda….”Africa Source II focussed on how technology, in particular Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) can be integrated into...
South Africa: reflections of a poet
South African poet blogger, the Imperfect Poet, reflects on his ability and evolution as a poet and writer….At the heart of this epiphany is that, for me to comfortably call...
Nigeria: Legislators
Grandiose Parlour asks some serious questions of Nigerian legislators in the light of the decision to close down the Tinapa Tourist Resort project due to violence in the Niger Delta…….”Are...
Kenya: Africa Cup of Nations
MentalAcrobatics also comments on the Africa Cup of Nations asking us to place our bets now for the outcome of the World cup to be played in Germany in July….”no...
Kenya: Apathy is poison
Kenyan blogger Gukira comments on the ills of being apathetic and accepting defeat…”Apathy kills. It destroys the soul. It wounds the spirit. It leaves us limping in fields where the...
Ghana: Africa cup of nations
The Trials and Tribulations of a Freshly Arrived Denizen comments on the Nigeria v Ghana game in the African Cup of Nations being held in Egypt. Nigeria 1 Ghana 0.
Africa: bloggers hitting the mainstream media
Kenyan Pundit reports on the recent coverage of African bloggers in the African mainstream media….
Zimbabwe: Learning Chinese
The Bearded Man provides his daily roundup of Zimbabwe which includes a report that the government intends to impose Mandarin on Zimbabwean university students.…..”Now, given that Sindebele, Shona or English...
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