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August 18, 2010
8/18/10 Hinshaw, CSM, Cement may pave Africa's road to the future, but will China undercut that, too?
July 17, 2010
7/17/10 Al Jazeera, Hundreds killed in Darfur fighting
July 16, 2010
7/16/10 Ilg, IPS, Nigeria Suffers Acute Lead-Poisoning Outbreak
July 15, 2010
7/15/10 Flanz, CSM, In Kenya slums, women risk rape daily to get to a bathroom
July 14, 2010
7/14/10 Greste, BBC, Biological bonanza in Kenya's threatened forest
July 12, 2010
7/12/10 Smith, WSWS, Oil companies complicit in Sudan civil war, report alleges
July 9, 2010
7/09/10 Stewart, Independent, Millions Face Starvation as Niger Prays in Vain for Rain
July 6, 2010
7/06/10 BBC, China to build $8bn oil refinery in Nigeria
July 3, 2010
7/03/10 BBC, DR Congo oil tanker blaze 'kills 220'
July 2, 2010
7/02/10 BBC, Top Rwanda genocide suspect Uwinkindi seized in Uganda
July 1, 2010
7/01/10 Baldauf, CSM, South Africa takes fire for arms sales to blacklisted nations
June 27, 2010
6/27/0 Strobel et al, Feds won't charge Blackwater in Sudan sanctions case
June 25, 2010
6/25/10 Goldstein, Asia Times, Sudanese blood spills into Asia
June 22, 2010
6/22/10 Stearns, CSM, An Israeli tycoon, the Virgin Islands, and Africa's blood diamonds
June 21, 2010
6/21/10 Miller, FPIF, Loose Oil Is a Way of Life in West Africa
6/21/10 Foy, Guardian, Millions face starvation in west Africa, warn aid agencies
June 18, 2010
6/18/10 Collins, IntelDaily, Big Oil - First Nigeria then the World
June 14, 2010
6/14/10 VOA, Report: US-Backed Somali Government Using Child Soldiers
June 9, 2010
6/09/10 Rositier, FPIF, Liberals Back Dictator's Ethnic War
June 5, 2010
6/05/10 Sakur, BBC, A Sri Lankan re-education for Tamil child soldiers
June 4, 2010
6/04/10 Smith, Guardian, World Cup 2010: Fifa blocking condom distribution at venues, say Aids groups
June 3, 2010
6/03/10 Wellen, FPIF, Outraged by Drone Strikes? Some Drone Operators Are Too
June 2, 2010
6/02/10 BBC, Bumper Kenya maize harvest contaminated by toxins
May 28, 2010
5/28/10 Gambrell, AP, Millions face hunger in arid belt of Africa
May 25, 2010
5/25/10 Lobe, IPS, NGOs Call on Obama to Move Swiftly Against LRA
May 24, 2010
5/24/10 Bryant, CSM, Did Israel offer to sell South Africa nuclear weapons?
May 21, 2010
5/21/10 Free, FPIF, Multinational Oil, The US and Nigeria: A Crude Contrast
5/21/10 BBC, Niger's hungry 'crossing into Nigeria'
May 20, 2010
5/20/10 Curcio, FPIF, Plugging Africa's Leak
5/20/10 Kayira, CSM, Malawi gives gay couple 14 years in jail; public cheers
May 19, 2010
5/19/10 Brock, Reuters, Africa's Oil Spills Are Far From U.S. Media Glare
May 18, 2010
5/18/10 Topping & Smith, Guardian, Malawi gay couple found guilty of 'unnatural acts'
May 17, 2010
5/17/10 Evans, CSM, White South Africans use Facebook in campaign to return to Holland
5/17/10 Avril, IPS, Africa Has Less Say After Changes in World Bank Voting
May 14, 2010
5/14/10 Al Jazeera, Disputed Nile agreement signed
May 12, 2010
5/12/10 Becker, Asia Times, To Congo, with trouble
May 9, 2010
5/09/10 Shapiro, CSM, Mothers in Congo get help in raising children of rape
May 7, 2010
5/07/10 EDIE, Morocco pledges billions to tackle climate change
May 6, 2010
5/06/10 Rozoff, IntelDaily, New Colonialism: Pentagon Carves Africa Into Military Zones
5/06/10 BBC, Africa's grandmothers debate HIV/Aids
May 5, 2010
5/05/10 Guardian, Shell reports record oil spillages in Nigeria
5/05/10 Volman, FPIF, Obama and U.S. Military Engagement in Africa
May 3, 2010
5/03/10 BBC, US starts anti-al-Qaeda military exercise in Sahara
4/03/10 BBC, Uganda's highest ice cap splits on Mt Margherita
May 2, 2010
5/02/10 Fessy, BBC, Top UN man investigates massacre claims in DR Congo
5/02/10 Clark, CSM, Islamists seize main port used by Somali pirates
May 1, 2010
5/01/10 Gambrell, AP, Nigeria: Senator allegedly marries girl, age 13
April 30, 2010
5/30/10 Boone, Guardian, Afghan feminists fighting from under the burqa
April 29, 2010
4/29/10 BBC, UN official calls DR Congo 'rape capital of the world'
April 26, 2010
4/26/10 Baldauf, CSM, Sudan 101: Could Sudan's oil resources solve its problems? ... Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6
April 24, 2010
4/24/10 Nossiter, NYT, After a Coup, Niger Resumes Business as Usual With China
April 23, 2010
4/23/10 Gatsiounis, CSM, Unlike other African nations, Uganda aims to dodge 'oil curse'
April 19, 2010
4/19/10 Agazzi, IPS, Foreign Investors Safeguarded From Obligations to Locals
April 15, 2010
4/15/10 Al Jazeera, Rapes 'surge' in DR Congo
4/15/10 Ford, Guardian, Sir Gordon Conway: The challenges of achieving a green revolution in Africa
4/15/10 Calefati, MoJo, Steal This Country - Congo and Coltan
April 12, 2010
4/12/10 Godoy, IPS, ENVIRONMENT-NIGER: French State-Owned Company "Poisoning" Poor
April 10, 2010
4/10/10 Allen, BBC, Why colour still defines everything in South Africa
April 6, 2010
4/06/10 Fihlani, BBC, Race hate lives on in 'rainbow nation'
April 4, 2010
4/04/10 BBC, Terreblanche death brings Zuma appeal for calm
April 2, 2010
4/02/10 Senegal, CSM, Africa looks to nuclear power
March 30, 2010
3/30/10 Vaidyanathan, NYT, A Race to Introduce GM Corn Before Africa's Climate Worsens
3/30/10 BBC, White Zimbabwe farmers in South Africa compensation bid
March 29, 2010
3/29/10 Armstrong, CSM, China mining company causes unrest in Niger
3/29/10 CNN, Rebels kill, kidnap hundreds in remote Congo area
March 23, 2010
3/23/10 Burgis, FT, Mining money fails to usher in golden era for Ghana
March 22, 2010
3/11/10 Mariam, FPIF, Ethiopia: Licensed to Steal
3/22/10 Purefoy, CNN, 163 arrested in Nigerian massacre
March 19, 2010
3/19/10 Al Jazeera, Deadly clashes erupt in Sudan
March 18, 2010
3/18/10 CNN, Sudan signs cease-fire agreement with Darfur rebels
3/18/10 Lam, IPS, VIETNAM: Salinisation, Drought Bring Worries to Mekong Delta
March 16, 2010
3/16/10 AL Jazeera, Somalia signs deal with militia
March 11, 2010
3/11/10 BBC, Nigerian survivors recall Jos massacre
March 7, 2010
3/07/10 Vidal, Guardian, How Food and Water Are Driving a 21st-Century African Land Grab
3/07/10 BBC, 'Dozens killed' in Nigeria clashes
March 5, 2010
3/05/10 Goujon, AFP, Africa Aims to Regulate 'Mercenary' Industry
2/25/10 Drake, FPIF 3/5/10, Ghana's 2010 oil 'boom': Ensuring public interest over private gain
3/05/10 Loncraine, BBC, Can rats help clear Africa's landmines?
3/05/10 Gettleman, NYT, U.S. Aiding Somalia in Its Plan to Retake Its Capital
March 3, 2010
3/03/10 BBC, South Africa black-owned farms 'failing'
March 2, 2010
3/02/10 Sithole, BBC, Zimbabwe's forgotten children, struggling to survive
3/02/10 Marquand, CSM, France arrests Rwandan President's widow, accused in Rwanda genocide
March 1, 2010
3/01/10 BBC, Cape Town's gangs: Martin's story
3/01/10 Al Jazeera, Firms face Zimbabwe ownership law
3/02/10 Basu, CNN, Indian women peacekeepers hailed in Liberia
February 28, 2010
2/28/10 Al Jazeera, Somalia's Shabab bans UN food aid
February 23, 2010
2/23/10 Africa News, U.S troops to train Congo soldiers
February 20, 2010
2/20/10 Al Jazeera, Darfur group 'ready for ceasefire'
2/20/10 Al Jazeera, ICC outrage over Guinea massacre
February 19, 2010
2/19/10 BBC, Niger's coup leaders lift curfew
February 17, 2010
2/17/10 BBC, Oil deal 'damaging for Uganda environment'
2/17/10 Houreld, AP, UN says US aid restrictions hurting hungry Somalis
February 16, 2010
2/16/10 Al Jazeera, Refugees flood Congo-Brazzaville
February 8, 2010
2/08/10 BBC, Nigeria Anambra state election 'gravely flawed'
2/08/10 BBC, Africa malaria drugs 'low-grade'
January 23, 2010
1/23/10 Wilson, AlterNet, Uganda's "Kill the Gays" Movement Organizing in Newark, NJ
1/23/10 CNN, Christian-Muslim violence in Nigeria warrants probe, rights group says
1/23/10 BBC, Nigeria religious riot bodies found in village wells
January 22, 2010
1/22/10 Ross, BBC, Satellite images help insure Kenya cattle
1/22/10 FPIF, Africa Policy Outlook 2010
January 20, 2010
1/20/10 BBC, Nigeria riot city under control, says army chief
January 19, 2010
1/19/10 BBC, Nigeria imposes 24-hour curfew after clashes in Jos
January 17, 2010
1/17/10 BBC, Senegal offers land to Haitians
January 10, 2010
1/10/10 Beaumont, Guardian, Violence, fear and confusion: welcome to the Horn of Africa
January 9, 2010
1/09/10 BBC, US warns of attacks on Uganda-Sudan planes
January 7, 2010
1/07/10 BBC, Aid groups warn of Sudan civil war risk
1/07/10 Whewell, BBC, Witch-doctors reveal extent of child sacrifice in Uganda
January 6, 2010
1/06/10 MacNamara, FT, Chinese stake in African Minerals
January 3, 2010
1/03/10 Macalister, Guardian, Shell accused of abandoning solar power buyers in the developing world
1/03/10 Smith Guardian, Jacob Zuma to wed Tobeka Madiba, South Africa's third first lady
December 24, 2009
12/24/09 BBC, Obama curbs trade benefits for several African nations
December 23, 2009
12/23/09 BBC, Niger anger over Ecowas snub of President Tandja
12/23/09 BBC, Nestle shuts Zimbabwe milk plant citing harassment
12/23/09 BBC, Eritrea hit with UN sanctions for 'aiding insurgents'
December 21, 2009
12/21/09 BBC, Nigeria herders and farmers clash in central Nasarawa.
December 20, 2009
12/20/09 Wong, NYT, China's Export of Labor Faces Scorn
December 14, 2009
12/14/09 BBC, Sudan police tear-gas opposition protesters
December 13, 2009
12/13/09 Bengali, McClatchy, Africa's population boom traps children in poverty
12/13/09 BBC, Sudan leaders agree deal over referendum for South
December 11, 2009
12/11/09 Harding, BBC, Mali villagers fight back against Sahara
December 10, 2009
12/10/09 Kaiser Daily, ARTs Safe Without Routine Lab Tests, Lancet Study Finds
December 7, 2009
12/07/09 Woods, FPIF, Africa and the Economic Crisis
December 4, 2009
12/04/09 Schmidle, NYT, The Hostage Business
December 3, 2009
12/03/09 Harding, BBC, Timbuktu's ancient salt caravans under threat
November 28, 2009
11/28/09 Odulla, AP, 10,000 E. African albinos in hiding after killings
November 27, 2009
11/27/09 BBC, Rwanda: African nations block genocide suspects hunt
November 25, 2009
11/25/09 AP, UN report: Congo rebel network spans 25 countries
November 20, 2009
11/20/09 BBC, Congo fishing rights clashes 'force thousands to flee'
11/19/09 Sharife, FPIF, The Battle for Angola's Oil
November 18, 2009
11/18/09 van der Westhuizen,, AlterNet, U.S. Christian Right Activists Pushing Death Penalty for Homosexuals in Poor African State
11/18/09 BBC, FDLR Inc: Congo's multinational rebels
November 17, 2009
11/17/09 Smith, Guardian, Goldminers sue for lung disease payout
November 13, 2009
11/13/09 Michael, IPS, UGANDA: "Mount Elgon Eviction Has Reduced Us to Beggars"*
11/13/09 Ackbarally, IPS, WATER-AFRICA: Civil Society Demands Action, Not Words
November 10, 2009
11/1/009 BBC, Drones scour the sea for pirates
11/10/09 Minter & Wheeler, FPIF, Climate Change and Africa's Natural Resources
November 9, 2009
11/09/09 Fraser, BBC, China's chequebook draws African nations
11/09/09 Hungwe, BBC, Alarm at Zimbabwe's growing child sex abuse
11/09/09 Ethirajan, BBC, Australia tackles refugee source
November 6, 2009
11/06/09 BBC, Why Ugandans want to work in Iraq
11/06/09 BBC, Niger-Nigeria 'blockade' mystery
11/06/09 BBC, DR Congo army 'used aid as bait'
November 2, 2009
11/02/09 BBC, South Sudan awaits oil bonanza
11/02/09 BBC, Zimbabwe diamond sales ban urged
11/02/09 Kwenda, IPS, ZIMBABWE: Far From the City's Money, Villagers Barter Again
11/02/09 Kagame, Guardian, Why Africa welcomes the Chinese
November 1, 2009
11/01/09 Bodeen, AP, China to map out Africa strategy at forum in Egypt
11/01/09 BBC, South Sudan leader urges split
October 30, 2009
10/30/09 Baldauf, CSM, China, eager for oil, expands investment in Nigeria and Guinea
10/30/09 AP, US rubber company disputes Liberia pollution study
10/30/09 BBC, Africa backs Darfur crimes court
October 29, 2009
10/29/09 BBC, Kenya to launch homosexual census
10/29/09 Haviland, BBC, Sri Lanka outcry over police brutality
10/29/09 Etim, All Africa, Group Challenges Oil Firms On Land Encroachment in Africa
October 28, 2009
10/28/09 The Public Record, Ex-State Dept Aide Under Bush Sr., Reagan, Clinton Indicted For Violating Sudan Sanctions
10/28/09 Vidal, Guardian, Climate change will devastate Africa, top UK scientist warns
10/28/09 Phakathi, IPS, SWAZILAND: More Boreholes, No Water
10/28/09 Robertson et al, Guardian, Kenya's drought crisis: Starving to death
10/28/09 BBC, Audio slideshow: Ethiopia's water traps
10/28/09 BBC, Ivory Coast's old foes 'rearming'
October 26, 2009
10/26/09 Kokutse, IPS, AFRICA: Broken Promises Litter the Aftermath of Global Crisis
10/26/09 Nieuwoudt, IPS, TRADE: What Will China's Legacy in Africa be by 2049?
10/26/09 EDIE, Unlicensed water sellers blamed as cholera claims lives in Kenyan capital
October 24, 2009
10/24/09 Geloo, IPS, ZAMBIA
: Fishing in Troubled Waters
10/24/09 Mackenzie and Wallia, FT, Ghana in oil stake talks as Exxon bid runs into trouble
October 23, 2009
10/23/09 Machado, IPS, MOZAMBIQUE: Watching the Water Flow Away
10/23/09 Rizoff, IntelDaily, AFRICOM Year Two: Taking The Helm Of The Entire World
October 22, 2009
10/22/09 McConnell, TimesOnline, Four-Year Drought Pushes 23 Million Africans to Brink of Starvation
10/22/09 Allen, OneWorld, Stop Texting, to Save Lives in Africa
October 20, 2009
10/20/09 Ghattas, BBC, Obama opts for compromise on Sudan
October 19, 2009
10/19/09 Hourheld, AP, Destruction of Kenya's forest feeds deadly drought
10/19/09 Alden, Guardian, What is China doing in Guinea?
10/19/09 BBC, Nigeria 'to give 10% of oil cash'
October 17, 2009
10/17/09 Cornwell, Reuters, U.S. said to be planning deeper engagement with Sudan
10/17/09 Lerner, CNN, Rape a weapon of war in Congo, activists say
10/17/09 BBC, 'Toxic waste' report gag lifted
October 15, 2009
10/15/09 BBC, Uganda MP urges death for gay sex
October 14, 2009
10/14/09 Fihlani, BBC, Stolen youth of SA's child brides
October 13, 2009
10/13/09 BBC, Congo and Angola 'end expulsions'
10/13/09 BBC, Guinea confirms huge China deal
October 11, 2009
10/11/09 Ross, BBC, Drought: Kenya's own banking crisis
October 10, 2009
10/10/09 Leighton, BBC, Guinea strike call over killings
October 5, 2009
10/05/09 Manak, IPS, HEALTH-AFRICA: If Men Were Dying En Masse...
10/05/09 Dugger, NYT, Contention Over Rankings of African Nations
October 4, 2009
10/04/09 Chimtom, IPS, CAMEROON: 'Our Lives Are Defined By This Forest'
October 3, 2009
10/03/09 Mahe, IPS, SOUTHERN AFRICA: Too Much Water and Not Enough to Drink
10/03/09 Vidal, Guardian. Tilting at windmills
October 2, 2009
10/02/09 IntelDaily, Video: Africom or Africon? Parts 1, 2, 3, 4
September 29, 2009
9/29/09 Rice, Guardian, Guinean soldiers massacre 157 pro-democracy protesters
9/29/09 Morgan, BBC, Kenya's heart stops pumping
September 28, 2009
9/28/09 Wilkerson, IntelDaily, Video: Africom or Africon?
9/28/09 Mpaka, IPS, MALAWI: Surplus Crop, But We Are Starving - Farmers
September 27, 2009
9/27/09 BBC, Nestle milk link to Grace Mugabe
September 25, 2009
9/25/09 Ngozo, IPS, AFRICA: Malawi non-voters denied farm subsidies
9/25/09 BBC, Mugabe: West 'dividing Zimbabwe'
September 21, 2009
9/21/09 LaFraniere & Grobler, NYT, China Distributes Aid in Africa, With a Catch
September 20, 2009
9/20/09 Al Jazeera, Oil firm 'settles' toxic waste case
September 17, 2009
9/17/09 Gibbs, TimesOnleine, Trafigura offers deal to 31,000 Africans over dumped waste
9/17/09 Rice, Guardian, Almost 4 million Kenyans on food aid as drought deepens
September 16, 2009
9/16/09 Leigh, Guardian, How UK Oil Company Trafigura Tried to Cover up African Pollution Disaster
September 14, 2009
9/14/09 Starr, CNN, U.S. may have killed al Qaeda target in Somalia, officials say
9/14/09 BBC, Migrants risk lives for Europe
9/14/09 Plaut, BBC, WFP to shut Somalia food centres
September 12, 2009
9/12/09 Johar, IPS, MINING-INDIA: Woman Leads Tribals Against World's Steel Maker
September 9, 2009
9/09/09 BBC, SA mutineer: 'I live in poverty'
September 6, 2009
9/06/09 Corcoran, Irish Times, S Africa Backs Action in US on Firms Linked to Apartheid
September 5, 2009
9/05/09 BBC, Hope and rusty guns in Niger Delta
9/05/09 Mbodj & Robertson, Guardian, Child's Eye: Congo's children, back from the dead
September 4, 2009
9/04/09 Smith, Guardian, IMF provides $510m loan for Zimbabwe amid worries that Mugabe party will grab funds
August 31, 2009
8/31/09 Michael, IPS, UGANDA: Carbon Trading Scheme Pushing People off Their Land
August 30, 2009
8/30/09 Independent, Millions Facing Famine in Ethiopia as Rains Fail
8/30/09 Samuels, Guardian, Africa goes hardcore
8/30/09 Brulliard, WP, In Oil-Rich Niger Delta, the Sun Never Sets
August 24, 2009
8/24/09 Rozoff, IntelDaily, AFRICOM: Pentagon's First Direct Military Intervention In Africa
8/24/09 Doyle, BBC, Why is the African continent poor?
August 20, 2009
8/20/09 BBC, Nigeria oil rights grab 'illegal'
August 14, 2009
8/14/09 BBC, Deadly game of Kenya's gem trade
August 11, 2009
8/11/09 Houreld, AP, Oil is no gift for Africa's poor
August 10, 2009
8/10/09 Volman, IPS, Clinton Sprinkles US Military Aid Across Africa
August 7, 2009
8/07/09 BBC, Massive win for Niger president
August 6, 2009
8/06/09 Greenberg, FPIF, African Union Declaration Against the ICC Not What it Seems
August 5, 2009
8/05/09 Malinga et al, Guardian, The cost of living in Katine
August 2, 2009
8/02/09 McDougall, Times Online, African dream turns sour for orphan army
8/02/09 Mshelizza, Reuters, More than 700 killed in Nigeria clashes: Red Cross
July 31, 2009
7/31/09 AFP, Pfizer, Nigeria Sign $75 Mln Settlement in Drug Suit: Official
July 29, 2009
7/29/09 Jacks, BBC, Tackling South Africa's rape epidemic
7/29/09 BBC, Alarm over Somalia's child soldiers
July 26, 2009
7/26/09 Martell, BBC, The women who clear Sudan's minefields
July 25, 2009
7/25/09 Alibhai-Brown, BBC, Unveiling Zanzibar's unhealed wounds
July 24, 2009
7/24/09 Bengali, McClatchy, African workers find harsh conditions in Chinese-run plants
July 22, 2009
7/22/09 Puryear, PSL, Obama denies any U.S. blame for imperialist aggression in Africa
7/22/09 BBC, Sudan tense for oil border ruling
July 21, 2009
7/21/09 Kavuma & Ford, Guardian, Fears of food crisis in Katine as famine hits Uganda
7/21/09 BBC, Mineral firms 'fuel Congo unrest'
7/21/09 BBC, Rock divides East African neighbours
July 13, 2009
7/13/09 Reuters, Two indicted in Minnesota on Somali terror charges
7/13/09 Woods, FPIF, Obama Visits Africa's 'Oil Gulf'
July 10, 2009
7/10/09 Elliott & Wintour, Guardian, G8 leaders under pressure to honour promises as Africa takes centre stage
7/10/09 BBC, SA miners hold bosses underground
7/10/09 Hinshaw, CSM, Obama in Africa: Can US rival China's new clout?
7/10/09 BBC, Nairobi water 'stolen for farms'
July 9, 2009
7/09/09 Mistillis, FPIF, Niger Delta Standoff
July 7, 2009
7/07/09 IPS, ENVIRONMENT-SOUTH AFRICA: How Friendly is Biodegradable Plastic?
July 6, 2009
7/06/09 LeMelle, FPIF, Straight Talk: Revealing the Real U.S. Africa-Policy
July 5, 2009
7/05/09 Shaw, AP, Zimbabwe vows to pull troops out of diamond fields
7/05/09 China View, U.S. pledges increased military support to Somalia
7/05/09 Schifferes, BBC, G8 set to tackle hunger in Africa
July 2, 2009
7/02/09 BBC, Nigaz name sparks racism debate
June 30, 2009
6/30/09 Mathiason, Guardian, Amnesty Attacks Oil Industry for Decades of Damage in Niger Delta
6/30/09 BBC, Niger court dissolution 'is coup'
June 29, 2009
6/29/09 Minter & Volman, ITT, The Somalia Crossroads
June 28, 2009
6/28/09 Nelson, Telegraph, India joins 'neocolonial' rush for Africa's land and labour
June 26, 2009
6/26/09 BBC, Emergency powers for Niger leader
6/26/09 Bright, CSM, US sends weapons to Somali government
June 22, 2009
6/22/09 Smith, Guardian, African women with HIV 'coerced into sterilisation'
June 15, 2009
6/15/09 Vandiver, Stars & Stripes, AFRICOM building research center
June 14, 2009
6/14/09 Rowell, Independent, Secret Papers 'Show How Shell Targeted Nigeria Oil Protests'
6/14/09 BBC, Sudan tribesmen attack UN barges
June 12, 2009
6/12/09 Thomson, BBC, Zimbabwe girls trade sex for food
6/12/09 Kachere, IPS, ENVIRONMENT-ZIMBABWE: Farmers Go to War Against Lantana Camara
June 10, 2009
6/10/09 Montero, CSM, Thousands of refugees flee fighting in Somalia
6/10/09 BBC, Audio slideshow: Zimbabwe's children
June 9, 2009
6/09/09 Vidal, Guardian, Shell settlement with Ogoni people stops short of full justice
June 8, 2009
6/08/09 BBC, Shell settles Nigeria deaths case
6/08/09 BBC, Albino trials begin in Tanzania
June 6, 2009
6/06/09 Baute, Toronto Star, How Did 100,000,000 Women Disappear?
6/06/09 Lajake, BBC, Horror of South African miners' deaths
June 2, 2009
6/02/09 BBC, More bodies in South Africa mine
May 31, 2009
5/31/09 Smith, Boston Globe, Tracking the War on Women in Darfur
5/31/09 AP, SAfricans begin removing bodies of beached whales
5/31/09 Hicks, BBC, UN team meets Chad child soldiers
May 29, 2009
5/29/09 BBC, African viewpoint: Nigeria's freedom
May 28, 2009
5/28/09 Allen, BBC, Rainbow nation's outsiders live in fear
May 26, 2009
5/26/09 Boyle, TimesOnline, Shell in court over death of Nigerian activist
May 25, 2009
5/25/09 BBC, Nigeria rebels destroy pipeline
May 24, 2009
5/24/09 Blas, FT, Africa almost giving land away, says UN
May 19, 2009
5/19/09 Majidi, PSL, Who are the real pirates in Africa?
5/19/09 Koswanage & Ahmad, Reuters, Anti-piracy body backs off on international maritime force
May 18, 2009
5/18/09 Guardian, Congo army rapes, robs and kills civilians, UN told
5/18/09 Kaimi, CNN, Abuse of child 'witches' on rise, aid group says
May 17, 2009
5/17/09 Bengali, CSM, Islamist offensive ruins the West's plan for Somalia
May 15, 2009
5/15/09 Annan, Guardian, A green deal for Africa
5/15/09 BBC, Sudan accuses Chad of air attack
May 12, 2009
5/12/09 McGrath, BBC, Going bananas for energy in Africa
May 10, 2009
5/10/09 CNN, Aid worker: Shelling kills 378 civilians in 'no-fire' zone
May 9, 2009
5/09/09 Ley, BBC, Malta struggles with desperate refugees
May 7, 2009
5/07/09 Bengali, CSM, Somali insurgency driving thousands of refugees to Kenya
May 6, 2009
5/06/09 WorldFocus, Africans more genetically diverse than rest of world
May 3, 2009
5/02/09 BBC, Mining a mint in eastern DR Congo
May 2, 2009
5/02/09 Rossiter, NYT, In a Senegalese Slum, a Building Material Both Primitive and Perilous
5/02/09 Al Jazeera, Tsvangirai: Zimbabwe is broke
May 1, 2009
5/01/09 Gill. BBC, Africa's genetic secrets unlocked
April 30, 2009
4/30/09 Karimi, CNN, Kenyan women ban sex over political reform
April 28, 2009
4/28/09 Baldor, AP, Terrorists moving from Afghan border to Africa
4/28/09 Cole, LAT, Congress members arrested in Darfur protest
April 25, 2009
4/25/09 Chamberlain, Guardian, Sri Lanka rebels forcing children to fight, UN says
April 22, 2009
4/22/09 Al Jazeera, Darfur rebels sentenced to death
4/22/09 Chanberlain, Guardian, 'Hundreds of civilians killed' as army tries to finish off Tamil Tigers
4/22/09 Feffer, FPIF, Monsters vs. Aliens
April 20, 2009
4/20/09 Godoy, IPS, The Second Scramble for Africa Starts
April 19, 2009
4/18/09 Murray, PSL, Who are the real 'pirates' in Africa?
April 18, 2009
4/18/09 Al Jazeera, 'Mega-droughts' forecast for Africa
4/18/09 IRIN, GHANA: Plummeting profits drive tomato farmers to suicide
4/18/09 Toynbee, Guardian, Wall Street wounded Ghana. IMF tonic could hurt it more
4/18/09 Allen, BBC, Somali chaos spills from land to sea
April 17, 2009
4/17/09 BBC, Somali piracy: Global overview
April 16, 2009
4/16/09 Bengali, McClatchy, What's It Like to Be a Pirate? In Dirt-Poor Somalia, Pretty Good
April 15, 2009
4/15/09 BBC, Pirates attack second US vessel
April 13, 2009
4/13/09 BBC, US captain rescued from pirates
4/13/09 Hari, Independent, We're Being Lied to About Pirates
4/13/09 VOA News, Zimbabwe Suspends Use of Own Currency
April 12, 2009
4/12/09 Muhumed & Nor, AP, Somali pirates vow retaliation after captain freed
4/12/09 BBC, New Somali bid to free US captain
April 11, 2009
4/11/09 Jaffe & de Young, WP, Obama Team Mulls Aims Of Somali Extremists
4/11/09 Pitman, AP, Somali pirates a far cry from buccaneers of old
April 10, 2009
4/10/09 BBC, Nigeria oil unrest 'kills 1,000'
April 9, 2009
4/09/09 BBC, Swiss hold '$150m Nigeria bribes'
4/09/09 Fessy & Doyle, BBC, From rebel-held Congo to beer can
April 7, 2009
4/07/09 Baldauf, CSM, Why the US didn't intervene in the Rwandan genocide
4/07/09 Walker, BBC, The story of Nigeria's 'untouchables'
April 5, 2009
4/05/09 Mathiason, Guardian, Shell in court over alleged role in Nigeria executions
April 2, 2009
4/02/09 Litvinsky, IPS, Electronics Firms Urged to Boycott 'Blood Minerals'
4/02/09 Al Jazeera, Zimbabwe prison called 'death camp'
March 31, 2009
3/31/09 Roy, Boston Globe, The Silence Surrounding Sri Lanka
March 30, 2009
3/30/09 CNN, Fishing boats sink off Libyan coast
3/30/09 BBC, African body suspends Madagascar
3/30/09 BBC, Migrants drown off Libyan coast
March 28, 2009
3/28/09 Al Jazeera, France seals African uranium deals
3/28/09 Heilperin, AP, For Congo's uprooted, fear trumps hopes for peace
March 27, 2009
3/27/09 EDIE, Elastoplast solution to African water crisis not working
3/27/09 BBC, Slowdown blights DR Congo economy
March 26, 2009
3/26/09 Greste, BBC, The dam that divides Ethiopians
March 25, 2009
3/25/09 Knell, BBC, Nubia: Lost civilisation of Egypt
March 23, 2009
3/23/09 Clark, CSM, Hutu rebels in Congo strike back against joint offensive
March 18, 2009
3/18/09 BBC, Clinton's warning to Sudan leader
March 17, 2009
3/17/09 Walker, BBC, The day oil was discovered in Nigeria
March 16, 2009
3/16/09 Lough & Ilnoiaina, Reuters, Army storms Madagascar presidential palace
3/16/09 Annan, Guardian, A message from Africa
3/16/09 BBC, Crisis 'will cost Africa $49bn'
3/16/09 BBC, Sudan to 'expel all aid groups'
March 15, 2009
3/15/09 Faul, AP, Women in Congo Speak Out about Rape Despite Taboo
3/15/09 Calamachi, AP, Guinea narcostate revealed in TV confessions
March 14, 2009
3/14/09 Welz, MoJo, Ethanol's African Landgrab
March 13, 2009
3/13/09 Doak, FPIF, Making Peace or Fueling War in Africa
3/13/09 Harvey, BBC, Papua's struggle for independence
March 12, 2009
3/12/09 BBC, South African expats vote upheld
March 11, 2009
3/11/09 Brimacombe, BBC, Zambia's agri-business powerhouse
March 10, 2009
3/10/09 Kachingwe, IPS, ZAMBIA: Food Vouchers Not Enough to Fight Hunger
3/10/09 BBC, Tanzania 'witch-naming' under way
March 8, 2009
3/08/09 Deeb, AP, Sudan's president warns foreigners in Darfur
March 7, 2009
3/07/09 Faul, AP, Traumatized child soldiers return home in Congo
3/07/09 BBC, Old sensitivities resurface in Sudan
March 5, 2009
3/05/09 Adams, CSM, Sudan's President Bashir defies warrant, expels aid groups
3/05/09 BBC, SA shuts Zimbabwe refugees' camp
March 4, 2009
3/04/09 Simanowitz, ITT, Blue People, Yellowcake
3/04/09 BBC, Warrant issued for Sudan's leader
March 3, 2009
3/03/09 Falconer & Schulman , MoJo, Blackwater's New Frontier: Their Own Private Africa
March 2, 2009
3/02/09 van den Bosch, IPS, WATER-NAMIBIA: Policy to Create a Water Scarcity?
March 1, 2009
3/01/09 Al Jazeera, African migrants drown off Yemen
3/01/09 Smith, Guardian, Girls being force-fed for marriage as junta revives fattening farms
February 28, 2009
2/28/09 Fisher, PSL, Thousands of mine jobs in South Africa slashed
2/28/09 Gyuse, IPS, MINING-WEST AFRICA: Ending the Race to the Bottom
2/28/09 BBC, Fears of anarchy in Madagascar
February 25, 2009
2/25/09 WorldFocus, Immigrants in South Africa deal with hostility, xenophobia
2/25/09 Cutter, PSL, European toxic waste dumped in Africa
February 24, 2009
2/24/09 Deen & Young-Gon, IPS, Sanitation Crisis Runs Deep in Africa, Asia
2/24/09 Ferrette, BBC, Zimbabwe elite seeks to evade sanctions
February 23, 2009
2/23/09 WorldFocus, Class divisions widen in racially free South Africa
February 21, 2009
2/21/09 Burnett, IPS, Fighting for the Right to Fish
February 20, 2009
2/20/09 BBC, Zimbabwe recovery costs 'massive'
February 18, 2009
2/18/09 Baldauf, CSM, Why did Sudan make a deal with Darfur rebels?
2/18/09 Milmo, Independent, Dumped in Africa: Britain's Toxic Waste
2/18/09 BBC, Zimbabwe pays wages in US dollar
February 12, 2009
2/12/09 Chen, BBC, China seeks broader Africa role
February 9, 2009
2/09/09 BBC, Countries face new UK visa rules
February 7, 2009
2/07/09 Cronin, IPS, TRADE: South Africa in Growing Conflict With EU
2/07/09 CNN, 23 killed at Madagascar protest
February 6, 2009
2/06/09 Gettleman & Schmitt, NYT, U.S. Aided a Failed Plan to Rout Ugandan Rebels
2/06/09 CNN, Medicine man says he can cure AIDS
2/06/09 CNN, KBR charged with bribing Nigerian officials for contracts
2/06/09 BBC, Nigeria baby poison deaths rise
February 5, 2009
2/05/09 BBC, Somali pirates 'free arms ship'
February 4, 2009
2/04/09 Ramesh, Guardian, Patients killed in cluster bomb attack on Sri Lankan hospital
2/04/09 BBC, Gaddafi condemns Africa democracy
February 3, 2009
2/03/09 Tisdall, Guardian, No way out for nearly 3 million trapped in cycle of despair in Darfur's camps
2/03/09 Feffer, FPIF, Our Pirates and Theirs
2/03/09 Morgan, BBC, Liberian crop pest mystery solved
February 2, 2009
2/02/09 Adams, CSM, Niger militants scrap cease-fire, vow offensive
2/02/09 BBC, Zimbabwe dollar sheds 12 zeros
January 29, 2009
1/29/09 Klomegah, IPS, TRADE: Russia Supplying Legal And ''Illegal'' Arms to Africa
1/29/09 McGreal, Guardian, Zimbabwe's Starving Millions Face Halving of Rations as UN Cash Dries Up
1/29/09 Blegon, FPIF, Somali Piracy and the International Response
January 28, 2009
1/28/09 Nesbitt & Yusuf, FPIF, Strategic Dialogue: Somalia
January 27, 2009
1/27/09 BBC, Chad charcoal ban enflames public
1/27/09 BBC, 'Crisis unfolding' in Sri Lanka
1/27/09 LeMelle & Stulman, FPIF, Africa Policy Outlook 2009
January 26, 2009
1/26/09 BBC, Tanzania witchdoctors flout ban
January 24, 2009
1/24/09 Kwidini, IPS, ZIMBABWE: ''Dollarisation'' of Economy Hitting Poor Hard
January 23, 2009
1/23/09 Nebehay, Reuters, Red Cross: Zimbabwe Cholera Epidemic Could Top 60,000
January 21, 2009
1/21/09 BBC, 'Safe zone' in Sri Lanka conflict
January 19, 2009
1/19/09 Mannak, IPS, AFRICA: Climate Change Threatens Food Security
January 18, 2009
1/18/09 BBC, Mugabe calls for government deal
January 17, 2009
1/17/09 Nsingo, IPS, ZIMBABWE: Now a 'Factory for Poverty'
January 16, 2009
1/16/09 Michael, IPS, EAST AFRICA: Even Fish Heads Are Now Unaffordable
1/16/09 Aly, CSM, War crimes charges rattle Sudan
1/16/09 BBC, Zimbabwe rolls out Z$100tr note
1/16/09 BBC, ICRC fear for Sri Lanka civilians
January 13, 2009
1/13/09 Morgan, BBC, New soil map for African farmers
January 10, 2009
1/10/09 CNN, Zimbabwe introduces new $50 billion note
January 9, 2009
1/09/09 Henshaw, BBC, Uneasy peace in Sudan ghost town
January 8, 2009
1/08/09 Cronin, IPS, DEVELOPMENT: Africa May Face 'Centuries' of Poverty
1/08/09 Sterling, CNN, Navy creates force devoted to fighting piracy
January 7, 2009
1/07/09 AL Jazeera, DR Congo alert over 'Ebola virus'
January 3, 2009
1/03/09 Vogt, AP, Lead for car batteries poisons an African town
1/03/09 BBC, The curse of Nigerian oil
January 1, 2009
1/01/09 BBC, Anti-apartheid icon Suzman dies