Elijah Zarwan, an American human rights activist who lives in Cairo, has been following the protest by Sudanese refugees against discrimination and mistreatment in Egpyt,… Read More »Elijah on Sudanese refugees in Cairo
I’m spending Monday catching up on all the work I’d intended to do over the weekend before I got distracted by a series of surprisingly… Read More »Monday Africa Roundup
“Aunt Akwe”, who was bemused at her appearance in my last post, just sent me a highly comprehensive dictionary of Nigerian pidgin. It’s very helpful… Read More »My heart is vacationing in Nigeria
Emeka Okafor, of Timbuktu Chronicles fame, highlights a paper about the Nigerian diaspora on his new blog, Africa Unchained. The paper, by Nigerian scholar Uche… Read More »Remittance – the big business of sending money home
My friend and colleague Janet Haven writes that she’s heading to Uganda this week, to the Tactical Technology Africa Source conference. I’m doubly sorry that… Read More »What to watch in the Ugandan election
I’m a firm believer that a positive transformation of the African continent will come from increased trade, both between African nations and with other continents.… Read More »Chinese trade with Africa – good or bad news?