Mapping Somalia
My friend Sean Coon was kind enough to point to some of my recent Africa posts, noting that “maps really help” one get a sense… Read More »Mapping Somalia
It’s official: Africa is trendy
Welcome, trendsetters! Good news for all of us: according to the cover story in the Sunday Style section of the New York Times, Africa is… Read More »It’s official: Africa is trendy
Somalia Update
The Islamist coalition which controls Mogadishu is spreading their territorial control – South Africa’s Independent reports that the coalition seized Beletweyne, a key town north… Read More »Somalia Update
Your language or mine? (Part 2)
Much of the conversation I read online about Wikipedia seems to be focused on the radical, audacious idea that an encyclopedia written by amateurs could… Read More »Your language or mine? (Part 2)
Join us in South Africa!
I’m coming to South Africa in mid-September for the Highway Africa conference, an annual conference on information technology and journalism at Rhodes University in Grahamstown,… Read More »Join us in South Africa!
Cut Corruption. Pay Debt. Accept Kudos. Get Fired.
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been one of the brightest hopes for Nigeria. A former World Bank vice-president, she left the Bank in 2003 to return… Read More »Cut Corruption. Pay Debt. Accept Kudos. Get Fired.