Witchcraft: Getting better all the time
Principles of the poorest performing schools in South Africa are blaming witchcraft for their students’ lackluster marks. Apparently, the students are suspicious of each…
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Ugandan opposition threatens That Which Did Not Work At All in Burundi
Next month, Uganda is having a presidential election — or, depending on your viewpoint, a mini-re-coronation. The Economist last fall called Museveni a “king…
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What WordPress wonders about Cote d’Ivoire
Most of the time, the funny things on that list of “things people searched to get to my blog” isn’t all that different from…
Read MoreLasers vs. pirates: The new Somali frontier
The British are going to try beating back pirates with specially-crafted laser canons. I’m not kidding. “We are using the laser as a kind…
Read MoreOn Sudan, the view from outside Africa
All eyes are focused today on southern Sudan, where a vote begins that most expect will create Africa’s newest country — and, it turns…
Read MoreEvent: Sudan after the referendum
The Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC is hosting a conversation about post-referendum Sudan on Monday, January 10. For details, check…
Read MoreCoda: Making myths about conflict zones
One more thing I want to pull up from the comments on my Cote d’Ivoire post, from Rebecca: On the streets here, especially during…
Read MoreCote d’Ivoire and the linguistic roulette of mass atrocity
My use of the word genocide on Cote d’Ivoire has attracted some interest and a few hearty objections. Thankfully, I think there’s a better…
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Sweet Dreams
As a little tribute to those of you mired in the freezing cold right now, we’re closing the show with that other white icy…
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In Congo, Women Fight Rape With Radios
One courageous young journalist uses her microphone to fight sexual violence — and changes a countryside, village by village. A radio feature commissioned by…
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