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December 30, 2011 - Reuters
Reuters: Islamist attacks strain Nigeria's north-south divide
The line dividing Christians from Muslims that runs along a rocky valley in the central Nigerian town of Jos may not be visible to the eye, but it burns in the minds of local people.
December 29, 2011 - The Guardian
Guardian: Church bombings are declaration of war, say Nigerian Christians
Christian leaders in Nigeria have accused Muslims of making a "declaration of war" after a series of fatal attacks, raising fears of sectarian conflict.
December 27, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Analysis: Attacks highlight Nigeria's divisions
Boko Haram's insurgency started with robed men on motorcycles killing their enemies one at a time across Nigeria's remote and dusty northeast. Now the radical Muslim sect's attacks have morphed into a nationwide sectarian fight.
December 25, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Christmas Day blasts at Nigerian churches mar pope's appeal for world peace
Pope Benedict XVI issued pleas for peace to reign across the world during his traditional Christmas address Sunday, a call marred by Muslim extremists who bombed a Catholic church in Nigeria, striking after worshippers celebrated Mass.
December 09, 2011 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: HIV on the rise again in Uganda
Motorcycle taxi driver Richard Okiror has seen the devastating cost of AIDS firsthand. He has watched people wasting away and dying from a virus that infected nearly one-fifth of all adults in his country.
November 19, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope's new document outlines church role in Africa
In a basilica built in the birthplace of Africa's Voodoo religion in Benin, Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday unveiled a treatise outlining the role of the Catholic Church on the continent and explained how Catholicism can help address Africa's chronic wars and interact with indigenous practices.
November 17, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope heads to continent to articulate position on Africa, war and peace
Pope Benedict XVI is returning this week to Africa, the Roman Catholic Church's fastest-growing region whose pool of aspiring priests replenish dwindling numbers of clerics elsewhere.
November 15, 2011 - Reuters
Reuters: Social injustice in Nigeria’s northeast helps Islamists gain sympathy
Wiping grease onto his T-shirt outside his bicycle repair shack, Baba Gana points to a bomb blast site across the street and explains why this northeastern Nigerian town has sympathy for radical Islamists who terrorize its inhabitants.
November 08, 2011 - The Guardian
Guardian: 'Nigerian Taliban' threat prompts U.S. military training
The US army provided counter-insurgency training to Nigerian troops battling a rise in attacks by Islamist militants, the Nigerian military has revealed.
November 06, 2011 - The Telegraph
Telegraph: US warns of attacks on luxury Nigerian hotels after 150 killed
The five-star Hilton, Nicon Luxury and Sheraton hotels in Nigeria’s capital, which are frequented by diplomats, politicians and Nigeria’s business elite, were identified by the US embassy.
November 06, 2011 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Abortion’s veil of silence threatens Ugandan women
Health activist Denis Kibera has seen women bleeding to death from illegal abortions. He has seen women dying after quack doctors used crude equipment to kill their fetuses.
November 05, 2011 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Opinion: A thousand fatwas for Somalia's al-Shabaab
A truck bombing by the Somali jihadist group al-Shabaab that killed more than 100 people in Mogadishu last month – an attack that targeted students lined up for news about scholarships to Turkey – drew condemnation from the United Nations, Western states, the Somali Transitional Federal Government and Somali civic groups. But that made no difference at all.
November 02, 2011 - The Guardian
Guardian: Civilians flee as Kenya plans attacks on al-Shabaab
People in towns across Somalia were reportedly trying to flee their homes on Wednesday, after Kenya's military said it was planning air strikes on Islamist rebel camps in the next few days.
October 17, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Somali militants threaten suicide attacks in Kenya
A spokesman for the Somali militant group al-Shabab is threatening Kenya with suicide attacks like those that killed 76 people in Uganda last year.
October 15, 2011 - The Economist
Economist: Don’t aim too high
SOMALIA has been a mess for two decades. The most recent functioning government was swept away in 1991.
October 15, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Senegal curbs a bloody rite for girls and women
When Aissatou Kande was a little girl, her family followed a tradition considered essential to her suitability to marry.
October 11, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Worldwide Anglican church head: Zimbabwe followers assaulted, bishops receiving death threats
Anglican bishops are receiving death threats and one worshipper who refused to follow an excommunicated leader was killed, according to a document viewed by The Associated Press on Tuesday that the worldwide head of the Anglican church gave to the country's longtime ruler.
October 10, 2011 - The Independent
Independent: Williams's 'healing' Zimbabwe trip starts with anti-gay protests
The Archbishop of Canterbury began his "healing" visit to Zimbabwe yesterday by delivering a sermon as part of a tour designed to help close a rift within the Anglican Church.
September 26, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: South Africa accused of kowtowing to China over Dalai Lama visit
South African officials may block the Dalai Lama from celebrating the 80th birthday of his friend and fellow Nobel Peace Laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, amid fears that Chinese pressure is trumping the country’s much-vaunted policies on freedom of speech and human rights.
September 20, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: First prize for a child in Somalia: an AK-47

A typical prize for a children’s contest might be a backpack, a lunchbox or maybe some toys.

 

Not in Somalia.

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