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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.

September 15, 2011 - Reuters
Reuters: African Islamist groups seen as US threat: general
Three African Islamist groups threatening to target Westerners have begun to cooperate among themselves, a "very worrying" trend that raises concern of a network stretching from Algeria to Nigeria, the top U.S. general for Africa said.
September 15, 2011 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Ghana aims to abolish witches' camps
Ghanaian leaders and civil society groups met in the nation’s capital, Accra earlier this week to develop a plan to abolish the witches’ camps in the northern region, where over a thousand women and children who have been accused of sorcery are currently living in exile.
September 14, 2011 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: A new friend for Israel in... South Sudan
The world’s newest member in the community of nations got plenty of press coverage when it formally declared independence in July.
September 08, 2011 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Nigeria's upsurge of violence casts doubt on growth push
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan is battling to limit political fallout from last month's suicide bombing of a United Nations building in his nation's capital, as fears about security threaten to overshadow new policies aimed at spurring growth in Africa's second-largest economy.
September 03, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP:African nations respond to 9/11 attacks with tougher laws, but abuse, mismanagement plagues
After a Nigerian attempted to blow up a U.S. jetliner and a homegrown terror group bombed and killed at will, Nigeria has passed a sweeping anti-terrorism bill.
September 01, 2011 - The Times
Times: Zuma plays politics with his choice for new Chief Justice
Having fought off rape and corruption allegations, Jacob Zuma, the President of South Africa, is no stranger to legal controversy.
August 31, 2011 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Al Qaeda ties seen for Nigeria group
Members of Boko Haram, the group believed responsible for last week's suicide bombing of a United Nations building in Nigeria, have received training from al Qaeda-affiliated groups in Afghanistan and Algeria, according to a recent internal Nigerian intelligence report.
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