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Terrorists Killed Poet Kofi Awoonor

Kofi Awoonor, one of Africa's leading poets, was among the dead in the Kenyan Mall terrorist attack. The mournful dirge of Awoonor's "Song of Sorrow," which I read in high school in Cameroon, is now to be song for him. Let us praise him for singing the sorrows of many and helping us sing his own.

Kenyan President Speaks on Mall Attack

The New York Times, Mass Shootings, and Dead Bodies

The New York Times has reported many mass shootings in the United States but hardly have there been pictures of dead bodies on the front page of The New York Times. However, when it comes to mass shooting in an African country, the New York Times flashes pictures of dead bodies on its front page. Does good taste escape the editors of The New York Times when it comes to African bodies?

Nigerian Wins Miss Muslim World

Sister Angelique - A Nun Fit for the Nobel

Watch the inspirational story of the work of Sister Angelique Namaika here. Read more about her from the BBC here.

 

A Perspective on Mental Health in Chad

A psychiatrist diagnoses the mental health of Chad.

Are Africans Happy?

Not much. That would be the response of a recent report by the United Nations. African countries are mostly found at the bottom of the list.

Internet Pioneer in Africa Inducted into Internet Hall of Fame

Watch his acceptance speech above and see more about him from CNN here.

State of Agriculture in Africa II

From The Economist blog, Baobab. Also see a piece from Radio Netherlands here.

Did Pat Robertson Profit from War in Rwanda and the Congo?

A recent documentary on his engagement in Rwanda and the Congo appears to give an affirmative response to this question.

A Report on the State of Africa's Agriculture

"The world faces a major agricultural challenge. We must, over the next few decades, find ways to deliver nutritious, safe, and affordable food to a growing global population that is projected to reach 9 billion people by 2050. Stress on our land and water, increase in soil degradation, salinization of irrigated areas, migration of youth to urban areas, climate changes, are among the many risks that are negatively affecting the agricultural production potential in many countries around the world. The need for a comprehensive solution to global food and nutritional security is urgent."

Read more from the report on the state of Africa's agriculture here.

A Portrait of Rwanda's Paul Kagame: Autocrat or Savior?

 

See the evenhanded story from The New York Times.