Shashank Bengali discusses his trip to Eritrea and his experience interviewing President Isaias Afwerki.
Reuters’ Africa Blog wonders about the likelihood of independence for South Sudan. Bec Hamilton fields questions on that issue and other Sudan-related topics. Alex de Waal weighs in on Southern Sudanese independence as well.
Steve Bloomfield has a hilarious rundown of how western media sources are gullible when it comes to who speaks for Somali pirates:
No story about Somali pirates is complete without a suitably bloodcurdling quote from a cutlass-wielding Jack Sparrow wannabe. Luckily for journalists there are plenty of Somalis willing to pretend to be pirates spokesmen for us to choose from.
Following the kidnapping of Paul and Rachel Chandler, a British couple sailing from Seychelles to Tanzania, the pirate PRs have been out in force. By my count 11 people has so far claimed to be spokesmen for the pirates and had their quotes faithfully recorded in the western media.
Here’s your rundown of pirate spokesmen. Must rush, I’m waiting on a call from a pirate spokesman who goes by the name Abu Sharati.
Read the whole piece, it’s worth it.
Lousia Lombard talks about the “magical” state in the Central African Republic, prompting a response from Texas in Africa, who talks about what happens when African states become “twilight institutions,” and why people still sometimes hope that a mostly absent state will one day function better. Lombard responds here.
Foreign Policy looks at Egypt and USAID.
And, in honor of the China-Africa summit in Egypt today, check out the China in Africa blog I discovered this week.
Finally, check out this video from Al Jazeera on recruitment of Somali Kenyans to fight in Somalia:
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