From Foreign Policy Magazine:

"Arguably, Africa’s foremost election thieves have been the Nigerians, world famous for their 419 scams and oil-induced corruption,” says Dave Peterson, also at NED. The trick is to create so much chaos that nobody can say for sure who really won

From The New York Times:

Early Tuesday, in an attack likely to add to the unrest, two gunmen shot and killed an opposition member of Parliament, Mugabe Were, as he drove up to his house in suburban Nairobi (…)

Photo by Ben Curtis/AP-NYT

Galass lives on my street. Pictured here with his two greatest passions: running around barefoot and my scooter.

Coupe Africaine des Nations: Angola 3 - Senegal 1.

I guess we won’t be getting the afternoon off for the third match!

From BBC News:

Five people including two foreign aid workers have been killed in a blast in the southern Somali port of Kismayo.

Three of the five - a Kenyan doctor, a French logistics expert and a Somali driver - worked for the Dutch branch of aid agency Medicins Sans Frontieres.

A Somali boy and a reporter were also killed by the roadside bomb.

From the Washington Post:

More than 25 warring militia groups, including one loyal to renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda, signed an agreement Wednesday to end the relentless fighting in Congo's eastern forests that has uprooted more than 400,000 people in the past year alone.

Thursday night at Samb’s house: chanting, toddler running around, football in the background.

One year ago: Marietou waiting for the first Paris-Dakar cars to arrive at Lac Rose. I’ve been in Senegal for a full year!

Where are you going, Manyoni? by Catherine Stock

Where is Manyoni going? past the great gray baobab tree, across the fever tree pan teeming with birds, and over the krantz above Tobwani Dam where thirsty animals want to drink?