Mar. 30, 2012

Mali coup leader seeks help as rebels seize towns
David Lewis and Adama Diarra, Reuters, 3/30/12

Mali coup: Rebels seize desert capital Kidal
BBC News, 3/30/2012
Pressed on All Sides, Leader of Coup in Mali Digs In
Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 3/30/2012

Kony militia steps up attacks in Congo, Central African Republic
L.A. Times blogs, 3/30/2012

LRA Attacks on the Rise in Central Africa
Joe DeCapua, VOA, 3/30/2012

Somali, African forces seize rebel bastion: AU mission
AFP, Google, 3/30/2012

Mar. 28, 2012

Thousands rally for Mali junta, Toure says free
David Lewis, Reuters, 3/28/2012

China's African Odyssey
Online Wall Street Journal, 3/28/2012

Fossil Foot Indicates New Prehuman Species
John Noble Wilford, New York Times, 3/28/2012

In Congo, Self-Defense Can Offer Its Own Risk
Stephen Castle, New York Times, 3/28/2012

Mar. 29, 2012

Mali's neighbors threaten border closure in aftermath of coup
Eric Agnero, CNN, 3/30/2012

ECOWAS Seeks Democracy Roadmap from Mali Junta
Peter Clottey, VOA News, 3/29/2012

Exploitation of African Seas and Fisheries - Time to Stop Turning a Blind Eye
Bob Dewar, AllAfrica, 3/29/2012

African democracy: A glass half-full
The Economist, 3/31/2012

European Union considers Congo election “not credible,” report
Associated Press, Washington Post, 3/29/2012

Mar. 27, 2012

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Mar. 26, 2012

Senegal election seen as positive step for democracy in Africa
Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times, 3/26/2012

Across a Continent, Louder Voices and Steadier Steps Toward Democracy
Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 3/26/2012

US cuts off aid to Mali's government after coup
CBS News, 3/26/2012

Oil discovery in Kenya
AP, The Hindu, 3/27/2012

Mandela Dream Fades With One Quarter of South Africans Jobless
Mike Cohen, Bloomberg Businessweek, 3/26/2012

Mali coup: Arab Spring spreads to Africa
UPI.com, 3/26/2012

Look who's saving the world: BRICS pump up foreign aid
Elizabeth Dickinson, Christian Science Monitor, 3/26/2012

Geologists Correct a 'Rift' in Africa
Science Daily, Mar. 26, 2012

Mar. 25, 2012

A Turbulence-Free Election in Senegal
Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 3/25/2012

Senegal Voters Oust Leader
Drew Hinshaw, Online Wall Street Journal, 3/25/2012

Liberals and leftists resign from constitution-writing panel in Egypt
Leila Fadel, Washington Post, 3/25/2012

Mali mutiny casts a fear on ASX bounty
Peter Ker, Sydney Morning Herald, 3/26/2012

Work on Africa’s biggest wind farm in Kenya to begin
Outcome Magazine, 3/25/2012

Portugal eyes Africa
IOL Business Report, 3/25/2012

Cameroon, West Africa's Latest Oil Battleground
Jon Daly, Oilprice.com, 3/25/2012

Mar. 24, 2012

African Union force steps up hunt for Joseph Kony
BBC News, 3/24/2012

Mali Coup Leader Calls for Calm
VOA blogs, 3/24/2012

Mar. 23, 2012

Mali hit by looting after coup, President Amadou Toumani Toure "safe"
Reuters, Times of India, 3/24/2012

Leaders of Mali’s Military Coup Seem to Have Uncertain Grasp on Power
Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 3/23/2012

Senegal's Wade, rival Sall in final push to woo voters
Malick Rokhy Ba, AFP, Google, 2/23/2012

Anti-Kony campaign in turmoil after filmmaker's breakdown
Mary Slosson, Reuters, 3/23/2012

Rigging election 2012? NPP accuses; NDC denies
Myjoyonline.com, Ghana, 3/24/2012

Mugabe will cling to power until the last, says minister
Alex Duval Smith, The Independent, 3/23/2012

African Union to Make Push Against Rebels
Josh Kron, New York Times, 3/23/2012

China mine hunt turns to Africa, S.America, Asia
Sonali Paul, Reuters, 3/23/2012

Mar. 22, 2012

Africa's Rapidly Rising Urban Populations Need Housing
Cathy Majtenyi, VOA, 3/22/2012

Congolese Town Hopes for Brighter Future With Hydroelectric Dam
Nick Long, VOA, 3/22/2012

Mar. 21, 2012

Malian Soldiers Attack Capital in Suspected Coup Attempt
Agence France-Presse, New York Times, 3/21/2012

Zimbabwe activists fined for watching Arab Spring video
Los Angeles Times blogs, 3/21/2012

Mauritania has not agreed to hand over spy chief
Ahmed Mohamed, Associated Press, Google, 3/21/2012

A brave face, but Judith Tebbutt will be deeply scarred and could have suffered untold traumas
David Jones, Daily Mail, 3/21/2012

South Sudan's dreams slipping away already
Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times, 3/21/2012

Mar. 20, 2012

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Mar. 19, 2012

Zimbabwe Convicts 6 Who Viewed Revolt News
Lydia Pohlgreen, New York Times, 3/19/2012

S. Africa cop: Rwanda assassination plot suspect offered police $1m bribe after airport arrest
Associated Press, Washington Post, 3/19/2012

Behind the Blood Money
Edward Wyatt, New York Times, 3/19/2012

Kenya 2012: Invincible Children
Michael Mungai, HuffPost, 3/19/2012

Joseph Kony and the Other Africa
Paul Stoller, HuffPost, 3/19/2012

Why African economies are outpacing the UK’s
Steve Hawkes, The Sun, 3/19/2012

African piracy a threat to U.S. security?
UPI.com, 3/19/2012

Porsche targets rich Nigerians' love for luxury
Tim Cocks, Reuters, 3/19/2012

South Africa to deport 56 Nigerians
The Nation, 3/19/2012

Continuing attacks by radical Islamist sect see some flee north Nigeria, a faint echo of past
Associated Press, Washington Post, 3/19/2012

Africans inherited corruption
William Gumede, The Independent, 3/19/2012

Mar. 18, 2012

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Mar. 17, 2012

African Union peacekeeping force says it will take command of Kenyan troops in Somalia
Associated Press, Washington Post, 3/17/2012

Mar. 16, 2012

Clooney out of jail after arrest in Washington protest
CTV, Canada, 3/16/2012

Actor George Clooney Arrested During Sudan Protest
Meredith Buel, VOA, 3/16/2012

Lethal "cocktail" threatens Africa's Sahel
Abdoulaye Massalaatchi, Reuters, 3/16/2012

Walmart In South Africa: 503 Laid Off Workers Reinstated As Condition Of Merger
HuffPost, 3/16/2012

Elephants being hunted to extinction
Herald Sun, Australia, 3/17/2012

Ethiopia Hails Poverty Reduction
Peter Heinlein, VOA, 3/16/2012

Mar. 15, 2012

Ethiopia Military Aggression Diversionary Ploy, Says Eritrea
Peter Clottey, VOA News, 3/15/2012

Egypt Charges Top Police Officers Over Soccer Riot
Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press, ABC News, 3/15/2012

Criticism of 'KONY 2012' viral video swells in Uganda
Fox News, 3/15/2012

Central Africa: Kony 2012 - Widening the Cracks, Letting the Light In?
Mildred Barya, 3/15/2012

Southern Africa launches biggest conservation area
CBS News, 3/15/2012

A Rape Victim’s Suicide Proves Morocco’s Culture of Silence Must Go
Laila Lalami, Daily Beast, 3/15/2012

Mar. 14, 2012

Congolese ex-warlord convicted of using children as soldiers
Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times, 3/14/2012

Nigeria Says Hostages Died Before Failed Rescue Raid
Associated Press, New York Times, 3/14/2012

Somalia: Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility for Mogadishu Blast
Shabelle Media Network, AllAfrica, 3/14/2012

Nigeria: Top cop, 3 others die in chopper crash
Yinka Ibukun, Associated Press, Google, 3/14/2012

Kony Evades Capture in Central Africa Amid Internet Campaign
Michael Kavanagh, Bloomberg News, SFGage, 3/14/2012

Africa: Feeding the Planet by Leveling the Plowing Field for Women
Idah Sithole-Niang, AllAfrica, 3/14/2012

Mar. 13, 2012

Uganda Says Congo Impedes Rebel Hunt
Nicholas Bariyo, Wall Street Journal, 3/13/2012

Kony's LRA rebels mostly out of Congo, general says
Jonny Hogg, Reuters, 3/13/2012

Sudan, South Sudan Presidents to Meet
Peter Heinlein, VOA, 3/13/2012

In Sudan’s Nuba Mountains, Government Rocket Attacks Sow Fear, Witnesses Say
Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 3/13/2012

Senegal: holding back Africa "democracy recession"
Pascal Fletcher, Reuters, 3/13/2012

African viewpoint: Yellow fever and family demands
BBC News, 3/13/2012

Mar. 12, 2012

Scores dead in a new bout of South Sudan tribal violence
Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times blogs, 3/12/2012

Tension in Jos as death toll rises to 19
Taye Obateru & Sam Eyoboka, Vanguard, 3/13/2012

Keeper of Islamic Flame Rises as Egypt’s New Decisive Voice
David Kirkpatrick, New York Times, 3/12/2012

Hague Court to Decide Where Former Dictator of Chad Will Be Tried
Marlise Simons, New York Times, 3/12/2012

Narco-States: Africa's Next Menace
Davin O'Regan, New York Times, 3/12/2012

South Africans protest against introduction of highway tolls
Benon Herbert Oluka, The Citizen (Tanzania), 3/12/2012

Catching Joseph Kony: U.S. Forces Assist Effort to Nab a Warlord: Experts: Regional rivalries, terrain make for a tough task
John Bennett, US News & World Report, Chicago Tribune, 3/12/2012

Huge gas finds put east Africa on the map
Guy Chazan, Financial Times, Globe and Mail, 3/12/2012

South Africa: Will The Mining Sector Be Nationalized?
Palash Ghosh, International Business Times, 3/12/2012

South Africa education crisis fuels state school exodus
BBC News, 3/12/2012

Nigeria: South Africa Must Be Warned
Raheem Oluwafunminiyi, AllAfrica, 3/12/2012 (o)

Mar. 11, 2012

Nigeria attack targets Catholic church in Jos
BBC News, 3/12/2012

Egyptian accused of ‘virginity tests’ cleared
Associated Press, Boston Globe, 3/12/2012

Kenyan Officials Blame al-Shabab for Deadly Attack
Mohammed Yusuf, VOA News, 3/11/2012

More than 100 victims buried in Congo
Associated Press, Boston Globe, 3/12/2012

Central Africa: Don't Elevate Joseph Kony
Alex deWaal, AllAfrica, 3/11/2012 (o)

China in Africa: How the Lion Should Tame the Dragon
Gerald Woels, International Affairs Review, 3/12/2012

Nigeria, South Africa Feud over Yellow Fever Jabs
Sudan Vision, 3/12/2012

Piracy A Growing Threat To West Africa
VOA, 3/11/2012

Mar. 10, 2012

'Kony 2012': Two sides to being a digital media sensation
James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 3/10/2012

Invisible Children's Real Achievement: There May Never Be Another Rwanda
Xavier Helgesen, Forbes, 3/10/2012
Storm over viral campaign to arrest Uganda's Kony
Agence France-Presse, Hindustan Times, 3/10/2012

Failed hostage rescue provokes row
UKPA, Google, 3/10/2012

Nigeria grills kidnappers of slain European hostages
Aminu Abubakar, AFP, Google, 3/10/2012

Egypt’s first free presidential race opens as hopefuls submit applications
Associated Press, Washington Post, 3/10/2012

7 stories on Africa this week, other than Kony2012
Jina Moore, Christian Science Monitor, 3/10/2012

Extreme poverty in East Africa down by 20pc, says WB
Paul Redfern, East African, 3/10/2012

Mauritania officer taken hostage by North Africa al-Qaida branch is released, official says
Associated Press, Washington Post, 3/10/2012

Grenade attack at bus station in Kenya’s capital kills at least 4, wounds 40
Associated Press, Washington Post, 3/10/2012

Mar. 8, 2012

South Africa apologizes over Nigerian deportations
Donna Bryson, Associated Press, Boston.com, 3/8/2012

Tens of thousands protest in South Africa
Donna Bryson, Associated Press, Google, 3/8/2012

Mar. 9, 2012

UN panel urges nations to help stop Libyan abuses
John Heilprin, Associated Press, boston.com, 3/9/2012

Central Africa: Capturing Kony
Human Rights Watch, AllAfrica, 3/9/2012

A smarter way to fight AIDS in Africa
Alex Robbins, Washington Post, 3/9/2012

Travel groups pour into open-for-business Africa
Victoria Bryan and Maria Sheahan, Reuters, 3/9/2012

Mar. 7, 2012

US activist group launches viral video of vicious African militia, reaching worldwide
Associated Press, Washington Post, 3/7/2012

Nigeria to hit adamant South Africa harder
Yusuf Alli and Kelvin Osa-Okunbor, The Nation, 3/7/2012

Piracy peril for West Africa's oil boom
UPI.com, 3/7/2012

The Obama Administration's Bold but Risky Plan to Make Africa Gay-Friendly
Robbie Corey-Boulet, The Atlantic, 3/7/2012

Mar. 6, 2012

Africans live in fear of inner-city arms depots
Jonny Hogg, Reuters, Chicago Tribune, 3/6/2012

Mar. 5, 2012

In Congo, Trying to Check Fire Threatening Second Munitions Depot
Associated Press, New York Times, 3/5/2012

Australian war graves damaged in Libya
Adam Gartrell, Sydney Morning Herald, 3/6/2012

Egyptian Lawmaker Forced to Resign Over Nose Job
David Kirkpatrick, New York Times, 3/5/2012

Nigeria deports 28 South Africans as row deepens
Yusuf Alli and Vincent Ikuomola, The Nation, 3/6/2012

Two survivors provide intimate look inside Lord's Resistance Army
Alan Boswell, Kansas City Star, 3/5/2012

Mar. 4, 2012

206 Killed in Republic of Congo Arms Depot Blastsd
Louis Okamba, Associated Press, ABC News, 3/4/2012

Fury over attack on British war graves in Benghazi
BBC News, 3/4/2012

Fed Govt to South Africa: stop cruelty to Nigerians
Yusuf Alli, The Nation, Nigeria, 3/4/2012

KZN braces for the effects of Irina
IOL News, Zambia, 3/4/2012

Al-Qaeda offshoot claims Algeria attack
Daily Star, Lebanon, 3/4/2012

Mar. 3, 2012

At al-Azhar mosque, struggle over Islam roils a revered Egyptian institution
Griff Whitte, Washington Post, 3/3/2012

Mar. 2, 2012

U.S.-Egypt Tensions Persist as Democracy Workers Leave Egypt
Nicole Gaouette, Bloomberg Businessweek, 3/2/2012

Anger overflows in Egypt after foreign NGO workers leave
Leila Fadel, Washington Post, 3/2/2012

Both sides in Libya 'committed war crimes'
Associated Press, Sydney Morning Herald, 3/3/2012

Nigeria Remembers Late Rebel Leader
Anne Look, VOA, 3/2/2012

Former Senegal President Optimistic About Democracy in Africa
Lisa Bryant, VOA, 3/2/2012

In Africa, obesity is the new hunger
Saskia Houttuin, Radio Netherlands, 3/2/2012

Mar. 1, 2012

U.S. Defendants Leave Egypt Amid Growing Backlash
David Kirkpatrick and Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 3/1/2012

Somalia's al-Shabab launches surprise Garbaharey raid
BBC News, 3/1/2012

Damaged Ocean Cable Cripples Internet In East Africa
All Things Considered, NPR radio broadcast, 3/1/2012

Witchcraft is a curse on Africa
Jean LaFontaine, The Guardian, 3/1/2012

Grammy-winning musician backs Senegal president's challenger
Reuters, The Guardian, 3/1/2012