Oct. 7, 2011

World leaders hail Nobel nod to women
ABC (Australia), 10/8/2011

Tawakkol Karman, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee win Nobel Peace Prize
Sudarsan Raghavan and Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 10/7/2011
Prize or Not, Liberian Faces Tough Race to Keep Office
Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 10/7/2011
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: a woman who rebuilt my broken country
Matilda Parker, The Guardian, 10/7/2011

Women being raped: The dark side of the famine crisis in Somalia
Newstime Africa, 10/7/2011

UN Refugee Chief Warns Of Growing Extremism In Somalia
Lisa Schlein, Voice of America, 10/7/2011

Kenya arrests seven over kidnap
Sydney Morning Herald, 10/8/2011

Discord Riddles Libyan Factions
Charles Levinson, Online Wall Street Journal, 10/8/2011

Zambia Lifts Ban on Copper Exports
Nicholas Bariyo and Devon Maylie, Online Wall Street Journal, 10/7/2011

Egypt’s ruler says country in a critical phase
Sarah el Deeb, Washington Post, 10/7/2011

Morocco on track: Developing high-speed rail network
Amina Murtada, Global Arab Network, 10/7/2011

Activists Fear Serial Killer Targeting Gay Men in South Africa
Business & Law, 10/7/2011

n Lagos, Putting the Frills Before the Basics
Anand Giridharadas, New York Times, 10/7/2010

Oct. 6, 2011

Aid Work in Somalia Continues Despite Violence
Gabe Joselow, Voice of America, 10/6/2011

Remembering Somalia
Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, blog, 10/6/2011

Sudan, South Sudan Leaders to Meet on Disputes
Voice of America, 10/6/2011

World's newest nation faces prospect of famine
Jeremy Hance, MongaBay, 10/6/2011

Qaddafi Urges Followers to ‘Rise Up’ and Fill the Streets
Rick Gladstone, New York Times, 10/6/2011

Sniper Fire Holds Up Push Into Gaddafi's Hometown
Reuters, New York Times, 10/6/2011
Libya conflict: Muammar Gaddafi urges mass protests
BBC News, 10/5/2011

Ouattara Urges Ghana to Arrest Ivorian Suspects
Reuters, New York Times, 10/6/2011

Morocco Versus Polisario in 2011
Rambazuka News, AllAfrica.com, 10/6/2011

We Are Neither Hewers of Wood Nor Drawers of Water
The Herald, AllAfrica.com, 10/6/2011

Oct. 5, 2011

Aid workers urged to stay after suicide blast
The Independent, 10/6/2011

UN: Food Crisis Looming in Sudan
Voice of America, 10/5/2011

Liberia President Sirleaf Cleared for Re-Election Bid
Voice of America, 10/5/2011

No Presidential Candidate From Egypt Military, Officer Says
David Kirkpatrick, New York Times, 10/5/2011

Tunisian leader to the West: Do not fear Islamists
Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post (blog), 10/5/2011

Libya: NATO Provides the Bombs; The French "Left" Provides the Ideology
Pierre Levy, MRZine, 10/5/2011

Libya's oil-rich east bids for power
Emma Farge, Reuters, 10/5/2011

Arab Art as an Early Indicator of Revolution
Aida Alami, New York Times, 10/5/2011

Oct. 4, 2011

More than 70 killed in Mogadishu car bomb
Peter Martell, Sydney Morning Herald, 10/5/2011

Somalia bombing points to militants' grim goals
Robyn Dixon and Lutfi Sheriff Mohammed, Los Angeles Times, 10/5/2011
Truck Bomb Kills Dozens in Somalia’s Capital
Mohamed Ibrahim and Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 10/4/2011

Gaddafi forces turn Sirte into military nerve center
Telegraph, 10/4/2011

Back to School in Libya, and Struggling to Adjust
Kareem Fahim, New York Times, 10/4/2011

Dalai Lama cancels South Africa Tutu trip over visa
BBC News, 10/4/2011

Dalai Lama Cancels Bid to Visit South Africa
Peter Wonacott, Online Wall Street Journal, 10/5/2011

Germany's return of Namibian skulls stokes anger
Michelle Faul, MSNBC, 10/4/2011

Earthquake Swarm Continues On El Hierro, Canary Islands
Mark Dunphy, Irish Weather Online, 10/4/2011

Sudan's liberal parties call for better relations between North and South
Sudan Tribune, 10/4/2011

Ivory Coast violence continues after the fall of Laurent Gbagbo, says Amnesty
Charlotte Chabas, Guardian Weekly, 10/4/2011

Oct. 3, 2011

Libya's Interim Prime Minister Sets Plans to Step Down
Edward Yeranian, VOA, 10/3/2011

Libya's new rulers say war has been won
Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 10/3/2011

Pirates rob chemical tanker off the coast of Benin amid mounting piracy threats in West Africa
Associated Press, Washington Post, 10/3/2011

SOUTH AFRICA: Tornadoes kill two, leave thousands homeless
Los Angeles Times, 10/3/2011

1st African woman Nobel Peace laureate to be cremated in native Kenya, trees planted in memory
Associated Press, Washington Post, 10/3/2011

Kenya tightens security after Somalia militia kidnaps westerners
Associated Press, Washington Post, 10/3/2011

Leading cocoa producer Ivory Coast reports record crop despite political crisis, export ban
Associated Press, Washington Post, 10/3/2011

Oct. 2, 2011

Libya conflict: Hundreds of residents flee Sirte
BBC, 10/2/2011

Libyan Family Killed as Hundreds Flee Qaddafi Hometown
Associated Press, Fox News, 10/2/2011
NATO may get ready to pull out of Libya
Lolita Baldor, SFGate, 10/2/2011
Libyan Jew Reopens Tripoli's Lone Temple
Charles Levinson, Online Wall Street Journal, 10/3/2011
When Western powers support ‘revolution’ in Libya!
Makwaia wa Kuhenga, The Citizen, 10/2/2011

Violent attack in Nigeria village leaves 19 dead
BBC News, 10/2/2011

Shell oil paid Nigerian military to put down protests, court documents show
John Vidal, The Guardian, 10/2/2011

Second kidnapping threatens to destroy Kenyan tourist industry
Daniel Howden, The Independent, 10/3/2011

In Egypt, Concessions by Military on Politics
David Kirkpatrick, New York Times, 10/2/2011

Egypt's Tantawi denies army told to shoot protesters
BBC, 10/2/2011

Body count grows in a South African murder mystery
CBS News, 10/2/2011

New biography captures Tutu's struggles
The New Age, Zambia, 10/2/2011

African Dream: Liberia's Barkue Tubman
BBC, 10/2/2011

Oct. 1, 2011

Democracy Steadily Takes Root In Africa
Alan Greenblatt, NPR, 10/1/2011

Nigeria celebrates independence amid bomb fears
Jon Gambrell, Associated Press, Google, 10/1/2011