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« on: January 19, 2010, 01:01:56 PM »

Given that individual pieces of African news almost never get any attention by anyone (except major natural disasters ala Haiti or a major war... and sometimes not even then). I have decided to start up this thread for commentary and the likes.

What sparked was this on the BBC website (I expect it will taken down in about an hour):

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Discuss?

(Despite this start, I will try from time to time try to find a good news story on Africa. Because you know such things never happen according to Media(TM)).
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« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2010, 01:14:13 PM »

Sadly rather common in Nigeria. You've got some areas with sharia law.
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« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2010, 01:19:47 PM »

I'm now going turn this into a few articles on Guinea-Bissau, a country that should be watched with interest:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/09/drugstrade

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« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2010, 01:20:55 PM »

*continues*

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« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2010, 01:25:16 PM »

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http://afriweb.blogspot.com/2009/07/guinea-bissau-as-narco-state_23.html
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« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2010, 04:04:50 PM »

Great idea Cheesy

Guinea Bissau is a fine example of what we should know but don't.

Don't forget about "French" Africa, with many states of (sad) interest currently or in the future:
Guinea,
Gabon (will Bongo Jr be able to avoid a bad path ?),
Burkina (when Compaoré will be engulfed in the same money and tribal problems as Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea),
Togo,
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« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2010, 04:24:17 PM »

I won't but I admit that I am more unfamiliar with 'French Africa' then I am with 'British Africa'.

Post articles if you like. Personally this should be the forum's "raise conciousness about Africa" thread.

I will get back to Guinea Bissau ('Portuguese Africa' is a different bucket of spades all together) but here is yet another 'everyone should know but doesn't' type of story - Coltan mining in the DRC:

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8234583.stm
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« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2010, 04:33:20 PM »

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http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/kenya/100118/congo-conflict-minerals-mining?page=0,1

Out of interest (though admittely it is wikipedia and the article isn't precisely great but worth looking at): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltan
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« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2010, 06:26:51 PM »

We were watching a video about that in History class today, actually. It's the only useful thing we've done all year.
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« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2010, 06:53:22 PM »

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/world/africa/12sudan.html
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« Reply #10 on: January 21, 2010, 07:12:59 PM »

I for one doubt that the referendum will ever take place.
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« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2010, 12:57:02 AM »

('Portuguese Africa' is a different bucket of spades all together)
Wow...if Duke or DWTL said that their "fans" would be repeating that for the next 10 years.  You might not know, but that could be taken as a bit racist.  Not that I mind, just words to me, but "spade" is a touchy word here in the states.


(unless you did that on purpose, knowing full well....in which case, ignore this)
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« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2010, 10:29:03 AM »

('Portuguese Africa' is a different bucket of spades all together)
Wow...if Duke or DWTL said that their "fans" would be repeating that for the next 10 years.  You might not know, but that could be taken as a bit racist.  Not that I mind, just words to me, but "spade" is a touchy word here in the states.


(unless you did that on purpose, knowing full well....in which case, ignore this)

Oh really? I didn't know that (I was actually trying to think of a subsistute for "kettle of fish", that's too cliche).
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« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2010, 10:46:00 AM »

Yeah, "spade" is a derogatory word for black people in the US.  It's a mildly obscure.  Sadly there are many words/phrases that you.just.can't.say.  And when you said
('Portuguese Africa' is a different bucket of spades all together)
I giggled, then went whoa!...then realized you probably didn't do it on purpose.  Hence the post Wink
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« Reply #14 on: January 22, 2010, 10:53:08 AM »

Excellent idea, of course. People sadly pay little attention to places like Africa or most of Latin America.

Thalassa had a great report on the Bijagós Archipelago a few months ago, and they noted that drug trafficking is a major problem, given that the geography and political situation of the area makes it a perfect area for such stuff.
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« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2010, 11:56:10 AM »

Thalassa had a great report on the Bijagós Archipelago a few months ago, and they noted that drug trafficking is a major problem, given that the geography and political situation of the area makes it a perfect area for such stuff.

Yep, Thalassa has great reports.
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« Reply #16 on: February 05, 2010, 08:35:26 AM »

Bumpity Bumpity Bump Bump
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« Reply #17 on: February 19, 2010, 06:35:28 AM »

Coup in Niger.  It is time for another round of musical chairs.

ABUJA, Nigeria — A day after soldiers in Niger overthrew President Mamadou Tandja, the military junta on Friday identified its chief as Squadron Leader Salou Djibo and said civil servants would run ministries and regions until a new government was formed, news reports said.

Reuters reported from Niamey, the capital of the landlocked, uranium-producing country in West Africa, that the city was calm Friday following a military assault on the presidential palace where the government was meeting the day before. Other reports said the presidential palace was under heavy guard Friday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/20/world/africa/20niger.html?ref=world
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« Reply #18 on: February 19, 2010, 01:45:24 PM »

Hopefully this turns out like Mali. Tandja certainly wasn't a hero of democracy.
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« Reply #19 on: February 19, 2010, 02:58:52 PM »

Well, they've lifted the curfew.
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« Reply #20 on: February 19, 2010, 04:33:49 PM »

I didn't know that the Nigerien military opposed Tandja, since I don't recall them playing much of an opposition when he expanded his powers and dissolved the legislature last year. Weird timing, you would expect them to depose him, if they did oppose him, during last summer's crisis.
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« Reply #21 on: February 19, 2010, 10:24:14 PM »

The timing would seem to suggest that the junta is not aligned with the opposition. If elections are held, they'll likely form a party that will then win.
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« Reply #22 on: March 29, 2010, 09:52:32 PM »

LRA killed over 300 in Congo in December
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« Reply #23 on: March 31, 2010, 12:59:36 AM »

...and no comments. How fitting.
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« Reply #24 on: April 01, 2010, 06:34:16 PM »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8599070.stm

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