WORLD WIDE LIFE BLOG

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Rebel leader targeted in DR Congo

Mr Kony is thought to have been rebuilding his forces. The Democratic Republic of Congo's army and the UN have begun a military operation to try to contain the activities of rebel leader Joseph Kony.

The campaign follows failed attempts to negotiate an end to the rebellion by his Lord's Resistance Army.Congo's army has sent 200 troops to the northern town of Dungu, where hundreds have sought refuge from the LRA.

The LRA fought a 20-year war against the government in northern Uganda. Some two million people were displaced.

In April, Mr Kony refused to sign a deal agreed by his representatives after nearly two years of talks.The BBC's Africa editor Martin Plaut says Mr Kony has begun strengthening his forces, using the respite he gained during the protracted negotiation process.

Mr Kony is now seen as a growing regional menace, looting villages and abducting civilians from the Central African Republic (CAR), Sudan and Congo, he says.
Between January and March he is reported to have abducted a further 300 people to act as porters, fighters and sex slaves.

He is also reported to have six new bases in northern Congo and to be running diamond mines in the CAR. UN military spokesman Col Jean Paul Dietrich told the BBC that the new campaign aimed to deter or prevent human rights violations by the LRA against the local population.

"The operation will last until there is no more danger for the local population in the north of DRC."

Some 900 more troops are expected to reinforce the initial deployment of 200.
Joseph Kony has always managed to elude efforts to neutralise his group, our Africa editor says.

An operation involving 80 Guatemalan special forces under UN auspices in January 2006 resulted in eight of the troops losing their lives.

The LRA leader is accused of numerous war crimes, including abducting and mutilating civilians and forcing thousands of children into combat.

Source: BBC report Monday, 8 September 2008
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7605164.stm

Internet link to Kenya's Newspapers

East African Standard

Daily Nation

Link to Acholi connection:

partner groups and organisations,

Acholi Proverbs by Okot p'Bitek

Proverbs relating to authority

Proverbs about co-operation

Proverbs concerning personal qualities

Horn of My Love by Okot p'Bitek

Children's songs

The love song

Satirical verse

Songs of the spirit possession dance

Chants at the ancestral shrine

Songs of war

The dirges

Also of interest about Northern Uganda are the following Links:

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Obama Used 21 Century Technology Driven Campaign

Technology such as the Internet plays an important role in the political process and a candidate's ability to connect with voters on a personal level, increasing the candidate's chance of getting elected.

Senator Barack Obama(D) from Illinois, son of a black father from Kenya and white mother from Kansas, won presidency in U.S. history. It came 45 years after the height of the civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King, and Marcus Garvey movement.

The use of the Internet and other electronic mediums also became more widespread, political candidates especially Senator Obama for example begun using Web sites, e-mail, blogs, podcasts, and other forms of electronic media effectively to convey his campaign messages to an even broader sector of the population in an effort to win the presidency in 2008 and he succeeded,with the help of Face book founder Chris Hughes - who devised an innovative Internet fund raising system - the campaign eventually attracted more than three million donors. He also used other source of Internet to (e-mail, face book, flickr, My Space etc) to raise money and mobilized his volunteers. The campaign used a masterful way at getting people out the vote. It ran a huge registration drive for likely Democrats.

Obama probably had one of the most sophisticated tech-driven election operations ever. His MyBarack Obama.com and later Change.gov are just one part of the use of the new media,the campaign devised. His campaign has an active presence in some 30 to 40 social networking sites and services, says Todd Ziegler with the online consultancy The Bivings Group. He set a new trend in campaign especially in a technology driven digital climate and data bank world wide without raising question about data mining!

His use of mobile phones came into play for this election. His campaign for example , told supporters that "he would announce his vice presidential choice via text message, and Garrett says that the campaign collected 3 million numbers in the lead up to the announcement".

Barack Obama told supporters that "change has come to America," as he addressed the country for the first time as the president-elect.

"It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, at this defining moment, change has come to America," Obama, 47, told 125,000 ecstatic and jubilant supporters gathered in Chicago's Grant Park to celebrate his victory. He is now elected the 44th president of the United States, according to NBC, winning 338 electoral votes so far compared with 159 votes for his rival John McCain, according to NBC reports.

With results in from more than two-thirds of U.S. areas, he led McCain by 51 percent to 48 percent in the popular vote. Obama promised to ease the country's sharp political divisions and work for those voters who did not support him. Obama ran a brilliant, and disciplined campaign, a vast amount of money and a favorable political climate, the junior senator from Illinois has risen to the most powerful job in the world.

"The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America -- I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you -- we as a people will get there."

In his victory speech in Chicago, Obama said he was looking forward to working with McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin "to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead."

Full text: Obama's victory speech

President Obama New Web page!

Obama believed in a CHANGE from a world as it is into a world as it should be and declared his candidacy to fight for the highest office that offers him a possibility of influencing the change he dreams of and he is ready to deliver!
Change.gov

For inauguration preparation Check this link:

http://inaugural.senate.gov

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

WORLD MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO OBAMA

Barack Obama Ready for Presidency and it is about time!

Barack Obama visit his African root! Here he is seen with his Luo grandmother

Obama Woud Alego

President Barack Obama

World Musical Tribute to Obama

Dr. Abe sings tribute to Barack Obama
(From Northern Uganda-Acholi/Luo pay her tribute to Obama!)

Obama Song Spanish Reggaeton

Caribbean people for Barack the Magnificent

Barack Obama song (Afro-latino beat)

VIVA OBAMA 2008

Obama Girl Returns for Iowa! (Why Obama Won)

AH - Akon - American Yard YES WE DID

An Obama Tribute

Barack Obama - Yes We Can music

Barack Obama yes we can sous titres français

Barack Obama Tribute Video

BARACK OBAMA TRIBUTE- SO FRESH & SO CLEAN (Music by Outkast)

Barack Obama Tribute to HOPE and CHANGE

BARACK OBAMA. MY PRESIDENT.

Barack Obama's Family Photo Album

Obama - Family Pictures, Dancing,

Yes Africa Can: An African talks to

Obama's Kenyan Roots

Barack Obama Musical Tribute- Reggae version:

Coco Tea - Barack Obama

RISE AND SHINE FOR OBAMA

Blakk Rasta - Barack Obama

Barack Obama - Reggae - Damian Marley - The Mission Riddim

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You can read news about recent development in Northern Uganda here:

The Spotlight, launched on April 23 2008, is a non-commercial blog set up to provide news, views and events from Uganda, with a focus on Northern Uganda. It is a product of concerted efforts by journalists from Northern Uganda and the United Kingdom. The blog originated from Lango Web.

It also provides an opportunity for young Ugandan journalists especially from the war-ravaged North to get their stories published. All contributors to the site – reporters and editor/webmaster are volunteers. Click the Spotlight below.

The Spotlight

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Uganda's aggressive peace

In the northern reaches of Uganda, conflict has adulterated the lives of millions and deeply permeated behavioural norms. For many, religion was the ballast against this tide of violence. For others it was purely an instrument of war.

Alice Lakwena, the 'supernatural' rebel leader of the Holy Spirit Movement in Uganda steeled her fighters before battle by telling them that bullets would bounce off their chests and that stones would become grenades when pitched at the enemy. Even today, 20 years after her defeat, her name and exploits remain etched in the memories of her foes and followers alike, an embodiment of rigid faith and ruthless struggle.

For more than 20 years, the Acholi, Iteso and Langi regions of northern Uganda have been terrorised by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a guerrilla force notorious for its recruitment and enslavement of child soldiers.

Born out of a zealous Christian spiritualism centred on its prophetic leader, Joseph Kony (pictured), a cousin of Lakwena, and radical Acholi nationalism challenging the southern government, the LRA preyed on the fears and vulnerabilities of the northern population and mercilessly exploited its land and people.

The Acholi have ironically been the principle victims of the LRA conflict, seemingly as a perverse means of discrediting the government's capacity to protect its own citizens in the north. The LRA has used this artifice to conduct well-organised insurgent attacks in the north, killing and maiming the innocent, re-supplying their ranks and effectively goading the government into retaliatory attacks deep in their jungle lairs.

In recent years the LRA and Kony in particular have become increasingly isolated, with defections from their ranks, and ruptures in the bedrock of Acholi nationalism.

While Kony has spoken of peace and LRA representatives have participated in the most recent peace talks in southern Sudan, he has baulked at ratifying a final peace agreement.

Kony, who has found sanctuary at a base in the Central African Republic, was indicted with four of his commanders by the International Criminal Court in October 2005 for crimes against humanity and war crimes, specifically, rape, murder, enslavement (including sexual enslavement) and the forced enlistment of children.

But an agreement signed by the Government and the LRA in 2007 determined that ultimate accountability for LRA prosecutions should lie domestically with a special division of the High Court in Uganda and not with the ICC.

Complimentarily, traditional justice systems (similar to the Gacaca community court systems established for reconciliation after the genocide in Rwanda), punitive sentences and reparations would also be employed to deal with less serious cases.

This position appears to reaffirm the Ugandan government's ability to manipulate the process to suit its longer-term strategic aims in the north and does little to galvanise international opinion and action for post-war justice and reconciliation. Moreover there are precedents in Africa for culpable leaders retiring to comfortable exile.

Ultimately, the ICC can re-instate the charges if the Ugandan government's judicial efforts do not meet international benchmarks. It would undoubtedly be prudent for government leaders to commit themselves fully to the effort.

Uganda has earned international praise for its strong commitment to the millennium development goals and in tackling the HIV/AIDS crisis. Despite likely international disfavour for its failure to protect human rights, the government seems determined to deal with issues of peace as aggressively as it conducted the northern war.

Many of Kony's conscripts, including thousands of child abductees, have since embraced a government amnesty for combatants renouncing the LRA and the conflict. While demobilisation has brought rewards for them, passive victims of the conflict remain dispossessed, traumatised and battle scarred

As some angrily strive for restorative justice by claiming compensation for injury, medical expenses, lost cattle and land, others simply pray for the peace to hold, allowing them to make best of what little they have.

A government sponsored Peace, Recovery and Development Plan has channelled millions of dollars into northern Uganda. It remains to be seen what this money actually delivers. Failing infrastructure, a scarcity of trained professionals, and a decline in humanitarian presence following the end of fighting have placed district governments and community based organisations at the vanguard of the north's revival.

They now carry a weighty responsibility not only to restore livelihood but also to promote peace and reconciliation.

The power of the church is absolute in Uganda. Perhaps in this lies the best opportunity to heal rifts and build a foundation for future prosperity in northern Uganda. Although international and national instruments of justice are the preferred mechanisms for dealing with the most egregious aspects of the conflict, grass roots dialogue, for which the church is ideally placed, is a necessary adjunct.

'Truth telling' is a poignant and productive start.

By Ben Fraser, an aid worker who has worked and written from Pakistan, Indonesia Afghanistan and Sudan.

Taken from:http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=8936

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Uganda problem started as soon as Idi Amin overthrew the country:
follow this link for more stories military coup in Uganda and about Idi Amin:

Military coup in Uganda

Slides show of some highlight of Idi Amin era

Slide Show
Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/system/topicRoot/Idi_Amin/

MORE ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IDI AMIN AND MUSEVENI

The Former President Of The Republic Of Uganda Al-Haji Idi Amin Dada, Was Interviewed By the BBC. Journalist Brian Barron in 1980 while in exile, at his residence in Jeddah Saudi Arabia. click on the video tape to listened the Interview:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3156011.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1069166.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1069181.stm

http://allafrica.com/whoweare.html

http://musevenikaguta2.blogspot.com/index.html

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Sunday, October 12, 2008

JAZZ FOR JUSTICE FOR NORTHERN UGANDA CHILDREN

The ‘Jazz for Justice Project’ is an initiative founded in 2006 by UT professor, Dr. Rosalind

Hackett, to raise funds, awareness, and support using the power of music as psycho-social healing in northern Uganda. Students, Faculty members and members of the community, together with musicians in the local, national and international jazz community, came together to help these young people overcome their trauma and rebuild their lives. All of the proceeds from JfJ concerts benefit the Northern Ugandan Girls’ Education Network (NUGEN).

The event will take place on Friday October 17, 2008, featuring some of the biggest names in jazz who will lend their talents to benefit the children of war-torn northern Uganda. The third annual Jazz for Justice concert will kick of at 8:00 PM at the new venue Barataria in Old City Knoxville.

This year's musicians include: Jeff Coffin of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, RB Morris Band, Kelle Jolly and Will Boyd and their band, Pianist Wendell Werner, Bass vocalist Jonathan Blanchard from Atlanta, Rosemary Haskins and Guy Farmer from Nashville (acoustic duet), Boling, Brown and Holloway, Joe Mazzaferro, Ricky Starr, Jah Niceness, Natti Love Joys, Jeff Sipe w/ Vince Llagan and Mike Seal, Renato Buchert (Emily Mathis, Daniel Kimbro and Graham Butler)

In aids of the victim

s of the brutal civil war that raged in Northern Uganda for over twenty years, more than 25,000 children were kidnapped and forced to become fighters, sex slaves or domestic servants. Nearly 2 million people were displaced from their villages and resettled in squalid camps. Tentative peace has lasted a year but the task of psycho-social healing and resettlement is overwhelming.

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Some useful link:
www.africafiles.org
News with an African perspective
allafrica.com
Premier Portal for Africa News
www.afsc.org
Life over Debt Campaign
www.concernedafricascholars.org
Political activism and research
www.africaworldpressbooks.com
Books on Africa and the Diaspora
www.columbia.edu
Virtual library for Africa
www.kabissa.org
Space for change in Africa
www.opendemocracy.net
Debate on democracy
www.pambazuka.org
Weekly Forum for Social Justice
www-sul.stanford.edu
Internet resources on Africa

World news

Genocide in Uganda:
http://cegun.org/

Friday, October 3, 2008

THREE WATCHERS

By Iman Suryadi

With sun setting down in a vast Uganda land, the three watchers took up their turn to light and watch the dark night in a small house.A house belong to a small five members of a family. One little girl, named Margaret, always see the three watchers before she went to bed.

It was always a hard time in Uganda with never ending conflict, and a little pray must never be forgotten to keep young children feel save.

"Dear God, like the sun that kept me safe in day, please watch me also while I was sleeping...

"Then sleep Margaret through the night and so the rest of the family, being watch only by the three watchers.

(Dedicated to unity and peace in Northern Uganda, inspired by World Wide Life Blog)

Picture courtesy of Willy Ochaya http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiliben/2905324547/sizes/m/

This story was taken from Iman Suryadi blog:-who fell in love with the picture of lamps from my flicker Photostreams and wanted to tell a short story of the lamps and he asked

"May I add this to my blog?" and I told him to go ahead! You can follow this link to his blog site http://storyofpicture.blogspot.com/
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For further reading about Uganda check out the following URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/katine

Link to Kacoke Madit presentation papers:

Kacoke Madit

Lord's Resistance Army: Information from Answers.com

Sunday, November 25, 2007

All Africa Source of News

AllAfrica Global Media
AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and view.
Below is a list of publishers who provide content through AllAfrica, including their contact information and, where applicable, a web site address.

allAfrica.com (Washington, DC)

allAfrica.com is operated by AllAfrica Global Media, a multi-media content service provider and hosted by AllAfrica, Inc., the largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide.

Visit their site: http://allafrica.com/

Publishers

24 Heures (Abidjan)

Francophone daily

Visit their site: http://www.24heuresci.com/

Accra Mail (Accra)

A daily newspaper published Monday through Thursday

Visit their site: http://www.accra-mail.com/

Addis Fortune (Addis Ababa)

Visit their site: http://www.addisfortune.com/

AfricaFocus (Washington, DC)

Visit their site: http://www.africafocus.org/

Agence Net Press (Bujumbura)

French daily

Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Nairobi)

Visit their site: http://www.agra-alliance.org/

Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo)

The sole national news agency in Mozambique, producing news in Portuguese and English on Mozambican politics, economics and society.

Visit their site: http://www.sortmoz.com/aimnews

Altervision (Abidjan)

Aminata.com (Conakry)

Visit their site: http://www.aminata.com/

The Analyst (Monrovia)

Private daily published in Monrovia, focusing on news and analysis.

Visit their site: http://www.analystnewspaper.com/

Angola Press Agency (Luanda)

Government-owned news service.

Visit their site: http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/

Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (Dakar)

Francophone press agency

Visit their site: http://www.aps.sn/

Arc-en-Ciel (Bujumbura)

News and analysis weekly

Cape Argus (Cape Town)

Major afternoon daily in South Africa's legislative capital

Visit their site: http://www.capeargus.co.za

Rwanda News Agency/Agence Rwandaise d'Information (Kigali)

A private news agency, daily up date in French and english

Visit their site: http://www.ari-rna.co.rw

Arusha Times (Arusha)

A weekly newspaper published every Saturday

Visit their site: http://www.arushatimes.co.tz/

L'Aurore (Conakry)

Le medium guinee du scoop et de la precision de l'info

Visit their site: http://laurore.press-guinee.com/

Balancing Act (London)

Visit their site: http://balancingact-africa.com/

Bamako Matin (Bamako)

General information Francophone daily

Business Daily Rwanda (Kigali)

Visit their site: http://www.businessdaily.rw/

Le Bénin Aujourd'hui (Cotonou)

Le Bénin Aujourd'hui est un hebdomadaire d'information générale, mais qui met l'accent sur les enquetes, les reportages et consacre une large part de ses colones à l'actualité africaine.

Biz-Community (Cape Town)

Visit their site: http://www.bizcommunity.com

Burundi Réalités (Bujumbura)

Visit their site: http://www.burundirealite.org/

Business Daily (Nairobi)

Visit their site: http://www.bdafrica.com/

Business Day (Johannesburg)

South Africa's major business-oriented daily

Visit their site: http://www.bday.co.za/

Business in Africa (Johannesburg)

Offers an exceptional range of business contents and knowledge

Visit their site: http://www.businessinafrica.net/

Cameroon Tribune (Yaoundé)

Bilingual daily publication from Cameroun

Visit their site: http://www.cameroon-tribune.net

The Chronicle (Lilongwe)

The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)

One of Dar es Salaam's leading English daily newspapers; published by the Nation Media Group

Visit their site: http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/

Concord Times (Freetown)

Independent daily from Sierra Leone

Daily Champion (Lagos)

A dynamic, independent source of news and information in Nigeria.

Visit their site: http://www.champion-newspapers.com/

The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa)

Private Ethiopian daily published in Addis Ababa

The Daily Observer (Banjul)

Daily pro-government newspaper from Gambia

Visit their site: http://www.observer.gm/enews/

Daily Trust (Abuja)

Printed and published by Media Trust Nigeria Limited in the capital city

Visit their site: http://www.dailytrust.com/

East African Business Week (Kampala)

Visit their site: http://www.busiweek.com/

The East African Standard (Nairobi)

Visit their site: http://www.eastandard.net/

The East African (Nairobi)

Business-oriented regional weekly from the Nation Group

Visit their site: http://www.nationmedia.com/eastafrican/current/

The Ethiopian Herald (Addis Ababa)

State-owned daily newspaper published in Addis Ababa

Visit their site: http://www.ethpress.gov.et/Herald/articlefront.asp

L'Express (Port Louis)

Quotidien d'expression française publié à Port Louis

Visit their site: http://www.lexpress.mu

L'Express de Madagascar (Antananarivo)

Information et d'analyse, actualité sur Madagascar, politique, économie, social,fait-divers,reportage, interview,dossier, toutes les informations

Visit their site: http://www.lexpressmada.com

Fahamu (Oxford)

Visit their site: http://www.fahamu.org/

Financial Gazette (Harare)

Weekly business coverage of Zimbabwe and southern African

Visit their site: http://www.fingaz.co.zw/

Focus Media (Kigali)

FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda)

A private newspaper focusing on legal issues published twice weekly.

Fraternité (Cotonou)

Quotidien Beninois d'information et d'analyse

Visit their site: http://www.fraternite-info.com/

Fraternité Matin (Abidjan)

Visit their site: http://news.abidjan.net/presse/fratmat.htm

Freedom Newspaper (Raleigh, North Carolina)

Gambia's Premier Online Newspaper

Visit their site: http://www.freedomnewspaper.com/

Gabonews (Libreville)

Visit their site: http://www.gabonews.ga/

Garowe Online (Garowe)

Daily news publication

Visit their site: http://www.garoweonline.com

La Gazette de la Grande Ile (Antananarivo)

Quotidien national indépendant d'informations générales et d'analyses

Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra)

Daily newspaper published in Accra, Ghana

Visit their site: http://www.ghanaian-chronicle.com/

The Herald (Harare)

Government-owned newspaper published in the capital city.

Visit their site: http://www.herald.co.zw/

The Independent (Freetown)

Daily non-partisan newspaper that encourages community participation in publications

Info Matin (Bamako)

General information Francophone daily

Visit their site: http://www.info-matin.com/

Infos Plus Gabon (Libreville)

Visit their site: http://www.infosplusgabon.com/

The Inquirer (Monrovia)

Visit their site: http://www.theinquirer.com.lr/

L'Intelligent d'Abidjan (Abidjan)

General information francophone daily.

Visit their site: http://www.lintelligentdabidjan.org/

Inter Press Service (Johannesburg)

Visit their site: http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/

UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (Nairobi)

Updates on conflicts and news from throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

Visit their site: http://www.irinnews.org/

Leadership (Abuja)

A private daily out of Nigeria's capital city

Visit their site: http://www.leadershipnigeria.com

Les Echos (Bamako)

Visit their site: http://www.jamana.org/lesechos/index.html

Libération (Casablanca)

Francophone Moroccan Daily

Visit their site: http://www.liberation.press.ma/

L’Autre Quotidien (Cotonou)

Journal d’information d’analyse et d’investigation

Visit their site: http://www.lautrequotidien.com/

Le Messager (Douala)

Visit their site: http://www.lemessager.net/

Midi Madagasikara (Antananarivo)

Midi Madagasikara est le premier quotidien national d'information diffusé à Madagascar. Créé en 1983 par Marthe Andriambelo, il est édité par la société anonyme du même nom.

Visit their site: http://www.midi-madagasikara.mg/

Mmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone)

Daily from Botswana

Visit their site: http://www.mmegi.bw/

The Monitor (Kampala)

Uganda's privately owned daily

Visit their site: http://www.monitor.co.ug/

Namibia Economist (Windhoek)

Visit their site: http://www.economist.com.na/

The Namibian (Windhoek)

Leading independent daily published in Windhoek

Visit their site: http://www.namibian.com.na/

The Nation (Nairobi)

Major private Kenyan daily and Sunday newspaper

Visit their site: http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/

New Era (Windhoek)

Maeura Office Park, 1st Floor, West Wing, Windhoek

Visit their site: http://www.newera.com.na/

The New Times (Kigali)

A government-leaning newspaper published daily

Visit their site: http://www.newtimes.co.rw/

New Vision (Kampala)

Government-owned daily and Sunday newspaper

Visit their site: http://www.newvision.co.ug/

The NEWS (Monrovia)

Liberian weekly news published in Monrovia

Visit their site: http://www.thenews.com.lr/

Nord-Sud (Abidjan)

Francophone paper

Visit their site: http://www.nordsudmedia.info/

Notre Voie (Abidjan)

Visit their site: http://www.notrevoie.com/

Le Nouveau Réveil (Abidjan)

Francophone daily

Visit their site: http://www.lenouveaureveil.com/

La Nouvelle Relève (Kigali)

Francophone paper

L'Observateur Paalga (Ouagadougou)

Visit their site: http://www.lobservateur.bf/

Liberian Observer (Monrovia)

Visit their site: http://liberianobserver.com/

Le Patriote (Abidjan)

Daily Ivorian newspaper

Visit their site: http://lepatriote.net/

Le Pays (Ouagadougou)

Visit their site: http://www.lepays.bf/

Le Phare (Kinshasa)

Congolese daily published in Kinshasa

Visit their site: http://www.lepharerdc.com/

PlusNews (Johannesburg)

A leader in specialist reporting on HIV and AIDS in Africa

Visit their site: http://www.plusnews.org

The Post (Buea)

Bi-weekly(Mondays/Fridays)

Visit their site: http://www.postnewsline.com/

Le Potentiel (Kinshasa)

Congolese daily published in Kinshasa

Visit their site: http://www.lepotentiel.com/

La Presse (Tunis)

Visit their site: http://www.lapresse.tn

La Prospérité (Kinshasa)

Visit their site: http://www.laprosperiteonline.net/

Public Agenda (Accra)

Ghanaian weekly independent newspaper

Visit their site: http://www.ghanaweb.com/public_agenda/

Le Quotidien Mutations (Yaoundé)

Visit their site: http://www.quotidienmutations.info

Rwanda Development Gateway (Butare)

Rwanda Development Gateway (RDG) is a project of the Government of Rwanda run under the National University of Rwanda (NUR). The RDG is implementing a Program to set up a National Portal as platform for information sharing. The Portal represents a one-sto

Visit their site: http://www.rwandagateway.org

The Reporter (Addis Ababa)

Ethiopian weekly published on Friday

Visit their site: http://www.ethiopianreporter.com/

Republic of Togo (Lomé)

Portail officiel de la République Togolaise

Visit their site: http://www.republicoftogo.com/

San Finna (Ouagadougou)

Visit their site: http://www.sanfinna.com/

Shabait.com (Asmara)

news and commentary from the Ministry of Information of the State of Eritrea

Visit their site: http://www.shabait.com/