Monthly Archives: March 2011

The Rift Valley Institute, an education and advocacy non-profit that puts on the sexiest summer institutes about Great Lakes and Horn of Africa politics has taken a step that every research based NGO aspires to: it has created its own … Continue reading →

Because Nigerian pop singer Timaya raps about plaintains, riches, and markets in awesomely rhythmic ways:

1. In BBC interview, Paul Kagame claims “Rwandans can speak for themselves.” Then takes Kagame-embroidered mouth gag out of fellow Rwandan sitting next to him. 2. Toilet twinning projects gain more popularity in Burundi. Advocacy groups contend that bidets truly signal development. 3. UNEP breaks … Continue reading →

Increasing reports of rape in the Eastern DRC over the past two years has illuminated the relationship between conflict and sexual violence. The question follows then, does conflict cause increases in HIV and if so, by how much? Isaac Kalonda … Continue reading →

Over at Coding in the Congo, colleague and friend Peter van der Windt asks why do so many places in the Eastern Congo begin with the letter K? Analyzing a sample of 8,000 villages in four province in the East, … Continue reading →

In the BBC’s special edition of Africa Have Your Say later today, Rwandan President Paul Kagame will be responding to the questions you ask (and he wants to answer). Questions abound for this leader, but here are a few that Kagame should … Continue reading →

The Boston Globe’s Big Picture Series of Congo’s Nyiragongo Crater features amazing photos of the volcanic activity going on 20 miles north of Goma: And the incredibly odd outfits volcanologists wear that future generations will one day ridicule and parody:

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