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January 17th, 2007

West Africa: What is NOSPETCO?, Aid Does Not Work, Dogon Architecture and Tourism As A Therapy

As we delve into the West African blogosphere this week, our first stop is Nigeria. One issue that is attracting so much attention among Nigerians bloggers is NOSPETCO. What is NOSPETCO? According to the Nigerian blogger Deolu Akinyemi, If you have never heard of Nospecto before, it is an investment opportunity where ...

December 5th, 2006

Bloggers in West Africa, harsh migration, low bandwidth and Who Killed Deyda?

We get to know more about two bloggers in West Africa this week. Keith Smith in Burkina Faso shares his photos, and George Ngwane in Cameroon re-publishes an interview with a local newsmagazine. Blogger, Keith Smith, has been a missionary in Burkina Faso since 1989 and has been blogging at Under ...

October 26th, 2006

Torture in Gambia, “Militocracy” in Africa, Press Freedom and Dirty Water and Gold

We begin this week's West African blogs round-up with a post in a Gambian blog, Home of the mandinmories, about a Gambian soldier being "Coerced, and tortured" over an alleged coup plot: Browsing through the Point today, a story on the court martial of Captain Yahya Darbo caught my eye. ...

September 19th, 2006

Sports, Health and Politics in West Africa

We begin this week's blog round-up with sports. The Trials & Tribulations of a Freshly-Arrived Denizen...of Ghana blogs about the selection of a new coach for Ghana's senior national football team, amongst other issues: As the Week Draws to a Close in Accra:: Regulation? What Telephone Regulation?; CAN 2008 is ...

August 24th, 2006

Flood in Burkina Faso, Nigeria withdraws from Bakassi

Read bloggers' write about flooding in Burkina Faso, Nigeria's withdrawal from the Bakassi peninsula, an opinion about NEPAD and politics in Gambia.

August 9th, 2006

Death of Joseph Sankara, Drug menace in Ghana, Prof Chike Obi and Prez Election in Gambia

Burkina Faso's independence day, a Nigerian mathematician, and elections in Gambia