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South Africa: The scammer spammed

Luisetta Mudie — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:17:08 +0000

Electric Spaghetti, otherwise known as Saaleha, reels in her man after a spontaneous and florid response to a “419″ spam/scam-mail in her Inbox.

Nigeria: Missing Lagos

Luisetta Mudie — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:06:49 +0000

“Lagos,” writes Jangbalajugbu, “is a city that habours the hardworking as well as the lazy. The sane and insane. It is a city with different kinds of people from the rich, educated, wealthy, brilliant & intelligent to the dejected, the accursed, the incorrigible, the hopeless, the dead but breathing-walking corpses, the pathetic and the depressed among others.”

Nigeria: Scotland Yard

Luisetta Mudie — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:02:42 +0000

Detectives from Scotland Yard have just arrived in Nigeria to help with the investigation into the murder of politician Funsho Williams who died last week in Lagos, writes UKNaija. “If they fail, I can just imagine the Nigerian government crowing ‘Well, even the experts from Scotland Yard couldn't crack it, so you can't blame us, can you?'”

Zimbabwe: Morgan Tsvangirai speech

Luisetta Mudie — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 23:56:59 +0000

Eddie Cross on Zimpundit posts in its entirety the speech given by former union leader and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to a National Convention held by Churches in Zimbabwe Saturday to debate the crisis in the country, and the way forward.

South Africa: Trade union

Luisetta Mudie — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 23:48:42 +0000

Writes Farrel Lifson at politics.za, South Africa's largest trade union COSATU gets a lot of media exposure, but still has fewer than two million members.

Kenya: Mourning a father

Luisetta Mudie — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 23:38:53 +0000

“Next year will be 25 years since you were shot ruthlessly and left to die in some ditch,” writes Farmgirl to her much-missed father. “Oh just want to tell you that Raila and his cronies plotted the whole coup thing that led to your death…I wish he would say sorry to the many families that lost loved ones. Daddy I wish he would just take a minute and say he is sorry that I grew up without you.”

Call Centre Blues

Luisetta Mudie — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:56:25 +0000

Spice Bear tries to clean up after an electric storm hit her computer: “Five minutes later, he gets back and tells me to press the f10 button repeatedly. and to make sure that it's more than once. by now i'm about ready to blow but i don't want to be put on hold forever and or

African innovation: hi-tech roads

Luisetta Mudie — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:45:07 +0000

African Architecture & Design writes: With soaring global temperatures, “bitumen based roads seem not to be as durable because of their low melting points, although concrete is a better alternative to bitumen/asphalt, it is however more expensive to construct with.”

Cameroon: Cooperative dairy

Luisetta Mudie — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:28:45 +0000

Timbuktu Chronicles reports on the Tadu cooperative dairy in Cameroon.

Nigeria: Political murder

Luisetta Mudie — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:21:03 +0000

Even sadder and more depressing than the Middle East, writes UKNaija, “is the news of the brutal callous murder of Funsho Williams, the grey bearded affable engineer who had consistently for the past ten years made no secret of his ambitions to rule Lagos State.” Taurean Minx also shares her reaction.

Zimbabwe: The Royal Mugabes

Luisetta Mudie — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:09:54 +0000

The Bearded Man stands amazed as Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe gives the office of president something of a face-lift, endowing it with what looks a lot like the trappings of monarchy.

South Africa: World Cup 2010

Luisetta Mudie — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:02:45 +0000

“We, as Africans should not under-estimate the pessimism, especially in Europe, that surrounds 2010 FIFA World Cup scheduled for South Africa,” writes Matters of the Mind.

Liberia: Firestone under fire

Luisetta Mudie — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:58:25 +0000

In honor of Liberian independence day, Black Looks highlights a campaign to persuade U.S. tyre maker Firestone to clean up its operations in Liberia, spearheaded by the Friends of the Earth.

Middle East reaction: Petition

Luisetta Mudie — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:51:48 +0000

Aba Boy links to a petition called “Save the Lebanese Civilians”.

Somalia, Ethiopia: Mystery plane

Luisetta Mudie — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:48:53 +0000

Reject the Ethiopian Invasion! picks up on reports of a mystery aircraft which landed at Mogadishu, rumored to be carrying arms from Eritrea. “The last thing Somalia needs is more arms,” the blogger writes. There is also part of a transcript of the U.S. State Department media briefing which dealt with Somalia, Ethiopia and the plane.