Tag Archives: News

Of Dariye, EFCC and British Authorities

I normally download a podcst of the round-up of major stories on/from Africa by the BBC each evening. Yesterday’s edition was concluded with a report by Sola Odunfa. The story goes something like this: Joshua Dariye, the former Plateau state (Nigeria) governor who is currently on trial on corruption charges, accuses the Economic and Financial… Read More »

Beautiful Africa Carnival 4th Edition

The Beautiful Africa Blog Carnival team brings to you the 4th edition of the Carnival tomorrow, 15 September. This edition is edited by Szavanna. We thank all contributors to this edition, and we solicit contributions for further editions. To submit contributions please visit the carnival home page. We are currently accepting contributions for the October… Read More »

Beautiful Africa Blog Carnival

The 3rd edition of the Beautiful Africa Blog Carnival is due on August 16. Please look at the Beautiful Africa homepage , then look through your blog to see what you can submit. You can submit your entry here. I will also be combing the blogosphere for articles. Hope to hear from you all soon!… Read More »

Ousmane Sembène is Dead

I got a message from a listserve today that the famous writer and film maker is dead. I saw Moolaadé sometime last month, and I found the simplicity of the story very striking. The literary/film-making world will miss him a lot….

Jeff Koinange (With Update)

Jeff Koinange, CNN’s Africa correspondent was fired by CNN on May 29. Many people have said that it was because it was found that he fabricated a large part of the story on MEND in Nigeria. I am still wondering what he fabricated. Was the display of the hostages also ‘fabircated’? I think that CNN… Read More »