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June 20, 2009

Another Update on "RSS Feeds of News from Africa"--Plus Additional Odds 'n' Ends

I still haven't been able to resolve the issues with the widgets that had been on the page of RSS feeds of news from Africa.  However, I may have made some progress in identifying the actual problem; it may be that recently modified widgets aren't loaded/displayed correctly in some (but not necessarily all) browsers.  (For diagnostic purposes, I do currently have a widget of basic feeds from ReliefWeb on that page; however, it shouldn't be something that will be left there permanently.)  The widgets on the pages of Sudan-, DR Congo-, Somalia-, and Zimbabwe-related feeds (which haven't been modified recently) still appear to be functioning correctly; however, it is possible that they also may have some problems, when viewed in some browsers.

Also, since the last update, I've come across feeds for:  Mohamed Suleiman's "While We Wait" blog, the "Sudanese Guardian" blog, the (Darfur-related) blog of Kids for Kids, "Capital Eritrea", Eritrea's "Asmarino Independent", the Ethiopian Current Affairs Discussion Forum's blog"EthioSun", the Doses of Hope Foundation, the blog for Caleb's Hope, Womankind Kenya, the trilingual site (Arabic/English/French) for Algeria's "Echorouk", the Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia, Ghana's "NuWorldAfrica", the Stakeholder Democracy Network, "Remember Saro Wiwa", the related "Shell Guilty", the blog for The Sole of Africa, the Freeplay Foundation's blog, the bilingual (English/French) African Economic Outlook site, Africa Business Information Services, ReConnect Africa, Africa Harvest Biotech Foundation International's blog, Environment Africa, the African Centre for Biosafety, South Africa's Federation for a Sustainable Environment, the Zimbabwe-related blog "Paradzai Zimondi's Death Prisons", and the Somali Association of South Africa.  In addition, the recently revamped/relaunched site for Mercy Corps (which now includes a related blog) and the companion "Global Envision" site both feature country-specific feeds. - EJM

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    In Darfur, a region in western Sudan approximately the size of Texas, over a million people are threatened with torture and death at the hands of marauding militia and a complicit government. Genocide evokes not only the moral, but also, the legal responsibility of the world community. Under international agreement, a nation must intervene to stop a genocide when it is officially acknowledged.

    "Officially" is the key word here. So far, no nation in the international community has "officially" acknowledged the truth: Sudan is a bleeding ground of genocide. In this void, the Sudanese government continues to act with brutal impunity.

    Thankfully, there are individuals working in human rights organizations who are watching - and witnessing - and organizing, in support of the victims in Darfur. These individuals represent, for all of us, a personal capacity to bear witness to the passion of the present; one candle lit against the darkness.

    However, before one can light a candle, someone has to strike a match: a donation to any of the human rights organizations active in Sudan, contacting your government representative, local newspaper, radio and t.v. station. Our individual activism is essential for the candlepower of witness to overcome and extinguish the firepower of genocide.

    This world has long endured wars that take lives. Let us be part of one that saves them.

    About: The Passion of the Present site is a totally non-profit labor of love and hope - in peace. Thanks for joining the effort.

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  • Our name comes from an essay entitled "The Passion of the Present" that one of our grassroots founders wrote and circulated by email in March of 2004. The blog started at the Berkman Center at Harvard Law School.

    The editors are semi-anonymous in order to keep the focus on Sudan. This site is a resource for a blog-based information community now numbering several hundred interlinked bloggers and sites. Visitors come from around the world. Daily traffic ranges from just under a thousand visitors, to more than eight thousand on days when news attention peaks.

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