More Modifications to "Sudan-Related RSS Feeds" and "RSS Feeds of News from Africa"--Plus Additional Notes

The feeds for the "Sudan" subsection of the main "From the Frontline" blog, Andrew Heavens' blog-based collection of sanctions-related news stories, the Davidson College-based "STAND Stronger" blog, the "Chad" section of Enough's site (which greatly overlaps with the "Sudan" section), and yet another MSF-Canada blog ("Lauralee in Lankien") have all just been added to the very, very big batch of widget-based, Sudan-related RSS feeds--while the feed for OurPledge/Americans Against the Darfur Genocide has been changed/corrected.  Meanwhile, the feeds for the "Politics" blog from Kenya's "Nation", the "Africa" section of the main "From the Frontline" blog, Rob Crilly's new blog, Fred Robarts' blogs, and Kenya's "Business Daily" have all been added to the just-as-big batch of feeds of news from Africa.

On a somewhat-related note, Minority Rights Group International last week released this year's "Peoples Under Threat" report; see the primary press release (highlighting Africa), an alternate press release (highlighting South Asia), the main report section, the newly launched "World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples", an AlertNet "NewsBlog" post, a VOA interview feature, an IANS story, a Spanish-language EFE story, and a largely related IPS story.

The IPS story is also tied in with the recent launch of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect; see also the launch press release, a somewhat-related (syndicated) Nat Hentoff column, a "Toronto Star" story, a UN News Service story, "Ottawa Citizen" and "Hindu" op-eds by Ramesh Thakur, both a story and an editorial from the "Edmonton Journal", a story from Canada's "Embassy", a story from the Barbados "Nation", a Canadian Press story, a semi-related "International Herald Tribune"/"New York Times" column by Roger Cohen, an "International Herald Tribune" op-ed by Desmond Tutu, and a University of Alberta "Gateway" story.

Also, concerning the recent fighting in Abyei (mentioned in the previous post), see both an IWPR story and an AlertNet "MediaWatch" post.  Furthermore, Nicholas Kristof's latest column is another one from his current trip to Sudan (also mentioned in the previous post), although its primary focus is on aid in general.  (Updated originally to note another recent AlertNet "NewsBlog" post of interest, "Ten reasons Central African Republic should be on your radar"; updated further, on Friday, to note both Ramesh Thakur's "Hindu" op-ed and the one by Desmond Tutu, which had been overlooked; updated still further, also on Friday, to note the IANS and EFE stories concerning the MRG report, which also had been overlooked; updated yet again, on Saturday, to note the "Gateway" story, which was not included earlier because the source site had been down.) - EJM