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November 15, 2008

More Additions to "Sudan-Related RSS Feeds" and "Zimbabwe-Related RSS Feeds"

Tag/category-based feeds from the Worldfocus blog (affiliated with the recently launched TV show of the same name) and "AfroSpear" have been added to both the big, big batch of widget-based, Sudan-related RSS feeds and the almost-as-big batch of Zimbabwe-related feeds.  In addition, additional "Bor Globe" feeds (for the apparently recently launched "Darfur" and "Your Opinions" sections) have been added to the Sudan batch, and the feed for ZimCop's blog has been added to the Zimbabwe batch.

Separately, for those who may have followed the feeds that were in the (recently revamped) batch of RSS feeds of news from Africa, I've since come across the feeds for the Ethiopia-related news sites/blogs Abbay Media, AbugidaInfo, and Galbeed.  And, for those following the events in DR Congo, I've come across the "Harper in DRC" and "Healing Trauma in DR Congo" blogs.  (Updated [originally] to also note both a DR Congo-specific section on Witness's "The Hub" and MSF's new "Condition: Critical" site [thanks to Global Voices]; updated [further], on Monday, to also note the "Project Kadutu" blog and the "1,000 Classrooms" site.) - EJM

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