Sudan: The Passion of the Present

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

I've still been concentrating on digging up (for various purposes) new sites/feeds, so I still haven't been able to resolve the issues relating to posting the (planned) Widgetbox-based replacements for what had been the batch of RSS feeds of news from Africa; likewise, there have been no changes to the Sudan-, DR Congo-, Somalia-, and Zimbabwe-related batches of feeds.

Since the last update, I've come across feeds for AIDS Accountability International, the Population Reference Bureau (including its blog), Missionaries of Africa's blog, the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Health and Empowerment for African Lives' blog, "Ethiofact", the Anti-Corruption Coalition of Uganda, the Kenya Knowledge Network, Grassroot Soccer, Egypt's "Bikya Masr", Ghana's KITE, Sierra Visions' "Portal Community" (thanks to Mr. Okafor), Mainlehwon Ebenezer's blog (for the Center for Peace Education), "Farafina" magazine's blog (also thanks to Mr. Okafor), the Chagos Refugees Group, Lifeline Malawi's blog, GVN Foundation's blog, Eat So They Can's (related) blog, the Global Resource Alliance, the Law Society of Zimbabwe, Namibia's "Election Watch" (affiliated with the Institute for Public Policy Research; thanks to allAfrica), South Africa's "Leadership", Durban Action Against Xenophobia, and South Africa's Community Law Centre.  (I don't think I've overtly mentioned it before, but I've found many of the sites recently via IRIN/PlusNews, IPS, or VOA stories.)

Updated (originally), on Friday, to also note feeds for Road Safety Nigeria, the Tesfa Foundation's blog, KiteGang's blog, Teach with Africa's blog, Rebuild Africa's blog, and Africa Christian Medical Missions; updated (further), on Saturday, to note feeds for Develop Africa, Ashoka, the related Changemakers, and the World Bank "Africa Can..." blog (which I don't think I've overtly mentioned before); updated (still further), also on Saturday, to note feeds for Empower Africa's blog and Empower African Children's blog; updated (yet again), on Sunday, to also note feeds for Educate!'s blog, the Diamond Empowerment Fund, Educating Africa's Children, Teach A Man To Fish's blogs, and EdUKaid's blog; updated (even further), on Monday, to also note feeds for South Africa's Jacaranda FM, Hope Through Healing Hands, and Assist International's various blogs; updated (still further), on Tuesday, to also note feeds for Sentebale, the Kenya Wildlife Service, and HealthDev.net (affiliated with the International HIV/AIDS Alliance).

Separately, Change.org's old "Humanitarian Relief" blog has been folded into the recently launched "War and Peace" one; in the wake of his recent move to cover the Middle East, Mr. Crilly has revived his original, Africa-focused blog; GI-Net and USHMM will be holding a joint "National Canvass to Prevent Genocide" next week (1-7 December); and I apparently jumped the gun earlier in promoting "Relevant" magazine's "Reject Apathy" section, as it appears to have been taken down, pending its official launch (on, coincidentally, 1 December). - EJM

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

Over the past couple of weeks, I've been busy with digging up various sites (for several different purposes)--primary among the members of InterAction and AERDO; therefore, I haven't had any time to really try and finalize the new, Widgetbox-based widgets that would be used to replace what had been the batch of RSS feeds of news from Africa.  Also, it looks like Technorati may have very recently dropped its tag-based feeds (although the similar ones from WordPress and Icerocket haven't changed); however, like with the feeds for Yahoo! News, I can't deal with them within the batches of Sudan-, DR Congo-, Somalia-, and Zimbabwe-related feeds without messing up the widgets on those pages.

Separately, since the last update, I've come across feeds for "NGO News Africa" (affiliated with Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa), Voices of Africa, His Voice for Sudan's blog, "South Sudan Info" (which somewhat supplants "Burning Billboard"), the "Somali Media Centre" group blog (thanks to Global Voices), Jason Stearns' DR Congo-related blog, the New Haven Alliance for Congo, Jewish World Watch's DR Congo-related blog (thanks to Michelle), Mocha Club's blog (thanks to "Reject Apathy"), the Kenya Community Development Foundation, the African Copyright & Access to Knowledge Project, the African Library Project, the WorldFish Center, Churches Together, Care of Creation, "Lake Victoria Watch", Osienala's (related) blog, Epic Change's blog (thanks to Mr. Okafor), Fugees Family (thanks to Mr. Blayton), Farm Radio International's blog, Ghana's Xfm 95.1, the blog for HeroRATS (affiliated with APOPO), Malawi's Grace of God Orphanage (also thanks to "Reject Apathy"), the Botswana Teen Club, Zambia's National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council, the Zambia Media Women Association, Zimbabwe's Kumakomo Community Radio, the Iowa Companions of the Anglican Diocese of Swaziland, South Africa's Abahlali baseMjondolo, the South African Freeze Alliance on Genetic Engineering, and the South African news blog "FTO".  Apart from Churches Together and Care of Creation (which are largely Africa-related organizations), this does not include the many, many feeds that I've come across recently for the sites of members of the aforementioned InterAction and AERDO.

Updated (originally), on Tuesday, to also note feeds for the blog of Kenya's Health NGOs Network, the (related) blog of the GTZ Health Sector Programme in Kenya, Malaria No More's blog, Wetlands International, the World Bank-affiliated Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid, and the Botswana National Youth Council; updated (further), on Wednesday, to also note feeds for Friends of African Village Libraries' blog, WomensTrust's blogs, Nurses for Africa, HelpAge International's blog, Keep a Child Alive, 3 for 5, the UK's Water for Africa, Chosen Children International, Tools for Self Reliance, and Ruben Eberlein's blog (thanks to Mr. Bengali); updated (still further), also on Wednesday, to also note the feed for Concern Universal's blog; updated (yet again), on Thursday, to also note feeds for the Zimbabwe Development Democracy Trust, Uganda's Meeting Point, TRAFFIC, and the National Democratic Institute; updated (even further), on Friday, to also note feeds for the South Africa Project's blog (affiliated with Ubuntu Now) and Bikes to Rwanda's blog; updated (still further), on Sunday, to also note the feed for the International Foundation for Education & Self-Help's blog. - EJM