Archive - Jan 2008

Kofi Annan is in Kenya to lead talks between President Mwai Kibaki and ODM opposition leader Raila Odinga. Thus far the two men have failed to find any common ground upon which they can work to bring stability back to the country and to the region. Now though they have Mr. Annan in their midst and you can be sure that the international community (specifically the G8) expects his presence to make a difference.

The Greatest Silence

Lisa F. Jackson's documentary The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo won Sundance Film Festival's Special Jury Prize. Watch a clip from the movie and it is not hard to see why.

I wrote about Ugandan Insomniac a while back and noted that it was a lot of fun to read, but with this new look, it is now much easier to read too. Lots of whitespace. Loving it.

Andrew Mwenda has set out to create something new and compelling in Uganda's news media industry. I cannot say whether he has succeeded in print, but on the web, he has failed. The Independent launched in December 2007 with some challenges, but its the newspaper's website that I will be discussing here. And not favorably.

Afrigadget is sporting a fresh look and a new online store. The blog's editors are looking contributors from all over Africa. Their plan is set them up with a mobile phone with which to take pictures and do interviews. So, if you have always wanted to be a tech journalist in your spare time, now might be your chance.

There is a story that Zambians like to tell.

If you have never been to Kampala let me spare you the suspense; it is a poorly planned city and there is little to see in the way of architecture. The good news though is that there is a blogger who is trying to do something about this.

These images are taken by Kenyan bloggers and photojournalists in the country over the past three weeks.

The RSS feed is coming from Kenya Post-Election Pictures 2008, a Flickr group.