Thursday 10 July 2008

Good news from Africa

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Africa's economic growth seems relatively untouched by the credit crunch, according to this upbeat assessment on economist.com. But the same site recently covered a much more downbeat story on Africa's political scene presented by the World Bank's latest report on African politics, where the most resource-rich countries in Africa are fingered as the most corrupt and politically screwed up. Some of those emerging from disastrous conflicts, however – for example Liberia and Rwanda – are witnessing huge improvements in good governance.

Wednesday 9 July 2008

Gashaka Gumpti in Nigeria

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Jeremy (Naijablog) Weate climbed Chapel Wadi in March, with friends from Abuja. His film is illuminating and adds considerably to the very limited info on p.1215 of the guide.