Kenya: Most chaos victims now back home

More than half of the internal refugees in the North Rift have returned to their homes in the ongoing resettlement.
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=1&newsid=124405

How the cancer of corruption in Nigeria has denied Africa a super state

In Nigeria, the life of Abdul Ganiyu Oyesola Fawehinmi (popularly as Gani) has poked fun at those who insist that the country’s over 250 ethnic communities don’t make a nation but leave the country as a “mere geographical expression.”
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=39&newsid=124349

Civil War Threatens Sudan, Again

It may have lasted lasted 22 years, claimed 2 million lives and displaced 4 million people, but Sudan's north-south civil war that ended in 2005 was scarcely noticed in the West. But as the conflict threatens to resume, it could wreak havoc with U.S. and international efforts to stabilize the region.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1810801,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily

'Foreigner' Quota for Soccer?

When the English soccer team Chelsea took to the field in Moscow on May 21 for the final of UEFA's Champions League, Europe's biggest club competition, its West London roots were all but invisible. A Czech goalie backed up a Portuguese central defender. Players from France and Germany marshaled Chelsea's midfield. The lone striker was from Ivory Coast. In all, of the 11 players who kicked off that game at the Luzhniki Stadium, only four were English.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1810639,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily

Libya and the Ukraine…Oil for Nuke Power Technology

You give, we give, are the terms being discussed between Libya and the Ukraine. The two Governments are at the bargaining table deciding how each other’s national products can benefit the other. It is no secret that Moscow and the Ukraine have strained relations over oil supply issues, and Libya is in desperate need of foreign investment, after years of being ostracized by the global community because of reported ties to terrorism, so a partnership by the two countries would seem to make sense.
http://ae-africa.com/read_article.php?NID=194

Lake Kivu Methane Could Electrify Rwanda

In most cases, methane gases leaking up from the murky depths of Lake Kivu would not be the best news for the local anglers of Kigali, Rwanda, however, these gases “may rise to the occasion” and bring energy to the population. The Rwandan Government is now venturing to extract the methane and construct a methane-powered generation plant and use it to generate electricity.
http://ae-africa.com/read_article.php?NID=190

Net access for African universities would boost continent

African universities could be the continent's gateways into the global knowledge economy for local diffusion of new technologies. But this potential remains unrealized because universities and research institutes in Africa remain digitally isolated from the rest of the world. This is partly because of government neglect and lack of strategic policies on Internet access.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/culture/20080529TDY12002.htm