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  1. @SBengali Well, the NY Times is North American. So probably not. Other non-norther American media, like the BBC, do though. about 14 hours ago via web in reply to SBengali
  2. @texasinafrica's take on Africa covrge rebutted by @t_mcconnell glpo.st/K7H50G. If anything, I worry we big up Africa Rising too much. 5:51 AM May 29th via web
  3. For the latest from Southern Kordofan and Nuba Mountains, check @RyanBoyette's brand new citizen journalist project NubaReports.org. 10:03 PM May 28th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  4. Zimbabwean opposition MP solves HIV/AIDS. twitter.com/PerryAlexJ/sta… 2:44 AM May 25th via web
  5. @stephanfaris Or maybe Zuma, ahead of ANC elex in Dec, is tapping into widely shared African conservatism, plus playing race card. 2:18 AM May 24th via web in reply to stephanfaris
  6. @MinorPlaces Indeed. And like then, there's probably more important things for a President to be worrying about. 10:56 PM May 23rd via web in reply to MinorPlaces
  7. @JanSwanepoel1 fair point. But I think you could accurately say his actions were "supportive", and so, in this instance, he is one. 10:37 AM May 23rd via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to JanSwanepoel1
  8. The President and the Penis: globalspin.blogs.time.com/2012/05/23/sou… 9:02 AM May 23rd via web
  9. @AguilB @JamesCopnall @S_Elwardany @Tom_Law_ST @challiss @AaronMG tks! Would add @alanboswell 1:09 PM May 18th via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to AguilB
  10. Tens of thousands dead in ongoing Africa: theonion.com/articles/tens-… 12:08 AM May 17th via web
  11. @CristinKlein Cristin -- if you follow, I'll send you a DM with my correct email on it. 12:07 AM May 17th via web in reply to CristinKlein
  12. @kajlarsen Well, mainly because it is not an article about decades of spec ops work. 9:48 AM May 16th via web in reply to kajlarsen
  13. Joseph Kony, Special Ops and Press Management: globalspin.blogs.time.com/2012/05/14/why… 1:07 PM May 14th via web
  14. Khartoum tries to bomb my friend and guide @RyanBoyette at his house in the #Nuba Mountains. #Sudan. globalspin.blogs.time.com/2012/05/11/an-… 10:03 PM May 11th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  15. Excellent Hardtalk interview with S Sudanese for min. Watch the squirm when @stephensackur asks what he's worth: bbc.in/Iky0vu 2:04 AM May 2nd via web
  • Name Alex Perry
  • Location Cape Town
  • Web http://www.time.com
  • Bio Africa correspondent for TIME; author of Falling Off the Edge, and Lifeblood.
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