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alunmcdonald

  1. Looking at latest Sudan market surveys. Price of sorghum in Blue Nile is 75% higher than last year due to conflict & poor harvest about 11 hours ago via web
  2. Yet again RT @robcrilly MSF says Sudan crackdown is leaving thousands without healthcare in Darfur bit.ly/KkbzK9 7:21 AM May 24th via web
  3. #Mogadishu Bakara market "clean up" improves security but destroys livelihoods @Abdi_Guled talks to traders yhoo.it/LoMAX4 10:32 AM May 23rd via web
  4. FewsNet resumes Sudan food security analysis. Hundreds of thousands of people in South Kordofan facing emergency bit.ly/MnQfDX 8:44 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  5. Reuters: Hundreds of families flee their homes as AMISOM steps up offensive in Afgooye Corridor bit.ly/JmQEYX #Somalia 5:32 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  6. Attacks on journalists on the rise in Uganda bit.ly/Lq58Ta via @Asinja 3:31 AM May 23rd via web
  7. Lost in military acronyms reading latest DRC violence reports. Around Mpati village alone, currently 5 different armed groups 12:46 AM May 23rd via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  8. @RitaKijalaShako pot, kettle... not sure how that saying translates in Swahili 11:10 AM May 22nd via web in reply to RitaKijalaShako
  9. @AnneMitaru suppose you are taking it easy these days... 11:01 AM May 22nd via web
  10. Interview with the very wonderful Kenyan singer/activist @saramitaru bit.ly/KQJBag 10:53 AM May 22nd via web
  11. Congolese refugees say the poorly paid DRC military is as much a threat as the rebel militias aje.me/Lcuip7 5:45 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  12. "The list of red lines is long & getting longer." Sudan's press under siege bit.ly/Lvw1eJ via @divadalliaa @africamedia_cpj 12:12 AM May 22nd via web
  13. How Meles rules Ethiopia bit.ly/JxHfyd By Richard Dowden @RoyalAfricanSoc 12:14 PM May 21st via web
  14. Hundreds of civilians killed in latest DRC massacres by FDLR and Raia militia bit.ly/KENujD via @jasonkstearns 11:36 PM May 20th via web
  15. @Syorainne hi, we're at The Atrium on Chaka Road (near Yaya). Planning a visit? 9:29 AM May 17th via web in reply to Syorainne
  16. Some great speakers confirmed for #TEDxMogadishu today bit.ly/KyffJf Live stream coming up tedxmogadishu.com/live/ 12:56 AM May 17th via web
  17. @texasinafrica sadly not, but will ask about accommodation. And dig out name of place I stayed - very basic, but clean/friendly 8:50 AM May 16th via web in reply to texasinafrica
  18. @texasinafrica when are you heading there? 8:46 AM May 16th via web in reply to texasinafrica
  19. Colleagues in Lakes State #SouthSudan say virtually no fuel left in any local markets. Economic crisis hitting harder by the day 1:20 AM May 16th via web
  20. South Sudan's finance crunch - China's "$8bn loan" so far only worth $170m on.ft.com/KZZOGP by @KatrinaManson 1:07 AM May 16th via web