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  1. Disadvantage of offline Gmail on a plane: sometimes your responses are redundant by the time you land about 17 hours ago from UberTwitter
  2. Back in lovely, icy Chicago. T-18 days till the harmattan : ) about 18 hours ago from UberTwitter
  3. RT @ethanz It's not only Al-Shabab that's brutal in Somalia - difficult image and story: http://is.gd/5oAqp about 21 hours ago from web
  4. RT @sbengali Elegant dispatch from Asmara, Eritrea by Stephanie McCrummen. City felt like a 'snow globe.' http://bit.ly/57rCny about 21 hours ago from web
  5. Enjoying @davidroodman's detailed take on WSJ article on microfinance & money lending in India http://tr.im/HO8s about 21 hours ago from tr.im
  6. RT @owenbarder owenbarder Matt's excellent 12 days of Christmas (aid edition) http://tinyurl.com/y9den9d about 21 hours ago from web
  7. AIDS stigma sadly undefeated in Somaliland http://tr.im/HO6L (but seriously, Nation, why the photo from Mogadishu up top?) about 21 hours ago from tr.im
  8. Interesting article on Nigeria's fears of constitutional crisis with leader hospitalized in Saudi Arabia http://tr.im/HO6a about 21 hours ago from tr.im
  9. Orange launches iPhone in Uganda - for upwards of $1400 http://tr.im/HO5G (via @zulusafari) about 21 hours ago from tr.im
  10. A short post that packs a wallop for anyone who grew up hearing the Christmas story: "it's Christmas every day" in Sudan http://tr.im/HO1C about 21 hours ago from tr.im
  11. RT @africastrategy Africa's increasing importance in energy security affairs http://bit.ly/5G9lKe //Don't sell yourself cheap Africa. about 21 hours ago from web
  12. Ugh, Rwanda, seriously? RT @texasinafrica Rwanda considers criminalizing homosexuality: http://bit.ly/8mrPi7 about 21 hours ago from web
  13. In Uganda, failure to disclose your HIV status to partners could land you in jail http://tr.im/HNZl about 21 hours ago from tr.im
  14. Politics & gender collide in case of Sierra Leone woman barred from becoming a chief http://tr.im/HGv5 6:13 AM Dec 15th from tr.im
  15. Insightful piece on advantages & disadvantages of offering primary education in local African languages http://tr.im/HGun (via @sociolingo) 6:13 AM Dec 15th from tr.im
  16. Interesting article on how Zimbabweans in S. Africa blur the boundaries between refugees & economic migrants http://tr.im/HGtU 6:10 AM Dec 15th from tr.im
  17. @texasinafrica @scarlettlion Would also love to hear your thoughts/see the paper when it's done! 6:07 AM Dec 15th from web in reply to texasinafrica
  18. EU will work to reduce natural gas flaring in Nigeria http://tr.im/HGrr. Here's a productive Africa-Europe partnership against CO2 for once! 6:03 AM Dec 15th from tr.im
  19. Moving profile of a gay couple in Uganda http://tr.im/HGqr. Val Kalende's courage is phenomenal. 6:02 AM Dec 15th from tr.im
  20. @scarlettlion Yeah - orientalized Africa at its finest... 5:57 AM Dec 15th from web in reply to scarlettlion
  • Name Rachel Strohm
  • Web http://rachelstro...
  • Bio Africa + the West, culture + economics, design + microfinance. Africa Regional Coordinator for @creditsms. See Favorites for particularly interesting articles.
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