Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/3124 world Somewhere in Africa - McClatchy Newspapers en-us Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:28:17 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/3124 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbafrica/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_nairobi/20090824/wl_mcb_nairobi/nairobi200908kanohtml mcb_nairobi/20090824/nairobi200908kanohtml McClatchy Newspapers world Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:28:17 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - The easiest way to get around Kano, the hectic hub of fast-growing northern Nigeria, is by motorcycle taxi. Easiest doesn't mean safest -- the local journalist I'm working with here looked aghast when I told him I used them. "Rolling coffins," he said. But to me, the bikes easily beat being trapped inside an A/C-less taxi, and you can go the length of the city for less than $1. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbafrica/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_nairobi/20090819/wl_mcb_nairobi/nairobi200908meetthesimpsonsofangolahtml mcb_nairobi/20090819/nairobi200908meetthesimpsonsofangolahtml McClatchy Newspapers world Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:36:27 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - America's most dysfunctional cartoon family (OK, second most) is coming to TV screens in Angola, via the South African satellite giant DSTV. How to introduce the Simpsons to a new market? An Angolan ad agency came up with this advertisement: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbafrica/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_nairobi/20090818/wl_mcb_nairobi/nairobi200908kenyadecidesitsrealproblemisprhtml mcb_nairobi/20090818/nairobi200908kenyadecidesitsrealproblemisprhtml McClatchy Newspapers world Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:19:23 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - When Hillary Clinton scolded Kenya's government for dragging its feet on political reforms, utterly failing to tackle corruption and generally hoping the bitter memories of last year's election crises disappeared like so many billions of dollars in public funds, this is probably not the reaction that the U.S. Secretary of State was hoping for: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbafrica/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_nairobi/20090817/wl_mcb_nairobi/nairobi200908itsourturntodrinkhtml mcb_nairobi/20090817/nairobi200908itsourturntodrinkhtml McClatchy Newspapers world Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:50:35 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - I often tell outsiders that one of the most impressive things about Africa is its diversity -- so many people, so many ancient cultures and languages, so many variations on starchy cornmeal. But one thing that transcends boundaries is the way in which Africans ask for tiny bribes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbafrica/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_nairobi/20090813/wl_mcb_nairobi/nairobi200908grumbleinthejunglehtml mcb_nairobi/20090813/nairobi200908grumbleinthejunglehtml McClatchy Newspapers world Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:11:48 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - It's clear now: Hillary Clinton's Africa visit will be remembered more for pique than for policy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbafrica/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_nairobi/20090812/wl_mcb_nairobi/nairobi200908camcordersforcongonottheworstusinitiativeforafricaeverhtml mcb_nairobi/20090812/nairobi200908camcordersforcongonottheworstusinitiativeforafricaeverhtml McClatchy Newspapers world Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:34:41 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to war-ravaged eastern Congo yesterday was unprecedented for a top American official, heartening to activists and -- by Clinton's own reckoning -- extremely emotional.