africa

More Than 30 Dead in Somalia Hotel Attack

Hamilton Nolan · 08/24/10 08:11AM

In an incident with shades of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, at least 33 people—including six politicians and an 11 year-old boy—have been killed in a Mogadishu, Somalia hotel, in an attack by anti-government insurgents. [NYT. Pic: AP]

Bombs Kill at Least 30 World Cup Fans in Uganda

Max Read · 07/11/10 07:45PM

At least 30 people were killed while watching the World Cup final in Uganda this afternoon when two bombs went off at a restaurant and a rugby club, respectively. The al-Qaeda-affiliated Somalian militia al-Shabab may be behind the attacks. [AP]

Kenya's 'Kill Me Quick' Moonshine Actually Kills People

Jeff Neumann · 05/14/10 01:22AM

Prohibition and "sin taxes" push many Africans to drink cheaper, locally produced moonshine. Some of it sounds pretty good, too, with 40% alcohol! But mix in some feces, cockroaches, and jet fuel, and you could wind up blind or dead.

Slow Food Crusade Won't Save the World

Jeff Neumann · 04/29/10 06:15AM

Attention foodiots! Stop snapping iPhone pictures of that grain-fed, humanely slaughtered, free-range veal burger and order up some genetically-modified super corn, because your whole cause is a scam and isn't helping anyone but Whole Foods. According to some, at least.

Poor Africans Catch Break on Babies (Cue Questionable Remarks)

Andrew Belonsky · 08/26/09 08:48PM

It never fails: you leave a little food on your plate and some liberal whines about all the starving children in Africa. Well, thanks to a new, cheap invitro program, there may soon be more hungry mouths to not feed...