A Further Update on "RSS Feeds of News from Africa"--Plus Additional Odds 'n' Ends

Eric Jon Magnuson — 2009-11-09T16:19:30-08:00

Over the past couple of weeks, I've been busy with digging up various sites (for several different purposes)--primary among the members of InterAction and AERDO; therefore, I haven't had any time to really try and finalize the new, Widgetbox-based widgets that would be used to replace what had been the batch of RSS feeds of news from Africa. Also, it looks like Technorati may have very recently dropped its tag-based feeds (although the similar ones from WordPress and Icerocket haven't changed); however, like with the feeds for Yahoo! News, I can't deal with them within the batches of Sudan-, DR Congo-, Somalia-, and Zimbabwe-related feeds without messing up the widgets on those pages.

Separately, since the last update, I've come across feeds for "NGO News Africa" (affiliated with Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa), Voices of Africa, His Voice for Sudan's blog, "South Sudan Info" (which somewhat supplants "Burning Billboard"), the "Somali Media Centre" group blog (thanks to Global Voices), Jason Stearns' DR Congo-related blog, the New Haven Alliance for Congo, Jewish World Watch's DR Congo-related blog (thanks to Michelle), Mocha Club's blog (thanks to "Reject Apathy"), the Kenya Community Development Foundation, the African Copyright & Access to Knowledge Project, the African Library Project, the WorldFish Center, Churches Together, Care of Creation, "Lake Victoria Watch", Osienala's (related) blog, Epic Change's blog (thanks to Mr. Okafor), Fugees Family (thanks to Mr. Blayton), Farm Radio International's blog, Ghana's Xfm 95.1, the blog for HeroRATS (affiliated with APOPO), Malawi's Grace of God Orphanage (also thanks to "Reject Apathy"), the Botswana Teen Club, Zambia's National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council, the Zambia Media Women Association, Zimbabwe's Kumakomo Community Radio, the Iowa Companions of the Anglican Diocese of Swaziland, South Africa's Abahlali baseMjondolo, the South African Freeze Alliance on Genetic Engineering, and the South African news blog "FTO". Apart from Churches Together and Care of Creation (which are largely Africa-related organizations), this does not include the many, many feeds that I've come across recently for the sites of members of the aforementioned InterAction and AERDO. (Updated [originally], on Tuesday, to also note feeds for the blog of Kenya's Health NGOs Network, the [related] blog of the GTZ Health Sector Programme in Kenya, Malaria No More's blog, Wetlands International, the World Bank-affiliated Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid, and the Botswana National Youth Council; updated [further], on Wednesday, to also note feeds for Friends of African Village Libraries' blog, WomensTrust's blogs, Nurses for Africa, HelpAge International's blog, Keep a Child Alive, 3 for 5, the UK's Water for Africa, Chosen Children International, Tools for Self Reliance, and Ruben Eberlein's blog [thanks to Mr. Bengali]; updated [still further], also on Wednesday, to also note the feed for Concern Universal's blog; updated [yet again], on Thursday, to also note feeds for the Zimbabwe Development Democracy Trust, Uganda's Meeting Point, TRAFFIC, and the National Democratic Institute; updated [even further], on Friday, to also note feeds for the South Africa Project's blog [affiliated with Ubuntu Now] and Bikes to Rwanda's blog; updated [still further], on Sunday, to also note the feed for the International Foundation for Education & Self-Help's blog.) - EJM

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A Further Update on "RSS Feeds of News from Africa"--Plus Additional Odds 'n' Ends