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The media blog that is not about famine, Bono, or Barack Obama. Contributors are: Sean Jacobs (he started AIAC), Daniel Magaziner, Neelika Jayawardane, Boima Tucker, Tom Devriendt, Elliot Ross, Basia Lewandowska Cummings, Sophia Azeb, Dan Moshenberg, Brett Davidson, Orlando Reade, Jonathan Faull, Caitlin Chandler, Gregory Mann, Dylan Valley, Emily Wood, Marissa Moorman, Lily Saint, Mikko Kapanen, Wills Glasspiegel, Melissa Levin, Loren Lynch, Olufemi Terry, Megan Eardley, Hinda Talhaoui, 'kola, Davy Lane, Siddhartha Mitter, Johan Palme, Steffan Horowitz, Justin Scott, Dennis Laumann, Kweli Jaoko, Jumoke Verissimo, Zachary Rosen, Shamira Muhammad, Maria Ximena Plaza, T.O. Molefe, Ts'eliso Monaheng, Maria Hengeveld, Corinna Jentzsch, Nicholas Barber, Serginho Roosblad, Roxsanne Dyssell, Cheta Nwanze, Sarah El-Shaarawi, Jimmy Kainja, Claudio Silva and Jacques Enaudeau. Pre-August 2009 posts are archived here.
AIAC Twitter:
- RT @mkmagombo: @AfricasaCountry what no #Malawi? #Obama in Africa 4 hours ago
- @SibusisoTwala No. 6 hours ago
- @sidlowe That's a question for @Chxta 6 hours ago
- RT @sidlowe: To explain my question: the proportion of Nigerians who respond to Mourinho tweets (and virtually no other tweets) is huge. Wh… 6 hours ago
- RT @sidlowe: Nigeria and Mourinho....someone explain that to me 6 hours ago
- RT @jacksometer: Will the Obamatour only be abt bilateral rel? Senegal sits in the middle of two regional biggies: Mali and Guinea Bissau. … 6 hours ago
- RT @southsidetrees: @AfricasaCountry very strategic! AFRICOM has been upping their presence there for sometime. 6 hours ago
- Suppose @BarackObama did not have time to visit drone bases in #Djibouti and #Niger or new US's new friends #Algeria cc @themoornextdoor 7 hours ago
- RT @jacksometer: For Senegal, means for ex: will Y En A Marre be invited? Will MFDC & Casamance be discussed? Reciprocating visas w/ the US… 7 hours ago
- Only 1 of the hosts presidents to have welcomed a US President before will be Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania (he met with George Bush in 2008) 7 hours ago
