Commentary on the news, culture, sports and current events of sub-Saharan Africa from someone who's lived there.

The author served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa.

All essays are available for re-print, with the explicit permission of the author. Contact him at mofycbsj @ yahoo.com

Friday, February 24, 2006

What's going on the northern Central African Republic?

It's often in humanitarian circles that when there are serious problems in remote areas, often the first indicator to the outside world is refugee flows. By that standard, something fishy is happening in parts of the Central African Republic (CAR) but it's not exactly clear what.

The UN's IRIN service reports that: Men, women and children from the Central African Republic are continuing to flee into Chad daily, with at leastCounty forecasts future after $1 million in damage

On the day that one county continues their Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) assessments, a neighboring county is thinking ahead to recovery.

On the day that one county continues their Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) assessments, a neighboring county is thinking ahead to recovery. Camden County Presiding Commissioner Kris Franken continued to host emergency management officials around the county on Wednesday. After touring Linn Creek and southern parts of the county including Richland and Stoutland on Tuesday, the group took a look at the Linn Creek Industrial Park, a section of Y road, businesses in Osage Beach, parts of Horseshoe Bend, Camdenton and Sunrise Beach on Wednesday.

After seeing heavy rain