News This Week: Africa.com’s Top 10

This week, we’re reading about South African President Jacob Zuma’s remarks to the African National Congress about the party’s work, and we’re watching closely as Egypt’s president-elect, Mohamed Morsi, is set to pick the country’s vice presidents. We’re reading an article by GlobalPost on the hidden lives of lesbians in Morocco, and we’re looking at the story of a young Nigerian graduate making history at Johns Hopkins University.

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News This Week: Africa.com’s Top 10

This week, we are reading about the deteriorating health of Egypt’s former President, Hosni Mubarak. We’re also looking at an article by The Economist about Cote d’Ivoire’s rising capital and we’re watching as protests escalate in Sudan. We’re reading about two South Africans that are preparing for the London 2012 Olympics and a Kenyan man that is making a 2,500 mile trek across Africa in his wheelchair.

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News This Week: Africa.com’s Top 10

This week, we’re keeping an eye on North Africa after Tunisia sentenced former President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali to 20 years in prison and Egypt dissolves its lower house of Parliament ahead of run-off elections this weekend. We’re reading about the rehabilitated diamond trade in Sierra Leone. The Economist takes a look at UN peacekeeping work throughout Africa.

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News This Week: Africa.com’s Top 10

This week, we’re reading about Egypt’s ailing former dictator Hosni Mubarak, who was sentenced to life in prison last week. We’re also reading an article by The Economist on South Africa’s economy as its neighbors catch-up and compete for investment on the continent. The New York Times takes a closer look at the Ashanti people of Ghana in New York.

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