This week, we’re reading about the sudden death of Ghana’s president, John Atta Mills, and the smooth transition of power of the country’s vice president, John Dramani Mahama, in taking over the presidency. We’re also reading about gay rights activists calling on Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to veto any bill criminalizing homosexuality in Liberia. And we’re looking at which African Olympians readers should keep an eye on as the 2012 London Summer Games kick off this weekend.

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This week, we’re honoring Nelson Mandela as he celebrates his 94th birthday in South Africa. We’re reading about the election results in Libya that set liberals ahead of Islamists in the new parliament, and we’re looking at a group of athletes that participated in last year’s Arab Spring and will head to London to compete in the Olympic Games next week.

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This week, we’re reading about the future of Libya as results trickle in from the country’s first elections following last year’s Arab Spring. We’re keeping an eye on the rising tension in Egypt after President Mohamed Morsi restored the country’s Parliament and we’re reading a piece in The New York Times about a Botswanan Olympic hopeful set to compete in the London Games later this month.

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This week, we’re reading about the rise of Africa as an economic engine in Nicholas Kristof’s piece in The New York Times. We’re also reading an article in The Economist about reconstruction in Angola’s dazzling capital, and we’re taking a closer look at independence celebrations taking place in Rwanda and Somalia.

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