ABOUT THIS BLOG

Somewhere in Africa was written by McClatchy correspondent Shashank Bengali, who covered sub-Saharan Africa from 2005 to 2009. He's now based in Washington, D.C., as a national correspondent.

Read Shashank's stories at news.mcclatchy.com or send him a story idea.

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RECENT POSTS

• Are you tired of Africa? (Don't be)
• 'Obamarama': Barack Obama Road
• Carryout chicken
• Art deco Asmara
• Spy games
• On the air in Eritrea
• 21st century air travel
• Snapshots of Madagascar
• Wyclef's thought that counts
• Dark humor
• The trouble with Abu Sharati
• 'It's Our Turn to Eat' update
• Somalia pirates in Playboy
• Fortress America
• Gadhaffi leaves his mark
• It takes a village
• Twitter diplomacy
• You are most welcome in Uganda
• Why are more children dying in Kenya?
• What did the 'Pants Pants Revolution' mean?

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• China in Africa
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• West Africa
• Zimbabwe

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• Things Seen and Heard
• Bec Hamilton
• White African
• Mental Acrobatics
• Thinker's Room
• Making Sense of Darfur
• Africa is a Country
• Scarlett Lion
• Will Connors
• AfriGadget
• Afromusing
• Bankelele
• Humanitarian Relief
• Foreign Correspondents Assn. of East Africa
• Sudan: Passion of the Present
• Online Africa Policy Forum
• Kenyan Pundit
• Naijablog
• Global Voices: Sub-Saharan Africa
• USA Today's Africa blog
• My heart's in Accra
• Pambazuka
• Meskel Square
• This is Zimbabwe
• Stood in the Masai Mara
• Texas In Africa
• Wronging Rights
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