Aid Watch has a post on the aid industry’s fixation on mostly African horror stories.

The Economist has a nice article on the latest developments in Afro-Chinese relations.

And for the many procrastinators out there there here’s an article from The New Yorker that will help you better understand yourself, and waste a few minutes of your day.

PS: Graduate school has lately gotten in the way of blogging. Regular posts will resume in the next few days.