I have already blogged extensively on the current food price crisis affecting mostly poor countries. Now, via Le Monde, we learn, unsurprisingly, that riots have exploded in parts of Africa in response to the cost of food.

L’Afrique piégée par la flambée des prix des aliments
LE MONDE | 04.04.08

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Sarah and I have been trying to work something out. I think part of the question that many people have or soon will have is Why are “you people” so angry?  Read more 

The presents are wrapped, you’ve taken satellite photos of the trees — and experts have determined that they’re arboreal weapons labs.

That can only mean one thing: today is America’s Day of Shame.  Read more