this & that

• The last pre-election covers of two of Rwanda's independent media outlets.
• Alex de Waal notes that the majority of Sudanese voters appear to have been female.
  
• President Obama has announced plans to attempt to freeze the assets of those believed to be involved in piracy off the Somali coast. This is a great idea, except that an awful lot of those assets are in cold, hard cash.
  
• Here's a great opportunity if you'd like to spend a week this summer learning more about politics and society in Africa's Great Lakes region.
• Everything you need to know about Zimbabwe's politics in two easy points.
  
• Kagame reshuffles his military leadership.
  
• Amazing photos from post-coup Guinea.
• More amazing photos, these of Darfuris living in New York.
  
• Proposed legislation would create one HIV law for the East African Community, providing access to services for all citizens of the region, regardless of where they live in the bloc.
  
• The African Politics Conference Group has compiled a nice list of Africa-related blogs, and another of blogs written by APCG members.
• Twitter may not be that new of an idea after all.
• How to manufacture a coup.
  
• A friend tells me that American schools are more today than they were at the time of the Brown decision. Yep.
• "Leaving hate behind:" thoughts from a "recovering skinhead."
  
• Nerd, geek, dweeb, or dork: which one are you?
  
• I am forever indebted to Chris Blattman for pointing his readers to this t-shirt.