Saeanna says Mahmood Mamdani’s article The politics of naming: genocide, civil war, insurgency is an ‘an eye-opener in that it explained how power works and how at the same time power oppresses those who think they have it. I even used the phrase "politics of naming" in my Masters thesis’.

Referring to Ruben Eberlein’s interview with Mahmood Mamdani, prince odengs wants to know why Mamdani doesn’t appear to support calls for intervention from people on the ground in Darfur.

Digital Congo’s letter is ‘an insult to the 5 millions innocent grassroots Congolese people who have perished as a consequence of the ongoing crisis caused by international interferences as well as bad governance and corruption from a few greedy Congolese elites/leadership,’ writes WILPF UK. Digital Congo should be addressing the questions of who Kabila and his government are protecting and who they are accountable to, writes Usafia Mapendo. ‘May God bless the country Congo and the Congolese people!’ writes Antoine Lutumba-Ntumba, while Claver Pashi says ‘Congo will stand up and become a catalyst for development at the center of Africa. That day is not far.’

Independent thanks Gerald Caplan for his ‘constructive stand’ in writing about the Rwandan genocide, but says that many questions remain unanswered, thanks to one-sided information.

Meanwhile, Bisrate Girma writes that the Ethiopian opposition is more undemocratic than the government, and that fair play should apply to both parties.

And finally, Sichone says Ronald Elly Wanda has missed the point made by Dambisa Moyo’s ideas on aid dependency. ‘The culture of aid (and Aid) IS the main exogenous factor, the one that gives us regimes that do not collect tax and do not answer to their citizens. The main challenge is for us all to THINK of the exit strategy from aid and so far the Euro-Americans are saying without aid Africa will die. Is that true? Is it acceptable?’ Sichone asks.