Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world. Its people is famous for their generous hospitality and their love for music and soccer. Mali has been under conflict for more than a year, after an ethnic Tuareg uprising in the north caused a soldier rebellion in the south that overthrew the government. The Tuareg rebels supported by a coalition of jihadist fighters took the North of the country, terrorizing with a sharia law the moderate people of Mali and almost splitting the country in two, causing a humanitarian catastrophe, with massive displacements and refugees fleeing to nearby countries and to the capital, Bamako, in the south. In January, a French-led intervention liberated the north of the country. 7/28/13 marked the elections to re-established some democratic order.

Thursday, June 27, 2013

New blog, we start in Nigeria (Reporting from Jos)

We continue our work in progress with our new blog. We're narrowing down our theme... we're looking at AIDS around the globe, in the last 20 years through the perspective our Dr. Robert Murphy, a pioneer of Global Health.

Hope you join us in this new episode of our epic journey.

http://aidsaroundtheglobe.blogspot.com/2013/06/in-jos-beautiful-landscape-of.html


Plateau State, Nigeria, on the way from Abuja to Jos. 
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