The New York Times has a photo essay on skateboarding in Uganda.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi takes a leave of absence after his recent hospitalization.
The Nigerian government has lifted a state of emergency in Borno and other states, but violence by Boko Haram continues.
In other Nigeria news, “government revenue increased 32 percent to 763.6 billion naira ($92.7 billion) in June from the previous month, boosted by company and oil taxes.”
The BBC and the United Nations mark the one year anniversary of Somalia’s famine.
Anti-regime demonstrations continued this week in Mauritania.
What will President Macky Sall do?
The International Court of Justice on Friday ordered Senegal to prosecute the former president of Chad, Hissène Habré, who has lived comfortably for two decades in Senegal despite indictments in connection with political killings, torture and a host of other brutalities.
As Sudan and South Sudan negotiate in Ethiopia, the South accuses the north of bombing one of its villages.
Three Europeans kidnapped in Tindouf, Algeria last October were freed (in Mali) this week. The government of Burkina Faso helped negotiate their release.
What else is happening?
Sahel Blog 
It credits international oil prices for 11% of the revenue increase, where’s the other 21% of the increase coming from?
Interesting rumor: “It is believed that Ansar Dine are likely being largely financed by the Middle Eastern country Qatar.” http://allafrica.com/stories/201207201404.html