Odds and Sods

• Football United: Football Has Become the Air That Sudan Breathes: Stephen Constantine, Sudan’s national football coach, on a different side to a country known for war, oil and famine
• World media’s view on a year of President Obama: Don’t expect any criticism in Kenya, unlike elsewhere
• How did it come to this?: The Economist on Sudan’s elections in which the frontrunner is wanted for war crimes
• The challenges of learning new multimedia and social media skills: Kevin Marsh on Big Journalism, new media and the danger of becoming a twitterhead
• Ballistic vests, swollen feet and job satisfaction in contemporary aid work: An aid worker in Darfur on finding rewards in the smaller things
• Congo approves economic stimulus package: The Onion, so you know what to expect