Window on Africa Stay up-to-date with all things African from home and the continent. Follow <b><a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/santillasbs">@santillasbs</a></b><br><br> http://www.sbs.com.au/blog/125001/Window-on-Africa Looking back at Africa's 2011 2011 was a big year on the African continent - from the beginnings of the Arab Spring, to the birth of a new nation. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/125505/Looking-back-at-Africas-2011 http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/125505/Looking-back-at-Africas-2011 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +1100 The 'Africa situation' Recently Nigerian author Teju Cole took to Twitter to express his disdain for the hashtag #firstworldproblems. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/125285/The-Africa-situation http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/125285/The-Africa-situation Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +1100 The population question Sometime last week, according to the United Nations, the world’s population reached 7 billion and they project this will soar to 10 billion people by 2083. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/125203/The-population-question http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/125203/The-population-question Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +1100 Will CHOGM hear Africa's voice? Next week more than 50 government leaders will descend on Perth for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/125097/Will-CHOGM-hear-Africas-voice http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/125097/Will-CHOGM-hear-Africas-voice Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +1100 Africa's Nobel women Last week three women were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Two of them are African women. The same week saw the first African woman to ever win a Nobel Peace Prize laid to rest. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/125049/Africas-Nobel-women http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/125049/Africas-Nobel-women Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +1100 Dear media, Africa's not all doom and gloom I’m here to tell you; it’s not all doom and gloom. If anything, there are many positive changes taking place on the continent and with this change comes opportunity. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/125003/Dear-media-Africas-not-all-doom-and-gloom http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/125003/Dear-media-Africas-not-all-doom-and-gloom Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +1100