More than $1.2 million in critically needed medicines and medical supplies from AmeriCares have arrived in Somalia to help thousands of starving children and adults suffering from widespread famine and one of the worst droughts in over a half century.

The emergency shipment from AmeriCares Stamford, Conn. headquarters contains enough critically needed antibiotics, pain relievers, IV solutions, maternal and child health products and surgical supplies to treat an estimated 20,000 patients. The medicines were specifically requested by the Ministry of Health based on critical need, and are currently being distributed to hospitals, clinics and mobile medical teams treating the sickest and most severely malnourished patients in and around Mogadishu.

A Cultural Celebration of Fela Anikulapo Kuti Oct 10-16th in Lagos, Nigeria

Africa's premier mobile music download service Spinlet has announced sponsorship of the 13th annual Felabration October 10-16th, 2011 at The Afrika Shrine and other cultural centers in Lagos, Nigeria. Felabration was created by Yeni Anikulapo Kuti in honor of her father Fela Anikulapo Kuti in 1998 to commemorate the musical icon a year after his passing.