Pambazuka News: "Reading recent dispatches from Kenya, I was pleased to notice that the Times has responded to years of complaints about the biased terms 'tribe' and 'tribal,' replacing them with 'ethnic group' and 'ethnic.' This editorial policy, however, seems to be confined to the news. Roberta Smith's article 'Face Time: Masks, Animal to Video' in the Arts Section on Jan. 11 uses the egregiously offensive phrase 'a tribal, almost animalistic ritual.' It is exactly that equation that makes it necessary to remove 'tribe' and its related words. In the case in question, removing 'tribal' would have put the focus on 'animalistic' without designating Africans as inherently animalistic. It is particularly odd to find such a cliché in a discussion of the work of Yinka Shonibare, a highly sophisticated, learned, and ironic artist."
Nyasa Times "Minister of Women and Child Development Kate Kainja-Kaluluma has passed away in United Kingdom. “Indeed Hon Kate Kainja Kaluluma has died,” confirmed family friends in London. The 57-year-old minister was admitted to a North England hospital – York Hospital. Diplomatic sources at Malawi High Commission in London have said arrangements are being made to send her remains to Malawi. Kainja who was Dedza South West Constituency parliamentarian flew to United Kingdom for medical attention after a long-illness. She is survived by a husband, Emanuel Kaluluma and three children."