Goats, Bubbles, and Economic Collapse.

The Great Hargeisa Goat Bubble by Julian Gough is amusing and very much worth reading. It was originally published in the Financial Times and was the first short story they ever published. There's also a BBC radio play about it, though I haven't listened to it, I'm sure it's excellent as well.

Fat President Tells Taunter "Shut Up!"

BBC

Politics in South America take a very entertaining, and somewhat concerning turn.
-Also after a second reading, the title of their article was almost as poorly chosen as my own, though at least mine describes the event.