Stories about Development from February, 2007
The Puerto Rican dilemma
Roberto Hernandez contemplates the large question of Puerto Rico's future: “Obviously the solution is not to be found in any of the ones offered by the current agendas.“
Gambia: solar-powered internet shops
Sociolingo writes about solar powered internet shops in Gambia, “These multi-services shops, which are wireless and solar-powered, provide an affordable range of services for those at the lower end of...
Africa: Africa must fix itself
African must fix itself, China and the West wont do it, via Africa Unchained.
Touring Libyan Blogs
The discussion continues from last week again on AngloLibyan who has brought up the topic of the Libyan AIDS stricken children as an offshoot of the previous week’s discussion about...
China: The west is red
If you're still up in the air over what to do over the Chinese New Year holiday, or if you just happen to have a couple weeks off, you could...
Who is visiting Africa?
Chinese President Hu Jintao is on a 10-day-visit to Africa now. Many state-owned news media such as Xinhua News Agency and People’s Daily, headline his visit on their websites’ front...
Jamaica: Support for the Maroons
The Voice of the Taino People blog solicits support for the Jamaica Maroons.
Jordan: Children Live in Places You Can Never Imagine
Ad Blog Arabia gives us an insight into a wonderful campaign to provide children with better living conditions.
Caribbean, China, Taiwan: A joint policy
At the Caricom Blog, Sir Ronald Sanders makes the case for the Caribbean to pursue a “joint policy” towards China: “Belize, Haiti, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, and St Kitts/Nevis...
Bahrain: Disney Land Soon?
Bahrain may soon have its very own Disneyland on one of its islands, at the staggering cost of almost $8 billion, reports Mahmood Al Yousif.
Foreseeing South Africa's Future Hegemony over Africa
Togolese origined France-based blogger Kangni Alem comments on a recent series of workshops on collective knowledge and practices in Africa organized by the Africa Centre in Cape Town, South Africa...
Much ado in Zimbabwe
There was much ado in Zimbabwe over the last week. Much ado about nothing, that is. The biggest development in the beleagured nation's news was Gideon Gono, the controversial governor...
Zimbabwe: abuses in gold mining sector
This Is Zimbabwe writes about human rights abuses in Zimbabwe's informal gold-mining sector: “One has to look back a decade to understand the regime’s haphazard stance on gold panning, which...
Cambodia: Be the first to tell
Too often, most people, want to be the first to be informed of events and situation happening around them or anywhere else in the other of parts of the world....
Africa: will China teach Africa how to fish?
Writing about Chinese investment and technology transfer in Africa, Jennifer Brea asks: will China teach Africa how to fish?
Nigeria: politics of census in Nigeria
In a thought provoking piece, One Hundred and Forty Million: For every French Person, there are two Nigerians, Chippla discusses the politics of census in Nigeria.
Russia: On Ramzan Kadyrov, Again
At his 3.5-hour annual press conference today, Russian president Vladimir Putin has offered praise for Chechnya's prime minister Ramzan Kadyrov, in response to a young Chechen journalist who pointed out...
Africa: TradeNet to revolutionize agriculture
Ethan Zuckerman writes about a new project in West Africa, TradeNet, “TradeNet is designed to take advantage of the boom in mobile phones on the African continent, a boom that’s...
