Stories about Humanitarian Response from March, 2006
Le Blog du Congolais critical of international officials overseeing DRC elections
At the group blog Le Blog du Congolais, blogger Anthony MK Katombe expresses (FR) skepticism at European Commissary Louis Michel's enthusiasm and optimism that DRC elections will take place in June 2006. Not impressed with the 26,000,000 voters that have been registered so far, Katombe cites challenges such as minority...
Russia: Svetlana Gannushkina's Declaration of Guilt
David McDuff of A Step At A Time has translated an open letter to the Russian Federal Security Service written by Svetlana Gannushkina, head of the Civic Assistance Committee, in which she mockingly confesses to “have undertaken activities which may be considered by the addressees of this statement as espionage.”...
Sudan: Archbishop silent on Darfur
Passion of the Present as points to an article in the UK Observer which questions why the Archbishop of Canterbury failed to mention the “arson rape massacres” taking place in Darfur
EU: Aid to Palestine Vs Aid to East European Member States
Michael of The Glory of Carniola analyzes the EU's strange funding priorities: in Dec. 2005, it is decided to cut aid to Eastern European member states by 10% – and on Feb. 27, 2006, following the victory of Hamas in Palestine and despite it, the EU pledges “120 million euros...
Sudan: reject UN peacekeepers
Sudan Reeves reports that Darfur is held hostage as Sudan rejects UN peace keeping forces.……..”Khartoum’s overwhelmingly dominant National Islamic Front (NIF) has, with growing confidence, aggressively rejected a UN peacekeeping force (itself only a distant and almost certainly inadequate means of protection)
Northeast Asia: Discussion forum
OhmyNews and the Civil Network for a Peaceful Korea are co-hosting a series of online discussion fora entitled Talk! Northeast Asia. Translated and cross-posted in Korean, Japanese, Chinese and English between Feb. 27 and March 15, the event aims to provide the means for Northeast Asian citizens to produce ideas...
Palestine: The Gaza diet begins
The ongoing closure of the al-Mintar (aka Karni) crossing, the main route for both commercial and humanitarian supplies into Gaza, has resulted in an estimated loss of some $10.5 million, and the depletion of Gaza's main food staples. Wheat grain stocks are dwindling as a result, and flour mills in...
Landing at the Iraqi Blogodrome
Given the recent events in Iraq, it may come as some surprise to find the variety of subjects in Iraqi blogs this week. There is sadness and tears and humour even when the worst happens. Read on for a selection. First let me welcome a new blogger to the scene....
Views from the Horn of Africa and Sudan
The Ethiopian blogosphere has been awash with discussions spanning a variety of topics. Politically focused Ethiopian blogs such as Ethiopundit and Ethiopian Paradox continue in their tradition of providing thought provoking pieces on the current state of the Ethiopian nation and those who govern it. Ethiopian Paradox presents a write-up...
Czech Republic: Cuba Photos By Miss Czech Republic 1999
Robert Mayer of Publius Pundit writes about Helena Houdova, Miss Czech Republic 1999, who went to Cuba to see if her charity, the Sunflower Foundation, could help local children and people with HIV/AIDS, but was arrested for a “counterrevolutionary activity” of taking pictures of the Havana slums. The exhibition of...
