Stories about Migration & Immigration from April, 2006
Cuba: Illegal immigration
Regalado.blogia.com reproduces (es) a press release which appeared this week in the Cuban press regarding the attempts by Cubans to escape the country by boat. The release was prompted by an accident which took place off the coast of the Pinar del Rio province, and includes the line, “The events...
African Diaspora: Forum on Euro-African Relations
Djibrilkeita announces (FR) an upcoming forum on European cooperation with Africa to take place in Paris April 9. Panelists will mostly discuss Rwanda and Ivory Coast.
DRC: UDPS Chapter's General Assembly in Belgium
UDPS Liege posts (FR) an invitation to UDPS /Wallonie's General Assembly which will take place April 9 in Liege, Belgium. UDPS is an opposition party in the DRC.
DR, USA: Emigration
Two participants in the Bronx Blog Project share their experience of emigrating to the United States.
US Dollars, Human Rights & War
Mehrangize Kar US based human rights activist, lawyer & blogger discusses a hot issue: US 75 million dollar help to promote democracy in Iran. She does not believe that US dollars can be helpful for Iranian human rights activists. She says: “Not only the present government but also the judgment...
This Week in Palestinian Blogs: They Bloom Again!
From the soul unfolds itself : In 1976, Israeli policy of expropriating Palestinian land in northern Israel to build Jewish settlements provoked Palestinian residents in the Galilee town of Sakhnin to protest on March 30. Six Palestinians were killed during the demonstration. Since then, Palestinians inside Israel and the West...
Nigerian Diaspora: Condoleezza Rice
Soul on Ice comments on the recent visit of Condoleezza Rice to the UK… on dress codes? “How can a black person style like that? isnt she a testament to how far black people have come? doesn't this woman remember her history? Can't she see the bushite of the administration.”
The African women’s blogsphere this week
Virtual cartwheels are perhaps our only last recourse as apparently African women are (still) invisible. Black Looks writes about an recent article in the Guardian where the founder of the Carnival of Feminists cannot find our blogs. In a post entitled Aint I a Woman???, Black Looks says: That's odd...
