Stories about Sub-Saharan Africa from June, 2005
Monday Global Blog Roundup
The Middle East The famous “should women drive in Saudi Arabia” debate gets a hearing at Crossroads Arabia. Verdict? Well, since women can drive everywhere else, what’s the big deal?...
Kiswahili Blogosphere
I am back. Here are voices from the Kiswahili blogosphere: - Mawazo na Mawaidha links us to a story about North Korean computer hackers whose abilities equal that of the...
Skypecast #2 with Sokari Ekine
Sokari Ekine – aka “Owukori” – is one of the best known and most widely-read bloggers focused on Africa. Writing from her home in Andalucia, Spain, her two blogs –...
Friday Global Blog Roundup
East Asia Over at Big White Guy, Randall van der Woning writes about an expat Tiananmen protestor who climbed atop a giant TV screen in downtown Hong Kong and stripped...
Thursday Global Blog Roundup
Central Asia The Kyrgyzstan Kid attends the wake of a stranger in a small town in northern Kyrgyzstan. Registan.net comes in with two interesting stories: first, the US State Department...
Wednesday Global Blog Roundup
Central Asia and the Caucuses Nathan at Registan has photos from the Supreme Court building in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, where hundreds of people have stormed the structure to oust protesters who've...