Stories from 28 October 2005
Africa: Debt & resources
Pambazuka News has an essay on “Dispossessing Africa's wealth” “Exactly how much wealth does Africa lose every year? Third World repayments of $340 billion each year flow northwards to service a $2.2 trillion debt, more than five times the G8's development aid budget”. And then there is the depletion of...
Namibia: Lesbian/Gay rights
Black Star Journal has a report on “fighting homophobia” in Namibia by the Namibia Rainbow Project which has joined with other groups to lobby for rights in the country.
Somaliland: UN interview
Inside Somaliland posts an interview with Maxwell Gaylard, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia
Nigeria: ICTs
Nigerian blogger, Gbenga welcomes the recognition that the youth in Nigeria and elsewhere are receiving from local technology stakeholders and the birth of a dynamic youth movement around ICT issues in Nigeria
Africa: FGM
Mzansi Afrika reports on FGM where she believes “some promising developments have taken place”. One such develoment is “a group of prominent muslim clerics in Somalia have issued a fatwa against female genital mutilation. They have condemned the custom as being against the Islamic religion, and say that it should...
Nepal: Media Ordinance
Nepal: Media Ordinance
Cambodian Blogger Little Sopha Learns How To Rock
Blogger Little Sopha with member of Michael Learns To Rock Band, in Russian Market, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. According Tharum the news that the touring schedule of a Danish rock band named Michael Learns To Rock, included a date in Phnom Penh, inspired "a wave of euphoria of younger generation...
Nepal: Strike call
Nepal: Strike call
Pakistan: Earthquake update
Pakistan: Earthquake update
Zimbabwe: demolitions continue
Sokwanele – Civil Action Support Group - posts on the continued harassement of Zimbabwe's poorest of the poor by the authorities and that demolitions are continuing, as out of desperation, displaced people return to the orignal sites of their homes to try and rebuild them again. The group reports that...
Bangladesh: Security Issues
Bangladesh: Security Issues
Lebanon: Angry Lebanese Bloggers
The Lebanese bloggers are all angry with the Arabs’ and the American Left wingers’ reactions to the Mehlis report. Raja writes in anger: “The whole Arab world is turning against us.“ Lebanon.Profile asks the Syrian apologists: “Where is your righteous indignation? Are you even slightly concerned about the fate of...
Sri Lanka: Train them right
Sri Lanka: Train them right
Voices from South Africa
South Africa has been painted as being a political wonder, and our transition to democracy is often described as a miracle. The country tries very hard to present an image of wellbeing and success in order to attract much needed tourism and overseas investment. There is no doubt that remarkable...
Images from India: Churchgate Station in Mumbai
Images from India: Churchgate Station in Mumbai
Turkmenistan: Independence Day
Like with nearly all things related to Turkmenistan, Independence Day is a surreal affair. neweurasia has the details of this this year's celebration.
Poland: Troubled Negotiations
the beatroot reports on the troubled negotiations between Poland's Law and Justice and Civic Platform, the latter of which is presidential election runner-up Donald Tusk's party.
Armenia: Corruption Skyrockets
Oneworld Multimedia reports on corruption and construction in Yerevan.
Hungary: '56 Roundup
Hungarian Accent rounds up discussion of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising in the Hungarian blogosphere.
Armenia: A Civil Exchange
Martuni or Bust!!! reports on a civil exchange regarding “cracking” on the metro.