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8 November 2005

Stories from 8 November 2005

Video blog: The Liberian Refugees of Buduburam

Refugees

Video documentary of my July 2005 visit to the Liberian refugee camp in Buduburam, Ghana. I learn about the challenges faced by Liberians forced to flee their homeland, as well as some of the training programs available to them. I visit one of the camp's telecentres, as well as an women's literacy support group. Music used with permission of Alula Records.
Nine minutes, 50 megabytes.

Low-res version (20 megabytes):
http://www.andycarvin.com/video/refugees-low.mov

Written by Andy Carvin
9 November 2005

Venezuela: Danilo Anderson Murder Trial

Leftside and Venezuela News and Views both opine on the recent indictment of seven prominent Venezuelans in the murder trial of Danilo Anderson as he was investigating the 2002 coup...

Written by David Sasaki
8 November 2005

Armenia: Shprot Unmasked

At Blogrel, Harmick laments the state of Armenian pop music and the pressures that made the one innovative act just more of the same.

Written by Nathan Hamm
8 November 2005

Race in Europe

Commenting on the trouble in France, Naijablog, observes that “what is taking place in France is only an extreme version of what you can see up and down the UK...

Written by Sokari Ekine
8 November 2005

Nigeria: Finance minister

South African blog, The Hope Flower, comments on an article in the UK Guardian about Nigeria's finance minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who is one of only three women finance ministers...

Written by Sokari Ekine
8 November 2005

French riots

Senegalese blogger, SEMEtt l'etincelle noire comments the continued riots in the cities of France. He presents us with his thoughts on TOLERANCE: “Tolerance and indiference. indiference is a condition with...

Written by Sokari Ekine
8 November 2005

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