9 November 2005

Stories from 9 November 2005

Venezuela: Opposition and Law

Oil Wars tries to figure out if the opposition in Venezuela truly wants a better legal system or is just seeking complaints against Chavez.

10 November 2005

Colombia: 2006 Foreign Aid Outcome

Adam Isacson posts an English translation or an article he wrote in the Colombian daily, El Espectador about recently approved U.S. foreign-aid bill for 2006.

10 November 2005

The Week That Was – Bolivian Blogs

An event in Washington DC attracted a lot of attention in the Bolivian blogosphere during the past week. A lecture by former Bolivian President Gonzalo “Goni” Sanchez de Lozada was...

10 November 2005

Nigerian Blogs This Week

POST OF THE WEEK  from Naija Jams discusses a recent 419 (scam) article that was floating around the blogosphere and online media. The article appears to have centered on a...

9 November 2005

Peru, Chile: Alberto Fujimori's Arrest

Randy Paul and Western Hemisphere Policy Watch both go over former Peruvian president, Alberto Fujimori's arrest in Chile. Boz says that Fujimori critics should remember their history while Juan Arellano...

9 November 2005

Namibia: Men for Change

Vilho's World – Namibia reports on a scheme by the Council of Churches in Namibia which aims at changing the attitudes of men towards women and children abuse. It also...

9 November 2005

Sudan: Lords Resistance Army

Uganda-Can reports that Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) will in future be challenged by southern Sudanese forces. Salva Kiir, Sudan's new Vice President has put dealing with...

9 November 2005

When the heat is on – run

Jewels in the Jungle adds his voice to the running commentary on the Paris riots in the blogosphere and wonders what would happen if the riots spread to Germany and...

9 November 2005

Western Journalism

Malawian blog afrika-aphukira criticises the reporting of Africa by Western journalists for failing to go beyond “the vivid portrayal of the problems” and “attempt an analysis of the contexts within...

9 November 2005

state controlled journalists

Meskel Square wonders whether there is “somewhere in the developing world” a special school for training “journalist employed by state-controlled newspapers” who begin their day with “the “mass recitation of:...

9 November 2005

Poetry for peace in Palestine

Kenyan poet, Mshairi celebrates “wisdom” over “darkness” in her poem “Yearning” dedicated to the family of the Palestinian boy killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank who have donated...

9 November 2005

Nigeria: Awayrians

Grandiose Parlour introduces Nigeria International, a documentary featuring the views of “the awayrians” ie foreigners and Nigerians at home and in theDiaspora. The documentary is a weekly magazine-style television programme...

9 November 2005

Kenya: Marathon

Mentalacrobatics celebrates Kenyan marathon runner, Paul Tergat who won this years New York Marathon on his first attempt.

9 November 2005