Stories from 11 November 2005
Costa Rica: Presidential Candidate Blog
J.D. Clarke has discovered that presidential candidate, Oscar Arias has a weblog (ES), which is built with the open source software b2evolution, but so far lacks content. It seems Arias could use some help from an experienced blogger.
Costa Rica: Political Discontent
La versión original de este artículo está disponible en español. Translated by David Sasaki. All pages linked in this article are in Spanish. Everyone is talking about the same thing. Or, at least it seems. Among the Costa Rican blogs this last week, one theme has predominated: the discontent towards...
Images from Azerbaijan: Standing For Democracy
“Azadliq Supporter” by commonroman This photo shows a supporter of Azerbaijan's opposition Azadliq (“Freedom”) electoral bloc standing outside one of the bloc's buildings two days after last weekend's parliamentary elections. The vote has been condemned as rigged by observers and the opposition. Backers of the opposition have already held one...
Dominica, Venezuela: Bird Rock or Isla de Aves?
Nicholas Laughlin has his eye on recent events that have led to a resurfacing of the land dispute between Venezuela and Dominica over a small island between the two countries.
Chile: Presidential Blog Followup
Andres Soto Bustos has a followup report on how the Chilean presidential candidates are using blogs to reach voters.
Iran: Join WTO!
Golbang says Saudi Arabia has become a new member of World Trade Organization. Blogger asks when Iran will become a member. Among 191 United Nations members only 42 countries are not members including Iran. Golbang adds that Iran is losing opportunities.
Japan, Peru: Is Fujimori Japanese?
After the news of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori's arrest in Chile, Mutant Frog Travelogue wonders what makes Fujimori a Japanese national?
China: Yahoo's New Look
Billy Qiu of HitHat Blog translates a post (Chinese) by keso evaluating Yahoo! China's new look-and-feel.
China: Another Blogger Sued
EastSouthWestNorth posts a translated article on a lawsuit launched by a Nanjing professor against a blogger for alleged defamation.
Iran: Ahmadinejad's Ministers
Jamile Kadiver, a former deputy in Iranian parliament a London based blogger, writes: Ahmadinejad's choices for his Ministers are based on friendship neighbourhood & family ties rather than their qualification and experience. Ahmadinejad had promised during election to bring new elites to goverment! (Persian)
Egyptian Parliamentary Elections
Few, besides the ones that were already content with the Egyptian status quo or the Muslim Brotherhood, are happy with the outcome of yesterday’s elections. Big Pharaoh considers immigrating, an idea Sandmonkey reports that sentiment is being echoed in the country (except from one of his friends that concludes that “Islam is the solution”.)
Doctor Blyth in Jos Nigeria
Pediatrician blogger, Mike Blythe of Kid's Doc in Jos blog, celebrates the arrival of much needed children's medicine. “A celebration … the children’s medicines we had been awaiting for months had finally arrived. For the past six weeks we’ve been putting off starting new HIV patients on antiretroviral drugs, because...
Nigeria: Dokubu Asari
Pambazuka News reports on the hunger strike of Nigerian “militant” from the Niger Delta, Dokubu Asari. Asari is protesting against his arrest and continued detention in solitary confinement.
Feminism
Diary of a Mad Kenyan Woman discusses “Perspectives on Feminism and the Epistemology of Africanist Collaboration”
Africa: Western ambassadors
Zimbabwean Pundit quotes Pan-Africanist writer, Baffour Ankomah, who “irked by the constant delvings of western ambassadors in Africa wants to know what Africa's diplomats in the west are doing that comparable”, comments “I don’t understand why Western ambassadors and their subsidiary diplomats in Africa are free to pronounce on, and...
EthiopiaL Geffrey Sachs
Ethiopian blogger Wonkette of Weichegud!Et Politics returns to her/his childhood days in Addis Ababa where his neighbours were expat Brits working for an NGO. s/he made friends with the daughter and everything was great until one summer when her cousin came to visit. Things went pear shaped when the cousin...
Book Review: Skin Folk
As part of his discussion on race and science fiction, Ramblings of an African geek, reviews “Skin Folk” a collection of short stories by African Americna writer Nalo Hopikinson. “The one theme that is prevalent in all of her stories is the concept of facades and the people inside our...
Blog Africa
Ethan Zuckerman's My Heart's in Accra announces the resurrection of Blog Africa – the African blogs aggregator.
From corruption to culture – a taste from the southern tip of Africa
As the holiday season approaches, in South Africa this time of year has also become known as cash heist season. As more money is put into circulation to meet the needs of christmas shoppers and holiday makers, armed gangs consisting of up to 15 or 20 members, armed with R4...
India: Soldiers Forgotten
India: Soldiers Forgotten
India: Lost tribes of Israel
India: Lost tribes of Israel
