Stories from 14 November 2005
Ethiopia: Government by trikery
Ethiopundit reports on the BBC news item stating that the Ethiopian government had released 2,417 who had been detained during last weeks demonstrations. However, Ethiopundit points out that “We only have the word of a murderous dictatorship that these people were released. No one knows how many were arrested to...
Zimbabwe: life in Harare
Harare Diary by Fire Pussy is thinking that living in Zimbabwe is like living in a constant state of “maybe” where failure has become a way of life. “When you wake up you don’t know whether you’ll have running water, electricity, or fuel. Whether, on your way to the office,...
Ghana: WSIS
The Trials & Tribulations of a Freshly-Arrived Denizen is in Tunis attending the WSIS conference and from his two reports he seems to be in awe of the city and it's people. “Looks like Tunis is capitalising big-time, as one would do, on its status as the cynosure of the...
Burundi: Agathon Rwasa
Agathon Rwasa reports that outgoing Tanzania president, Benjamin Mkapa, will ask the next government to ensure that Burundian rebel leader Agathon Rwasa of the PALIPEHUTU-FNL does not operate from Tanzania.
China: Bothered by the BBC
Worried that he'd be forced to focus on censorship & politics, Chinese blogger wangpei canceled an interview with the BBC on the Chinese bloggers’ conference, and feels thankful that he did. He emailed a friend in Dublin, who responded: “Overall, you need to realise that very few people in the...
China: Profiles in Courage
On the often excellent We Observe the World, two profiles of different kinds of courage: a portrait of a migrant fruit seller and a muckraking news program.
China, Taiwan: Self-Criticism
EastSouthWestNorth explains why he covers China, Taiwan and Hong Kong the way he does — why he selects the stories he translates and posts and how he approaches each geopolitical entity. The View from Taiwan responds.
Malaysia: Chinese Weddings
Anak Merdeka complains about the chore of attending local Chinese weddings.
Philippines: Bar Dues
Law professor J.J. Disini touches on the things nerve-wracked Filipino law students do and feel before their bar exam.
Vietnam: Dead Fishes
Vietnamese God notices people have been collecting the dead fish that have been appearing in Truc Bach Lake, and worries about why.
Images from Morocco: Fishing Boats
“Fishing Boats” by Andrew Wales The fishing harbour in Essaouira, Morocco.
This Week in Palestinian Blogs: Bethlehem Issues Call to the World
On behalf of Palestinian Bloggers, I extend my deepest condolences to the people of Jordan. We are all one in this. Those who died are our brothers and sisters, they are in our prayers, their memory will linger forever in our hearts. God bless the souls of those who have...
African women blogging this week
Mama JunkYard who has been on a blogging hiatus is back and is disgusted by the use of vague, incorrect and ‘less offensive words’ and images to sanitise women's bodies and emissions when terms such as ‘feminine hygiene products’ are used to describe sanitary towels and tampons or when blue...
KenyanSphere This Week
FreakEngineer objects, and objects again to how Yahoo categorizes the news on its news page, specifically those to do with Africa, finding the rationale decidedly wanting: It seems that everything sad or disheartening or whatever bad thing that is happening on in the world is bunched up in the Yahoo Africa...
India: Bombay Breakfast
India: Bombay Breakfast
Bangladesh: SAARC – Western Media
Bangladesh: SAARC - Western Media
Sri Lanka: Turn-coat in Elections
Sri Lanka: Turn-coat in Elections
Nepal: More than moral support
Nepal: More than moral support
Pakistan: Tomb of Asif Khan
Pakistan: Tomb of Asif Khan
Pakistan: Confluence Project
Pakistan: Confluence Project
Nepal: Satyagraha
Nepal: Satyagraha