15 November 2005

Stories from 15 November 2005

Jordan: Getting Things Straight

Rami Abdelrahman wonders, after Amman was bombed, that did not only show how vulnerable we are, but also how we need to get many things straight. Why do we stick...

15 November 2005

Iraq: The Equation Elections

Omar says: “Math wasn’t my favorite class in school but I do remember one thing for sure that is inorder to solve any equation it has to contain a number...

15 November 2005

Algeria: Arabism or Africanism

Nouri bin Ziri writes about Algeria's relationship with pan-Africanism and pan-Arabism and Third Worldism and how it's been snubbing pan-Africanism and playing up Arabism lately.

15 November 2005

Nigeria: Pan Africa

Grandiose Parlour sees the “handiwork of the Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo in the recent attempt of some African head of states to form a closer political union”. However he feels...

15 November 2005

Zimbabwe Action Alert

Sokwanele – This is Zimbabwe has an action alert in respect of the ” arbitrary detention of Mrs. Netsai Mushonga the Coordinator of the Women’s Coalition, an umbrella body of...

15 November 2005

Africa Corruption

Kenyan Pundit asks “Can someone please tell me why “lobbying” and “campaign finance” and “fraud” are always the words used to describe instances of corruption/bribery when it occurs in the...

15 November 2005

DRC Health crisis

Coalition for Darfur is reporting on the possibility of a catastrophic health crisis looming in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

15 November 2005

WSIS Tunis

Ethan Zuckerman is also on his way to WSIS in Tunis to run Global Voices workshop on “Expression under Repression. “ He like many others has a number of concerns...

15 November 2005

Nigeria: domestic violence

Nigerian blog, Resident Pharmacist wonders if there is not something ” about our culture that, while making it a morally unacceptable for a married woman to be assaulted, would not...

15 November 2005

WSIS: white elephant

Friends of Ethiopia asks us to “beware of the white elephant” – The WSIS in Tunis this week will be discussing the “digital divide” between the “north” and “south” and...

15 November 2005

Heliculture

In many parts of Africa snails are a delicacy. Timbuktu Chronicles has a report on heliculture in Africa (snail farming). Snails are not only eaten locally but are also a...

15 November 2005

Miriam Makeba – Mama Afrika

African music blog, SoundRoots is saddened by the decision of African Diva, Miriam Makeba too stop touring. In her performance in Cuba recently Mama Afrika commented about the use of...

15 November 2005

Uganda: arrest of Besigye

Black Star Journal has a report on the arrest of Ugandan opposition leader, Kizza Besigye by President Yoweri Museveni. “After 19 years of banning all political parties, Museveni's regime finally...

15 November 2005

Cambodia: Shopping Spree

Lux Mean reveals where to go shopping for second-hand goods in Phnom Penh. Jinja covers a more ominous kind of sale: the no-bid transfers of public land to private bidders,...

15 November 2005

China: Bird Flu Coverage Debate

Danwei and Bingfeng Teahouse engage in a back-and-forth over an editorial in Caijing (Finance) magazine criticizing the domestic Chinese media's hesitant coverage of bird flu. Imagethief and The Peking Duck...

15 November 2005

Indonesia: Water Woes

Jakartass discusses Jakarta's water problems — from subsidence, flooding, the lack of tap water for two-thirds of the population to the possibility of a severe water crisis in three years.

15 November 2005