Stories from 5 December 2005
Indonesia: New Provinces
In the restless Indonesian province of Aceh, apparently two new provinces have been declared — and not by the government. See Indonesia Today by Yosef Ardi for details.
Philippines, Thailand: Sporting Chances
Manuel L. Quezon III digests the brewing controversy over the Thai Prime Minister's seemingly unsportsmanlike comments regarding the Philippines accumulation of gold medals at the ongoing Southeast Asian Games in...
Zimbabwe: AIDS
This is Zimbabwe asks us to visit the Thembinkosi Foundation blog to read 4 accounts “describing an outsiders experience of death from AIDs in Zimbabwe”
DRC: failed asylum seekers
Congo Watch has some questions for European governments on asylum seekers who are sent back to the DRC. ……….”Although Africa's bloodiest conflict has cost an estimated four million lives since...
Kenya: President Kibaki
Kenyan blog 4Sheeay has some comments to make about Presodent Kibaki’s proposed kitchen cabinet and suggests he has a number of choices.……..”He could choose those that seem to agree with...
South AFrica: made in China
South African blog, The Fish Bowl writes on a “storm of protest at this weekend's Cosatu rally when it was discovered that the official Cosatu T-shirts were made in China“.
South Africa: rape of children
Mzansi Afrika has a horrific report on rapes of young children in South Africa connected to beliefs that sex with a virgin can cure AIDS……..One study commissioned by the Centre...
Kenya: Why I love Africa
Kenyan Pundit posts on the BBC's “Why I love Africa” series...One of my favorite’s: I love Africa.I do not find it necessary to say more than this. The statement is...
Nigeria: Books
Molara Wood calls on Nigerians readers to submit their “best book of the year”….So please let us have your choice of ONE outstanding book you read in 2005 and tell...
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean Pundit comments on a policy by Zimbabwean news website, ZimDaily to “out children of Mugabe's cronies who are living profilgate lifestyles abroad at the behest of the parent's fame...
Microfinance: Bill Gates foundation
Timbuktu Chronicles writes that “Opportunity International, one of the world's largest microfinance organizations, today announced that it received a $2.2 million grant over three years from the Bill and Melinda...
Somaliland: political squabbles
Inside Somaliland reports controversy in Somaliland Parliament as political squabbles reached a peak…..”The political scene had been tense weeks prior to the first session over the controversial issue of who...
Tanzania: press freedom
Yebo Gogo reports that press freedom is under attack in Tanzania where the government has suspended two newspapers….”Daima, the newspaper owned by Freeman Mbowe, the presidential candidate of the opposition...
