5 December 2005

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.

5 December 2005

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...

5 December 2005

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”

5 December 2005

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...

5 December 2005

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...

5 December 2005

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“.

5 December 2005

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...

5 December 2005

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...

5 December 2005

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...

5 December 2005

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...

5 December 2005

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...

5 December 2005

CyBlug has a story on Big Brother coming to Nigeria…”Pan-African pay-TV operator M-Net has announced its plan to screen a new version of the hit reality show Big Brother, this...

5 December 2005

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...

5 December 2005

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...

5 December 2005