Stories from 10 December 2005
Kenyan Sphere Blog hopping
The Kenyan Open blog launched recently, the idea behind it is to “be able to track and trace issues that are of relevance to the Kenyan blogosphere or being debated in the wider Kenyan blogosphere.” Could this open blog, along with inititiaves like Nchi Yetu Daily be moving the kenyan...
The week that was in the South African blogosphere
Jonty at The Fishbowl comments on the findings of a new survey showing that Afrikaners have experienced the “most radical change in political outlook” of all groups since the 1994 elections. “This is probably understandable, given that by fair assumption that Afrikaners had the furthest to move politically after the...
Turkey is Typing…
…not very much this week…which is rather surprising, but one thing about the Blogosphere is that the conversation ebbs and flows… Maybe everyone is like me, madly working on exams and projects….or maybe everyone is listening/reading about the London 2005 Global Voices Summitt… Here is what I found in the...
Panama: Mother's Day Recipe
Melissa of Cooking Diva offers a special recipe to celebrate Mother's Day in Panama.
The week in the Caribbean blogosphere
I'm starting to write this on Wednesday 7 December, as tomorrow I leave for London to attend the Global Voices '05 Summit, so apologies in advance for not including anything posted in the latter part of this week. A couple of days ago I posted the meeting agenda at Caribbean...
Russia: What works in Europe…
Russian Marketing Blog points out that advertisements that work in Europe are hard to understand in Russia.
Kazakhstan: Election Roundup
neweurasia continues to comment and round up analysis on Kazakhstan's recent presidential election.
Hungary: Doctors Bad For Health
The Northern Irish Magyar reports that deaths due to poor care and mistakes are common in Hungary's hospitals.
Armenia: Earthquake Remembrance
Blogrel marks the anniversary of the 1988 earthquake that killed 25,000 in northern Armenia.
Mongolia: The Wrong One
Mongolia Matters notices that some folks are confusing Mongolias.