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19 December 2005

Stories from 19 December 2005

Afghanistan: AfghaniStar

Q. A. Shah of Kabulog writes that seeing AfghaniStar (think American Idol, Pop Idol, or Eurovision) makes him wonder that if Afghanistan is to have this type of pop culture,...

Written by Nathan Hamm
20 December 2005

Evo Morales: Bolivia's New President

“Grandmother and Grandson After Voting” (Photo Copyright 2005 Jonathan Lieberman) Este artículo también está disponible en español. It would seem that Bolivia has found itself a new president-elect in Evo...

Written by David Sasaki
20 December 2005

Egypt: Karim Interview's Chomsky

Karim Elsahy finally made his interview with Noam Chomsky. He describe it as a lecture than an interview. Karim thinks that Chomsky is too extreme for him. Though he find...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
19 December 2005

Ethiopia: Blogging

In the last couple of months there has been a huge growth spat in Ethiopian blogs – one trend is they seem to be reviewing each other – Meskel Square...

Written by Sokari Ekine
19 December 2005

Kenya: Wildlife and Dreams of Thailand

The new scourge in Kenya is ” animals are suffering”. Kenyan wildlife is being exported to Thailand! African Bullets and Honey has some dreams around this subject. “From the slopes...

Written by Sokari Ekine
19 December 2005

Malawi: Paul Theroux

Afrika-Aphukira criticises an article by Paul Theroux in the New York Times in which he discusses Malawi and Africa in general……….”Mr. Theroux has done remarkably well to point out how...

Written by Sokari Ekine
19 December 2005

SA: Loosing Nigerians

South Africa writes about the Home Affairs dept loosing 200 people who flew in from Nigeria on a SAA flight and the failure of the government to “punish” whoever was...

Written by Sokari Ekine
19 December 2005

Kenya: Micro financing

Afromusing writes about the concept of “micro-financing“……By eliminating the red tape that banks and financial institutions bring with them, this really simplifies the implimentation of grassroot projects that could help...

Written by Sokari Ekine
19 December 2005

Ethiopia: Remembering Mengistu

Carpe Diem, Ethiopian blog remembers the Red Terror of former Ethiopian dictator, Mengistu……”In addition to the firing squads, security forces used other, more gruesome tactics to suppress opposition. One tool...

Written by Sokari Ekine
19 December 2005

DRC: referendum on constitution

Yebo Gogo writes on yesterday's referendum on a draft constitution held in the DRC. The only problem being is that most people do not know what is in the draft...

Written by Sokari Ekine
19 December 2005

Australia: Race riots

African Migrants and African refugees both based in Australia discuss the race riots in Australia…..“Threat of Race War” and “The Dream of Racial Harmony“…

Written by Sokari Ekine
19 December 2005

Nigeria: Bad debts

Nigerian blogger, Agodi News asks why the Nigerian government is getting new loans when it cannot pay off it's present debts?

Written by Sokari Ekine
19 December 2005

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