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16 January 2006

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Stories from 16 January 2006

Iran: Martin Luther King

Fanous, a collective Iran based blog, has honoured memory of Dr.Martin Luther King by publishing several postings about him. For Fanous, Dr.Luther King was and is a real symbol of...

Written by Fred Petrossian
16 January 2006

Iran: Data Centers

Iran based Hezbollah blogger, Morteza va Ma, reports an article from Computer Javan (Young computer, magazine):” In World Summit on information society in Tunisia, USA monopolized internet without any war!...

Written by Fred Petrossian
16 January 2006

Israel: Imagine!

You know what is makin’ me mad? Anyone and everything that has to do with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is makin’ me mad. That includes Palestinians, Israelis, Jordanians, Egyptians, Lebanese, Syrians...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
16 January 2006

Iraq: Fuel prices

Ongoing shortages of fuel and constant attacks on oil refineries are causing abrupt increases in official fuel prices as well as price hikes on the black market in the capital,...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
16 January 2006

Iraq: Folksy Games

Iraqi girls kids have many things to play if you ask any girl kid in Iraq about folksy songs you will see every girl know many songs, so how do...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
16 January 2006

Somalia: Security

Harowo.com, News and Commentary from Somalia points to a report in the Asian Times on security and warloads in the capital Mogadishu

Written by Sokari Ekine
16 January 2006

South Africa: infected blood

South African blog, Childish – Kodachrome Maybellene posts on a worrying report that blood donated in the Western Cape is not subject to the same standards of control as in...

Written by Sokari Ekine
16 January 2006

Kenya: Woman boxer

Bankelele posts some advice on buying stocks, the price of veggies in Kenya resulting in him being served cabbage with his fish lunch and one to watch…. Kenyan boxer Congestina...

Written by Sokari Ekine
16 January 2006

Kenya: poor woman's printing press

Kenyan Pundit writes a response to an article in Kenyan Daily Nation, on the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) campaign against misuse of public resources by government officials....

Written by Sokari Ekine
16 January 2006

Nigeria: portable loos

Timbuktu Chronicles points to a company called DMT Toilets who are manufacturing much needed portable loos in Nigeria.…. . “Motivated by the recognition that there are fewer than 500 functional...

Written by Sokari Ekine
16 January 2006

Nigeria: Muson Center

Teju Cole is still writing about his experiences during his recent visit to Nigeria. Here he writes on the “Muson Center. “Muson was founded in the 1980s, and has since...

Written by Sokari Ekine
16 January 2006

Female UN Secretary General

Mshairi reports on a campaign to appoint a woman as UN Secretary General when Kofi Annan retires – possibly at the end of this year.

Written by Sokari Ekine
16 January 2006

Uganda: press censorship

Africa Blogs comments on Uganda's press censorship….”MUSEVENI'S REGIME in Uganda has withdrawn accreditation to a Canadian Journalist, Mr Blake Lambert, who reports for The Economist, The Washington Times, and The...

Written by Sokari Ekine
16 January 2006

Ethiopia: Pan-African e-Network

Friends of Ethiopia reports that Ethiopia is to become the first beneficary of India's “Pan-African e-Network Project – that aims at dispensing benefits of tele-education and tele-medicine to 53 countries...

Written by Sokari Ekine
16 January 2006
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