Stories from 17 January 2006
Afghanistan:Ambassador Speaking
Accroding to webgardian, Mr.Tandar, the Afghanistan ambassador in Belgium responsible for the Afghan delegation to the European Union, in an interview with WashingtonPrism said the main problem for our Afghanistan's...
Nuclear Crisis, Sanctions & BBC
Iranian nuclear crisis has become a hot story in Media around the world. Several Iranian bloggers inside Iran and out side country, have shared their feelings and fear about sanctions...
Saudi Arabia: Why No Cinemas?
Why No Cinemas? Some people in Saudi Arabia love to bane things for no reason. The majority of Saudi people here showing that they want a solution for this issue,...
Egypt: ‘Saturday Night’ Fatwa!
“So, Abu Hamza… Lets say that Brits hate Jews, why should I? Because they are Jews? But wait, Abu Hamza. Islam teach us to love everyone, specially and starting with...
Kuwait: Kuwait in the news
Did the production team on Kuwait TV News actually read the articles that appeared in the foreign press about Sheikh Jaber? There they were gushing over the New York Times...
Palestine: Zero Tolerance
Despite the Israeli government's claim of a “zero tolerance” policy against settler violence in Hebron, Human Rights Workers report that settlers have continued their violence against Palestinians with almost full...
Iran: CNN & Mistranslation!
Shiva the spy, a US based blogger, says a CNN journalist mistranslated President Ahmadinejad's words in his recent public address; rather than quoting the leader as saying, “Every country has...
Nigeria: University life
Jangbalajugbu-Homeland Stories is reading reading “Daniel Pink’s “A whole new Mind: Moving from the Information age to the Conceptual Age” which he hopes will encourage him to use the right...
South Africa: Citizens Media
South Africa writes on the rise of the citizens media in South Africa. Although he praises the inclusiveness of this new media he is also concerned over the credibility of...
Kenya: Myth of economic boom
You missed this points to an open letter by an investor who writes that Kenya's economic boom is a myth.
East Africa: photo gallery
Kikuyumoja’s realm has some cool photos of East Africa 50 years ago…
Africa: buy a goat
“a chance to ‘buy a sheep, a goat or some chickens from FARM AFRICA.”? Bullets & Honey comments on this latest scheme on saving poor Africans…..”Imagine how good you will...
Ethiopia: Western media reports
Redeem Ethiopia comments on the content of Western media reports on Ethiopia - reports on cheetahs and reality TV rather than the political situation…. “We scroll through the news on...
France: Egalitarian myths
Chippla's Weblog comments on the myth of egalitarian France and points to an article in the Washington Post on the subject. …”Next time one hears the Western European media complaining...
Ethiopia: Release of prisoners
Nazret.com Ethio Blog reports on the release of 11,200 people arrested during the post-election political unrest in November. This follows a series of previous releases and the closure of Dedesa...
Africa: Living in the Diaspora
African Unchained points to an article by Stella Orakwue who asks the question “What are Africans doing in Europe” and challenges those of us living in the Diaspora to think...
Africa: China
AfricaBeat has a commentary and roundup of articles on China's presence in Africa. ….”The question on everyone’s mind is what effect – for good or for evil – China’s expanding...
Zimbabwe: MDC split
The Zimbabwean Pundit comments on the split in the Movement for Democratic Change (Zimbabwe's main opposition party) …”The struggle in the MDC is not about elections, it is a battle...
Liberia: Sirleaf-Johnson
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the focus of a number of African blogs – Jewels in the Jungle, Angel Fire, Nigerian Times, Sudan Watch all comment on the inauguration of the...
Barbados: African drums
Titilayo takes issue with the common perception that it isn't hard to learn to play African drums. “It is generally accepted that learning to play the violin or the trumpet...
Trinidad & Tobago: Prime minister wannabes & music
Elspeth Duncan conducts the first interview in her “If I were prime minister” project, and concludes that she needs to make some adjustments to her questions and approach. Attillah Springer...
