Stories from 18 January 2006
Syria: Khaddam chances are?
For Khaddam, chances are he is simply too corrupt for other people in the opposition to approach. Should he drastically temper and revise his expectations, he might have a chance of appealing to some. One thing is clear though: he will not be allowed to become the leader of the...
South Africa: housing crisis
African HouseIT posts on a report on South African Housing crisis in the Western Cape.
Kenyan: Childhood beatings
Childhood beatings is the subject of KenyanMusings…commenting on her nephew who she describes as the “most spoilt child I know” and returns to his/her own childhood “I got beatings for screwing up. I got beatings, slippers, belts, sucker punches, water pipes, kicks and sticks, ngotos, hot burning ears and crying...
Nepal: Is it safe?
Nepal: Is it safe?
Bangladesh: Fair And Lovely
Bangladesh: Fair And Lovely
India: Baghdadi Jewish Community
India: Baghdadi Jewish Community
Pakistan: Humanitarian Efforts
Pakistan: Humanitarian Efforts
SouthAfrica: Retraction by Global Fund on HIV funding
South African blog, Idland posts on the retraction of a $40M grant that was coming to town to prevent mother-to child transmission of hiv by the Global Fund because of a discrepancy between the treatment cost per head and the drug cost per head. He comments “It seems so much...
Nigeria: Gbenga Obasanjo interview
The Nigerian media and blogs has been full of comments on the recent interview with Gbenga Obasanjo, son of the President, in The News “interview”. Here Gbenga of Oro blog points to one response “Well, you need to read the materpiece… quite revealing, and worthy of an additional category in...
India: Bollywood's Charms
India: Bollywood's Charms
Kenya: Returning home
The topic of returning home is currently popular in the African blogosphere. Here ThinkersRoom writes an imaginery two week visit by a Kenyan to her/his homeland then goes on to discuss how things would change for the better if Kenyans began returning home and contributing to the building of the...
Ethiopia: pro democracy movement
Friends of Ethiopia wonders if the coming visit by US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs to Ethiopia and Eritrea is bad news for the pro-democracy movement in Ethiopia…..”” Washington's leverage over Ethiopia is a promise to help Meles deal with a turbulent political situation at home and to...
DRC: Belgium
Black Star Journal comments on objections to the trial of former Chadian dictator, Hissène Habré, taking place in Belgium stating “But if one is going to get outraged at Belgian hypocrisy regarding crimes against humanity, isn't it more compelling to invoke one of the worst crimes against humanity of all...
Northern Uganda peace process
Uganda-Can writes that ignoring “Northern Uganda is not a coherent policy” and points to an op/ed in the Stanford Progressive that argues for more US involvement in working for peace in the region.
Ethiopia: Search for a port
The Voice of Somaliland Diaspora-Ottawa writes about Ethiopia's search for a port in Somaliland and Djibouti...””Ethiopian officials want an alternative port because they don't want to be fully dependent on Djibouti,” says an expert in the forwarding business. “If Ethiopia could use other ports like Berbera and Port Sudan it...
Haiti: Child soldiers photo hoax
Somebody seems to think the issue of child soliders is a joke. According to the Archivex Haiti Archives, photos of child soldiers, allegedly Haitian and “led supposedly by gang leaders who have announced that they will vote for René Préval,” have been circulating on the internet. The photos have been...
Iran:No War!Peace Please!
In Zemestan ( means Winter), blogger shares his feeling about peace and war. He says nothing is more preciouse than life (Persian) and a smile on a child's face. He remembers his experience of war ( Iran-Iraq war) where many young people were killed and their parents suffered. Zemestan adds...
Guyana: Flood coverage
MediaCritic commends Stabroek News reporter Christopher Yaw for his coverage of the flooding and the plight of the residents in the Mahaica/Mahaicony area.
Guyana: Visit to Iwokrama
VSO worker Michiyo reports on a visit to the Iwokrama Field Station in the Rupununi region of Guyana.
Trinidad & Tobago, India: Hutch prize for Naipaul?
The Caribbean Beat Blog speculates on whether V. S. Naipaul may have Indian citizenship. The Trinidad-born Nobel laureate, a long-time British subject, has been nominated for a Hutch Crossword Book Award — “the Indian ‘Booker Prize'” — whose eligibility rules state that authors “must be Indian citizens or must hold...
Jamaica: Arrests in Steve Harvey murder
Andrés Duque links to a Jamaica Gleaner report which states that arrests have been made in connection with the murder of AIDS outreach worker Lenford “Steve” Harvey. Harvey was abducted from his home by gunmen and shot last November.