Stories from 7 February 2006
Bangladesh: Doll with clothes
Bangladesh: Doll with clothes
Bangladesh: Jamaat free zone
Bangladesh: Jamaat free zone
Nepal: Misusing the law
Nepal: Misusing the law
Argentina: Arturo Jauretche
Bob Row highlights the flamboyant intellectual, Arturo Jauretche (ES) in a caricature with the usual bilingual description.
Pakistan: Traffic woes
Pakistan: Traffic woes
India: NRIs
India: NRIs
Benin: recyling metal
Timbuktu Chronicles points to a recyling metal project that is part of a microfinance project.
FON wifi technology for Africa
Ethan Zuckerman points to FON and wifi sharing possibilities in Africa.….”What’s cool about this, for folks in the developed world, is that FON has an excellent chance of growing organically, user by user, rather than through the conventional way Wireless ISPs have tried to grow. I find it easy to...
Africa: 3rd term presidents
Chippla presents his thoughts on the 3rd term debate, Obasanjo and Mbeki. The latter has declared he will not be running, the former is silent…..”Mr. Obasanjo, though never coming out publicly to state that he intends staying in office beyond that allowed by the current Nigerian constitution, appears to have...
Nigeria: democracy and feudalism
Jangbalajugbu-Homeland Stories reports on “leadership mentoring” conference he attended last weekend. One of the topics discussed was Nigerian democracy…………”Nigeria’s democracy has been diluted with feudalism. Feudalism in the sense that, before the colonial masters, there were chiefs and kings and community elders whose authority nobody questioned. When eventually the colonial...
Kenya: tribute to two women
Mshairi, Kenyan poet pays tribute to two women………Coretta Scott King and Betty Friedan, author of the seminal book – The Feminine Mystique.
South Africa: on being white
Singing South African-ness comments on an article in the Mail & Guardian on being a white South African
Nigeria: Africa Cup
Musings of a Naijaman comments on Nigeria's progress in the Africa Cup and writes that impeachments, oil …”all fade into insignificance before the dazzle of our footballers.”
Kenya: Love chronicles
Gukira continues his wonderful series of posts – Love Chronicles.
Sudan: new violence in Darfur
SudanReeves reports that new violence is displacing tens of thousands of Dafuris……..”As New Violence Displaces Many Tens of Thousands of Darfuris, as humanitarian security deteriorates badly, threatening hundreds of thousands, the Bush administration decides these people are no longer victims of genocide.”
Kenya: Africa facts
Afromusings points to some facts about Africa…..”Africa is home to the over 9 million km² Sahara desert, whose overall capacity…”
Ethiopia: dog show
Meskel Square has a photo gallery including photos from Ethiopia's first dog show.
Zimbabwe: news roundup
Zimbabwean Pundit has a roundup of news items on Zimbabwe from assasination attempts to deportation.
Housing Initiative
OneAfrikan points to a new initiative for housing in Africa “InternAfrica is a Not-for-profit organisation which has been created to ensure Africans the right to dignity and adequate housing through the secure ecologically sustainable development and use of natural resources, while promoting justifiable economic and social development.”
Cameroon: Outing gay
Black Star Journal comments on the gay witch hunt instigated by the Cameroon press which has outed some 50 prominent people in the country.
To Show Or Not To Show In China
Various blogs discuss the banning of Memoir of A Geisha and Brokeback Mountain in China.
