Stories from 8 February 2006
Indonesia: Friendster and Islamic Affiliation
Indonesia Matters searches Friendster to find out with which local Islamic movement most Indonesian youth online affiliate themselves. His conclusion: the most popular Islamic party among the hip, connected, urban young who populate Friendster happens to be the one of the most Islamist.
Cambodia: Missing Persons
Lux Mean comments on the advertisements that often appear in Cambodian newspapers from relatives searching for family members who went missing during the Khmer Rouge regime: “When I see such notices I always read to see whether the names match my lost uncles.”
Philippines: How to Write About the Philippines
Inspired by the Granta essay “How to Write about Africa,” Torn and frayed in Manila posts on how to write about the Philippines. “For your cover, only a jeepney or a smiling Filipina with a flower behind her ear will do.”
Sri Lanka: The police
Sri Lanka: The police
Bangladesh: Respecting the prophet
Bangladesh: Respecting the prophet
Bangladesh: The cartoons controversy
Bangladesh: The cartoons controversy
Nepal: Election Time
Nepal: Election Time
Pakistan: Image of Islam
Pakistan: Image of Islam
Zimbabwe: Opposition rejects Mbeki claims
The Bearded Man has a series of reports from Zimbabwe including “Zimbabwe Opposition Leaders Reject Mbeki Claims ” denying knowledge of an agreed constitution with Zanu-PF and the Zambian government states it does not want any Zimbabwean oppostion parties in the country.
UK: racism in schools
Pilgrmage to Self writes on racist bullying in her daughters school in England and wonders whether she should return to Nigeria or not.
Ethiopia: Iris aid
EthioBlog points to an article in the Irish Examiner which states that “Irish development aid may be propping up a corrupt government regime in Ethiopia“..
Nigeria: Census
TIGblogs provides a detailed explanation of everything you need to know about Nigeria's forthcoming census.
Kenya: Women's problems
Magaidi writes that women's problems should be seen as society's problems otherwise they will remain in the “back burner of society's hot stove“.
South Africa: Land issue
Fodder comments on the land issue in South African and writes….”But the reality is that huge skew towards white ownership of land has to be redressed and so far little or nothing has happened. The problem in Zimbabwe was in part that twenty years after democracy whites still controlled the...
Nigeria: Danish cartoons
Nigerian Times adds his thoughts to the Prophet Mohammed cartoons and reactions by Muslims to the publication.
Ethiopia: Book Club
Aqumada reports on an Ethiopian book club that was set up to encourage more Ethiopians to read…”The club sent its far reaching tentacles nationwide to be able to offer memberships to a great number of people. The way it works is simple. I get one new book a month and...
Burundi: murder of Jesuit
Agathon Rwasa writes that Pope Bendedict urges the FNL to stop killing people following the murder of a Jesuit Priest killed in Burundi on the 4th February.
Iran: Danish Cartoons again!
Mr.Behi, Iran based blogger, says even if we suppose that the newspaper wanted to show the “ugly face of intolerant hard-line Muslims of our time” It was easier to symbolise them in better ways without mixing them with the roots of the religion and without offending the entire race of...
Kenya: government waste
Kenyan Pundit comments on government waste in Kenya and calls for a Freedom of Information Act in the country and for more Kenyans to question their government.
Guyana: Eulogy for slain journalist
On his personal blog, Indo-Guyanese political party leader Ravi Dev reproduces the eulogy he delivered at the funeral of controversial Afro-Guyanese journalist Ronald Waddell, who was murdered in January.
Haiti: National Anthem heals tension
Baturrico relates (ES) an anecdote from the February 7 general elections in Haiti, where the tension over the long wait in one voting center is defused by the singing of La Dessalinienne, the Haitian national anthem.
