Stories from 15 March 2006
Latvia: March 16 Marches Banned in Riga
All About Latvia reports on the problems associated with the Legionaires’ Day celebration on March 15 and 16. Riga city council has refused to allow ultranationalists to march on these days; the Freedom Monument, a common destination, is closed down for repairs; the marches are likely to take place despite...
Ethiopia: oil exploration
Redeem Ethiopia comments on the commencement of oil exploration in Ethiopia. He is particularly concerned over the “Many warning alarms have already been given against the dangerous marriage of convenience that is developing between the present illegitimate Ethiopian government and Asian oil interests”
Excerpts from Some Nigerian Weblogs this Week
“Adherence is everything” in HIV treatment, according to Kid’s Doc in Jos, a blog authored by an expat pediatrician, Dr Mike Blyth. He states: “The key to a long-term suppression of the virus is to keep it from multiplying, because multiplying means mutating, and mutating means developing resistance to the...
Nigeria: Georgia on my mind
Nigeria tech blog, Oro reports from Atlanta, Georgia where he takes the opportunity to visit the Martin Luther King Center and takes a walk around the historic Black city.
South Africa: Jacob Zuma
Mzansi Afrika comments on the Jacob Zuma trial from a slightly different angle. Zuma knowning had unsafe sex with someone he knew was HIV+...”Whether he raped her not, he still knowingly went into a situation whereby he willingly engaged in sexual intercourse with a women that he knew to be...
Nigeria: blogging in Yoruba
Adefunke on Adefunke blogs on the prospect of blogging in her mother tongue, Yoruba as she reads the first Yoruba blog, Omo Obokun, and of course there is Yoruba google also.
Ethiopia: Drought update
Meskel Square posts another report on drought striken Oromia and Somali regions – a small amount of rain has fallen.
Uganda: American held on terrorism charges
Uganda-CAN reports that an American is presently being held under arrest in Uganda for illegal possession of arms and terrorism... It is claimed that the American hoped to collect the $1.7 bounty that is on the leader of the LRA (Lord's Resistance Army.
Zimbabwe: No plot to kill Mugabe?
Zimbabwean Pundit reports on the release of yet another of those arrested for supposedly plotting to kill Mugabe....”The MDC's Brian James, a treasurer for the party's Manicaland structure was released yesterday, but gagged from spewing details about how porous the investigation still is. “
Tanzania: Agathon Rwasa
Agathon Rwasa comments on Tanzania's “pr offensive on behalf of indicted war criminal, Agathon Rwasa.
Africa: Corporate reports
Jewels in the Jungle comments on couple of reports from the corporate world and Africa – a general one on corruption and one from Equatorial Guinea’ - plenty of links for futher information.
Kenya: podcast from diaspora
Kenyan blogger Mental Acrobatics produces his first podcasts – expect many more from him and surely other African bloggers will follow through – good stuff.
Saudi Bloggers React to the Arrest of a Writer
According to several Saudi blogs and forums, the Saudi authorities have arrested the Islamic intellectual Dr. Mohsen Al-Awaji after he published an article on the web, in which he criticized Ghazi Al-Gosaibi, the minister of labor. In his article, Al-Awaji accused Al-Gosaibi of leading a group that tries to change...
Armenia: “Rabiz”
Christian Garbis writes about the music, social stereotype, and culture of “rabiz” in Armenia.
Mongolia: Mining
Shards of Mongolia says that mining is big business in Mongolia, and it looks to get bigger if the country does in fact sit on the world's largest gold and copper reserves. The government is trying to make sure that the country's mineral wealth benefits Mongolians.
Armenia: The Cost of Dying
Zarchka writes about the cost of dying in Armenia.
