10 April 2006

Stories from 10 April 2006

DRC: Western Media, Foreign Meddlers and Elections

  10 April 2006

Heavy-Handed Transition Partners Several bloggers resent the involvement of foreign transition partners and other neighboring countries whom they find heavy-handed in the electoral process. Le Blog du Congolais posted a UDPS declaration to that effect: Le processus électoral, financé et piloté par la communauté internationale a cessé d’être une affaire...

China: Christianity vs. Communism

  10 April 2006

In China, the disappearance of blogs has become part of blogging life. Not an accepted part, however. More than just badges of blogger honor, the increasing number of Chinese blogs which have been blocked or deleted also serve as an indicator of just how many Chinese people find themselves at...

Podcast ban and regulation of blogs in Singapore

  10 April 2006

Back in August, 2005 when Dr. Chee Soon Juan, Secretary-General of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), first talked of his political platform in a podcast, the Atypical Singaporean commented in his blog: There is possibly zero chance for Opposition Parties to be heard on local radio and TV, and Podcasting...

The Week That Was in Bahrain

Bahrain made the headlines worldwide this week after 58 party-goers were killed when a traditional dhow sank, off the Kingdom last Thursday (March 31). Bloggers were quick to react to the incident, within hours of the tragedy, and continued to update their blogs with developments. Strav covered the incident in...

Iran: Poet & Gravestone

Kosoof (Persian), Iran based blogger & journalist, has reported that Ahmad Shamlou's, most famous Iranian contemporary poet, gravestone has been broken for third time. Kosoof has posted photos of broken gravestone.

This week in Israel: Passover and a Suicide Bombing

I was planning to write this week's post about how Israelis are observing the Passover holiday, which began last Wednesday night with the festival seder meal, but unfortunately there was a suicide bombing this afternoon in Tel Aviv so I'll start with that, followed by some links to posts about...

Sudan: student activism

  10 April 2006

The Passion of the Present reports that students from the University of California have voted to “divest from companies with ties to the Sudanese government”.

Garden Projects

  10 April 2006

Timbukutu Chronicle writes on the a group of projects called “Garden Africa”. The projects “promote practical solutions emphasising the importance of integrating traditional systems of land management and food production as a means of addressing vulnerability and stimulating localised economic development”

Lesotho: HIV campaign

  10 April 2006

Msansi Afrika comments on the “Know your Status” HIV/AIDS campaign launched by the government of Lesotho…”The ‘Know Your Status’ campaign will not succeed without your willing participation. Get tested, and encourage your friends to get tested, too.”

Ethiopia: Online military recruitment

  10 April 2006

Weblog Ethiopia writes on a worrying developing in the Eritrea/Ethiopian relationship. “A group of Ethiopian opponents supported by Eritrea and in favour of armed struggle has embarked on an advertising campaign using the Internet.”

Venezuela: Faddoul Brothers and Blanco Sisters

  10 April 2006

Ghost Blogger Jorge Arena compares the kidnapping and subsequent murder of the Faddoul brothers with that of the Blanco-Bandes sisters who were kidnapped a week after the Faddoul brothers and then released. Arena asks if the Faddoul brothers fell victim to back luck or police incompetence.