Stories from 26 June 2006
Nigeria: Caste system
Chippla's Weblog writes on the “caste system” in Nigeria which operates amongst various ethnic peoples in Nigeria such as the Fulani and Igbo.
Kenya: Big brother watching bloggers
Thinkers Room reports from Kenya that “bloggers are now on the government radar”
Ethiopia: Make tryanny history
Weichegud!ET Politics publishes an open letter to World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz on the eve of his visit to Ethiopia. The message “To make poverty history you need to make tyranny history“
Africa: Using Mobile phone technology
The African Uptimist reports on a the use of mobile phones with cameras that is being used to “capture microfinance data in developing countries. ..…”In Africa, the shortage or inadequacy of such data is a major reason why financial institutions are unable or reluctant to extend loans, savings, insurance and...
Cape Verde: NATO war games
The Concoction reports on NATO war games in Cape Verde....”The irony of it all is that the 7,000 NATO allied troops were playing war by “pounding pretend terrorist bases, grappling with rioters and separating factions in a mock war over oil…” Because Africa doesn’t have any of these problems, the...
Chinese Netizen Became Ohmynews Journalist
Xu Zhiqiang became the 2nd citizen journalist for Ohmynews from China. He writes an introduction of how he gets involved, but he does not think that Ohmynews will be that successful as it is in Korea. As far as the media situation in China is concerned, news content and publishing...
