Stories from 26 August 2006
Nigeria: Pictures and Soyinka's interview
Nigeria in pictures and Wole Soyinka on the future of Nigeria inside Aderemi’s Notebook.
Tanzania, Mali: NYT on the African Wikipedia
Jikomboe (Swahili) on the New York Times article about African Languages Wikipedias: “How do you create an online encyclopedia when few native speakers have access to the Internet? What use...
Nigeria: Solar-powered fish project
A fishing village in Nigeria uses solar powered driers to dry their fish, reports Black Looks: “Bishop Kodji, a small fishing and canoe carving island in the Atlantic Ocean off...
Iran: Nuclear Crisis, Broken Satellite Dishes & Jailed Students
According to the media, Iran has delivered its formal response to the demand by world powers that it suspend uranium enrichment in exchange for a package of incentives. World media...
Iran: Firing journalists
Yasavoli, blogger & journalist talks about how in the State run Iran newspaper, journalists who are not supporters of Ahmadinejad, loosing their jobs. The blogger considers this firing of journalists...
China: Leading Bishop released
Bishop An Shuxin of China's underground Catholic Church has been released after ten years in prison, blogs China Digital Times‘ Liu Yong.
China: Patron saint of activist-bloggers?
How to describe twenty two-year old MSN Spaces blogger Zeng Jinyan? A threat to national security? An AIDS activist who brings support, joy and hope to countless AIDS orphans? A...
