Stories from 16 December 2006
Nigeria: Same Sex Marriage Bill
Black Looks writes about the Same Sex Marriage Bill in Nigeria, which would make it illegal to press for LGBT rights and recognition in the country.
Botswana: Girls Leading Our World
Heather writes on Bots Blog about her experience at the 2nd annual Camp Glow (Girls Leading Our World) in Botswana.
A First Round-Up of the Sudanese Blogosphere
Today in the Sudanese blogosphere, we notice a variety of opinions on different topics. Black Kush from South Sudan has 2 posts entitled “How Egypt is woeing South Sudan” where you’ll find an interesting exchange between him and an Egyptian. It was no surprise when the news came out that...
Nigeria: new intellectual online forum
Kazey Journal is excited about Think Nigeria, a new Nigerian intellectual online forum, “Let me spill the beans, there is a new Nigerian intellectual forum that is just what you might have being searching for.”
Nigeria: lessons from Nigerian film industry
Back To The Beginning shares an email she received about 24 lessons from the Nigerian film industry.
Russia: “The Dissenters’ March”
Marsh Nesoglasnykh (“The Dissenters’ March” or “The March of Those Who Disagree”) – screenshot from the rally's website, www.namarsh.ru According to news reports, over 2,000 people showed up at a “rare” anti-government rally in Moscow today. LJ user rifleman_sa has posted a photo report (RUS) from the Marsh Nesoglasnykh (“The...
Ghana: blogging from Ghana
An American in Africa puts her blog and life in Ghana into perspective, “I can't fix Africa's problems. I can't fix Ghana's problems. I can help my little corner of the world and my Ghanaian friends, but that is between them and me.”
Kenya: Kenyan parliament online
At last, the Kenyan parliament has a website.
Kenya: mandatory HIV tests
Coco supports the move by many churches in Kenya to require couples to take HIV tests before they get married.
Zimbabwe: nothing changes
Cry Beloved Zimbabwe analyses the latest political and soci-economic situation in arguing that nothing has changed Zimbabwe.
Malawi: declining Internet cafe rates
Mangaliso's World writes about Internet cafe rates in Malawi.
GV Summit Delhi '06 Session One: GV's Past, Present, & Future
In the first session of the Global Voices '06 summit, co-founders Rebecca MacKinnon and Ethan Zuckerman looked back at where Global Voices has been and forward to where it is going. Where We've Been Global Voices Online was born out of a meeting of a small group of bloggers from...
Global Voices Delhi Summit Slideshow
Day 1 of the Global Voices Delhi Summit is well underway and the photos are starting to emerge on Flickr. Here is a slideshow. People are contributing their photos of the meeting (and a few from their travels before the meeting) by uploading their pictures to Flickr and tagging them...
Hong Kong: erasing history, demolition of Star ferry and Queen's pier
The protest against the demolition of Star Ferry has been going on for four days. After the violent crack down by the police, protesters are now launching hunger strike. In December 14, at the eve of the Ferry's 49 years old birthday, the demonstrators organized a peaceful candle night. When...
