2 March 2007

Stories from 2 March 2007

Guinea: Another Lansana Enters the Scene

Says Senegalese blogger Alex Seck, (Fr): “The situation in [Guinea] has started normalizing since the nomination of Lansana Kouyaté as Prime Minister on Feb. 26. Kouyaté who was one of...

3 March 2007

Senegal: Some Wade Pluses

Blog Politique du Sénégal has had (Fr) a hard time understanding Wade's victory in last week's presidential election but concedes: “Wade is not completely undeserving. The infrastucture he has built,...

3 March 2007

Afghanistan: Karzai's Amnesty Choice

Safrang says that Hamid Karzai is facing the biggest choice of his term as Afghanistan's president in deciding whether or not to sign into law amnesty bill that recently passed...

3 March 2007

Kazakhstan: Benefits of Being Illegal

Leila reports on the increasing number of Central Asian immigrants in the Czech Republic, focusing on the story of one family from Kazakhstan who have found it better to live...

3 March 2007

Peru: Journalist Doesn't Recognize Blog Source

Another case of a Latin American journalist getting a bit too much inspiration from the blogosphere without attribution. Unlike Global Voices contributing author Juan Arellano, the Peruvian daily La República...

3 March 2007

Armenia: Imitation Anti-Corruption

Blogrel discusses Transparency Armenia's decision to quit the government's Anti-Corruption Strategy Monitoring Commission, saying that they no longer wish to help the government pretend it is fighting corruption.

3 March 2007

Caucasus: Big Mac Index

Social Science in the Caucasus posts a partial “Big Mac Index” for the Caucasus with an explanation of what the numbers mean.

3 March 2007

Bilingual Education in Guatemala

[Editor's note: The following post was originally written by blogger and journalist Juan Manuel Castillo and posted at La Nana. It was translated to English by Guatemalan contributor Renata Ávila.]...

2 March 2007

Iraq: The New Oil Law

Iraqi blogger Raed Jarrar posts the “translation of the latest resolution of the Council of Ministers approving the oil law and submitting it to the Council of Representatives.” “You can...

2 March 2007

Iraq: Saddam Movie Plans

Saddam's fans will have no trouble keeping both these ideas in their heads at the same time: That Saddam is tragically dead, and that Saddam is triumphantly still alive, writes...

2 March 2007

Iraq: Liquor Stores Opened

Award-winning Iraqi blogger Omar (Iraq The Model) writes about the reopening of stores in Iraq - including liquor stores – a sign which “means that those shopkeepers are leaving their...

2 March 2007

Iraq: Flying Kites

Iraqi blogger Alaa goes down memory lane to a time when he could peacefully fly kites with his brothers in the spring and autumn.

2 March 2007

Libya: 30 Years of Gaddafi

Libya marks its 30th birthday as a Jamaheriya under the reign of Colonel Muammar Al Gaddafi today and this is what Issandr El Amrani has to say about the anniversary...

2 March 2007