10 April 2007

Stories from 10 April 2007

Martinique: Breakup Blues

Le Blog de [Moi] had a fit of anguish [Fr] at the news that a 20 year same-sex relationship recently ended. Says the blogger: “I have a hard time with...

11 April 2007

Gabon, Guadeloupe: Circumcision and HIV

Guadeloupe Attitude posts [Fr] an article by Maité Mapangou, Executive Secretary of OPDAS-Gabon [Organization of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS in Gabon] concluding that “circumcised or not, any man who...

11 April 2007

Vietnam: Hanoi Life

Juan Pablo Fernandez post pictures and describes the daily life in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.

11 April 2007

Taiwan: Bloggers Festival

Taiwan Bloggers BoF, the biggest blogger festival in Taiwan is about to take place on April 14, 2007. BoF was first held in 2005, and named for “Birds of a...

11 April 2007

Madagascar: English as an Official Language, Tribute to Victims of Colonial Conflicts and Cyclones (Again)

It's been a busy couple of weeks for Madagascar: A referendum for an amendment on the constitution which includes the addition of English as an official language. Madagascar was also honoring the memory of the victims of the colonial insurrection of 1947 which resulted in 80,000 casualties. Finally, a 6th cyclone in 6th month hit the Malagasy coast, leaving even more devastated areas before reconstruction from the earlier one could be completed.

11 April 2007

Armenia: Campaign Underway

Though some parties have been doing some unofficial campaigning already, Armenia's parliamentary election campaign is now officially underway. Notes From Hareinik analyzes some ambitious campaign promises from the Armenian Revolutionary...

11 April 2007

Amatomu: The South African blogosphere, sorted

Trust a Global Voices author to leak the news about "South Africa's Technorati" to the public. Rushed to market largely thanks to a bit of sleuthing by blogger and GV author Tyler Reed, Amatomu, a project of the South African news daily the Mail & Guardian, seeks to "provide an organized perspective of the South African blogosphere." But what do the bloggers think?

11 April 2007

Nicaragua: Justice Crosses Borders With Social Media

This, beyond the verity of facts, or the innocence of the involved parties, is a battle of Nicaragua's traditional media (La Prensa, El Nuevo Diario, and TV news programs), against the social media pressure of the blogosphere, a new medium of journalism and collective information based on social relations made over the internet.

11 April 2007

Jordan: Car-less in Amman

Into the Wind contemplates how she will manage the traffic of Amman without her car: “Since I’m going to be car-less for over a week, I’m going to seize the...

10 April 2007