Stories from 3 July 2007
Barbados: Glaring Absence from CARICOM Summit
“Once a year, that slapped-together dysfunctional family known as ‘The CARICOMs’ puts on a show of pretended unity and love by holding a family fish fry and beach picnic.” Barbados Free Press thinks that the absence of four CARICOM leaders at the opening of the 28th Summit of the Caribbean...
Tonga: News Site Closing
Samiuela LV Taufa is lamenting over the government decision of closing down the Tonganow news site in Tonga. “I wonder who had the bright idea of closing these guys down for not being politically correct ?”
Mali: Timbuktu – one of the new seven wonders of the world?
Timbuktu might become one of the new seven wonders of the world: “Reasons given for the need to create new Seven Wonders was that, the current ones are all gone with the exception of the pyramids of Giza. Thus, only few people could remember them. Interestingly, Timbuktu in Mali is...
Africa: community sites by Africans for Africans
White African lists community sites created by Africans for Africans: “It’s good to see individuals trying new things for specific niches, and even though some are built using prepackaged solutions. As John from Bwanji mentioned in a comment recently, using prepackaged solutions is the easiest way to get something out...
Liberia: this is swamp fishing
You might not know what swamp fishing is. Look at beautiful photos of swamp fishing in Liberia posted by Liberian Ledger.
Swaziland: Swazi HIV Awareness Poster Series
Read the latest Swazi HIV Awareness Poster Series from Pediatrician in Swaziland: “The Church can make a difference in the fight against HIV and Aids: Accept and support HIV people in the church.”
Zambia: an endless pursuit to extract money from mining companies
New Zambia opposes the suggestion that environmental tax should be imposed on mining companies in Zambia: “It appears that there's an endless pursuit to extract revenue from the mining companies. The latest suggestion is that an environmental tax should be imposed.”
Africa: wiring Africa with mobile phones
Ethan Zuckerman looks at mobile phone infrastructure and development in Africa: “Almost every discussion of business opportunity in Africa focused on the amazing growth of the mobile phone industry. That growth has been astounding, but it’s hard to know whether that growth will be replicable in other sectors. There’s a...
Nigeria: Nollywood: making honey from a hard stone
Pamela's World discusses the Nigerian film industry, Nollywood: “Nollywood is currently one of the largest multi billion film producing industries in the world after Hollywood and Bollywood. Nigerians have again proven that the ability to bring honey from a hard stone WITHOUT external support is something within the survivalist Nigerian...
Africa: Africa without border?
RegionsWatch looks at attempts to eliminate borders in Africa: “Even when there appears to be grandiloquent discussions on the creation of an African Union government by 2025, the West African regional grouping of Ecowas is talking about a borderless West Africa by 2020. Once again, this raises the question of...
Voices from Ghana: It's Not All About the Energy Crisis; Stanbic Takes Over Ghana's ADB?; New Currency Arrives
Ghana might be going through an energy crisis, but, somehow, that has not deterred both expatriate and Ghanaian bloggers from making surprisingly positive comments about the country in which they live in. We open this week’s reviews with two of such entries. The first is by a Ghanaian blogger Got...
China: Slave and The Principle of Blood Payment
Joel Martinsen from DANWEI has translated an interview (in Southern Metropolis Weekly) with Wu Si, the writer of a popular social history book The Principle of Blood Payment, commenting on the recent slave labour issue in Shanxi: I wasn't surprised. These things aren't unique to Shanxi. Other provinces may have...
Sierra Leone: Don't play with hungry man's rice during election season
Read all about Gaddafi's visit to Sierra Leone and the truth about the rice that may have cost the Sierra Leone government the electoral campaign: “The past week in Sierra Leone has been incredibly interesting and somewhat chaotic. As you probably now know, Libya’s Gaddafi rode into town via Conakry...
China and Hong Kong: What is freedom?
Cha ching came to Hong Kong to report on the 10th anniversary of reunification, her first question to address is what is freedom? dancing and horse racing as usual? citizen participation? government watch? debate? changing the bureaucratic attitude? playing majong? (zh)
China: Return to avoid GFW
1510.com has been blocked by GFW for a month. After changing its domain to .cn, it has been restored as local domain can apply for a “review” to lift the GFW (zh).
Hong Kong and China: Moving to Hong Kong
Positive Solution is moving from Beijing to Hong Kong. He has been critical of the news room operation in China Daily, such as the recent questioning of why no mention of the democracy march?
China: Pity the Child Pickpockets
Michael from the opposite end of China blogs about the modern version of Oliver Twist in China: Uyghur children were enslaved to do pickpocket.
China: Desertification
Jiao told the story of her home province in Gansu which would be buried soon by yellow sand because of intensified desertification (zh).
China: 3D animated traditional Chinese Painting
Jason puts up a 3D animated traditional Chinese Painting at virtual China: The video was produced by the Shenzhen branch of the Institute of Digital Media Technology (IDMT), which is associated with the Global Digital Creations (GDC). The GDC/IDMT group is located in Shenezhen, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Morocco: The week in photos
From the capital of Rabat to enchanting Marrakesh to the countryside, Jillian York takes us on a photo tour of Morocco through its bloggers.
Ecuador: Students Living Away from Home
Estudiantes Fuera Del Ecuador [ES] is a new blog written primarily by Ximena Cabezas that examines issues and addresses questions facing students living away from their home country.
