5 February 2008

Stories from 5 February 2008

Armenia: Blog Top Ten

Now that a local radio station is interested in blogging, Global Voices Author Artur Papyan recently asked one of Armenia's most experienced bloggers, Kornelij, to compile a list of his...

5 February 2008

Armenia: Pop & Politics

BBC and Moscow Times journalist Matthew Collin reports on the use of local pop singers to campaign in support of the governmental favorite, prime minister Serge Sargsyan, ahead of the...

5 February 2008

Armenia: Decisive Rally

Unzipped comments on this coming Saturday's pre-election campaign rally by former president and candidate for the 19 February presidential vote, Levon Ter-Petrossian. The blogger says it is being billed as...

5 February 2008

Blog Outreach in Madagascar – From Forumists to Bloggers

We are delighted to introduce to you the first of the second round grantees of Rising Voices. Foko Blog Club is a blog outreach arm of FOKO, a project founded by four bloggers committed to the development of Madagascar by teaching blogging skills to the young people in Madagascar.

5 February 2008

India: How the US elects

Elections in the US can appear quite muddled-up to an outsider. confused of calcutta explains the various stages of the presidential elections.

5 February 2008

Nigeria: 2Face Idbla attacked

Last week, Nigerian superstar, 2Face, was attacked and robbed, Bella Naija reports: “Nigeria superstar, 2Face Idibia was attacked by armed robbers AGAIN! On Thursday last week, armed robbers attacked Tuface...

5 February 2008

South Africa: Campaign to end hate

Sokari blogs about the campaign to end hate in South Africa: “The 07-07-07-Campaign to end hate against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Intersexed (LGBTI) persons was launched at the Saartjie...

5 February 2008

South Africa: Twaction 2.0

Tyler writes about a site he launched last year in South Africa, Twaction: “In December I launched a site called Twaction. In short, it’s a site that turns tweets from...

5 February 2008

Kenya: Music for peace

Kenyan musicians make a music video for peace: “Musicians from around Kenya join to create a music video and song to help stem the violence in Kenya.”

5 February 2008