3 June 2008

Stories from 3 June 2008

Estonia: Communication

Itching for Eestimaa writes about Estonia's foreign ministry's “communication problem [that] is, sadly, exemplary of a larger inability of the Estonian government, or indeed, other actors within Estonia, to communicate...

3 June 2008

A chat with portuguese speaker bloggers

Agry [pt] starts a series of interviews with the female Portuguese speaker bloggers on his blogroll, people who  show a commitment to promote their people's history, culture and hopes. The...

3 June 2008

Armenia: Energy Globe Award

Cicer et cetera, the blog of the Deputy Director of the Boston-based Armenian Tree Project, reports on the organization's award for one of its projects in Armenia at the Energy...

3 June 2008

Armenia: Election Blogging

The Armenian Observer reports on a seminar staged by the Yerevan Press Club concerning the role of the local media during the recent presidential election in Armenia. The blogger says...

3 June 2008

Zimbabwe: x1000 and x1,000,000

What is x1000 and x1,000,000?: “x1000 and x1,000,000 : everyone in Zim will know what this means. It appears on signs everywhere on cash registers, scales and invoices. What this...

3 June 2008

Cape Verde: Meet Pedro Gomes

Dan writes about Perdo Gomes, a Cape Verdian basketballer: “Pedro Gomes is a very important part of the national team, a key man behind the scenes, involved with virtually everything...

3 June 2008

Somalia: Saving Somalia

Rob's analysis of international aid and the socio-political situation in Somalia: “It seems in the rush to apply standard developmental thinking no-one has remembered that this is Somalia. Policies are...

3 June 2008

Burkina Faso: Winyé Mask Festival

BurkinaMon writes about the Winyé Mask Festival in Burkina Faso: The Seventh Annual Winyé Mask Festival was held on Friday and Saturday in Boromo- a small town just about two...

3 June 2008

Guinea: Old man and the sea

Africa Flak discusses politics in Guinea comparing it to Zimbabwe: “There’s a part of me that has to hand it to Lansana Conte and his henchmen in Guinea Conakry. Like...

3 June 2008

China: Open Market to Charity Work

Guo Yu Kuan from my1510 pointed out that China government should open market to charity work. The writer said the distrust towards China Red Cross in the recent disaster relief...

3 June 2008

China: Not Welcome for the Olympics

Jeremy Goldkorn from DANWEI listed out six types of foreigners not welcome for the Olympics according to the legal guidelines of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee.

3 June 2008