Global Voices · 17 April 2010

17 April 2010

Monthly archive

Stories from 17 April 2010

Guinea: Thierno Siré Diallo on Hunger Strike

Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa17 April 2010

Cameroon: E-Government for Southern Nations

Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa17 April 2010

Rwanda: Rwanda suspends newspapers

Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa17 April 2010

South Africa: MTN South African Music Awards 2010

Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa17 April 2010

Sudan: Women's Votes

Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa17 April 2010

Sudan: Elections and its implications for Darfur

Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa17 April 2010

South Africa: Ticketing woes as 2010 World Cup approaches

Sub-Saharan Africa17 April 2010

The first day of FIFA World Cup Ticket sales in South Africa was characterized by chaos and one fan even died. More than 500,000 tickets are expected sold in local...

Global Voices makes list of ‘subversive’ blogs

Quick Reads · Oceania17 April 2010

Did internal wounds kill the Fiji Times

Quick Reads · Oceania17 April 2010

Lebanon: Hamra's graffiti and posters

Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa17 April 2010

China: Premier Wen remembers Hu Yaobang

East Asia17 April 2010

In an open letter published Thursday in the People’s Daily, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao recalled an enlightening journey with purged and disgraced former Premier Hu Yaobang. The letter commemorates the...

Thailand, Myanmar: See Mon Market

Quick Reads · East Asia17 April 2010

Thailand: Bangkok taxi in museum

Quick Reads · East Asia17 April 2010

Laos: Song contest in honor of Ho Chi Minh

Quick Reads · East Asia17 April 2010

Vietnam: Texting while driving

Quick Reads · East Asia17 April 2010

Vietnam: Work permit for foreigners

Quick Reads · East Asia17 April 2010

Poland: Social Network Criticized for ‘Black Ribbon’ Gifting Option

Eastern & Central Europe17 April 2010

Sylwia Presley translates online reactions to a new gifting option that a popular Polish social network has introduced this week: black ribbons.