Stories from 9 August 2010
Nigeria: The humorous side of life in Lagos
Mypenmypaper continues his series of humorous observations about life in Lagos, Nigeria's largest city.
Armenia: Being Queer in Yerevan
Bekhsoos, a queer Arab magazine, features a guest post by Canadian-Armenian Adrineh Macaan on life as a lesbian in Yerevan, the Armenian capital.
Georgia: United Nations protest
To mark the second anniversary of the August 2008 war between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway territory of South Ossetia, The Young Georgians posts photographs of a demonstration held by a few dozen Georgians outside the United Nations in New York.
Mexico: Possible López Obrador and Cárdenas Family Reconciliation
The Mexican politics blog Aguachile writes about a possible reconciliation between Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the Cárdenas family.
Iran: Unifying Filtering
Iranian authorities announced [fa] that filtering policy will be unified in country. According to Islamic Republic's authorities an Iranian company, whose name was not announced, has won the contract to be in charge of filtering in country.
India: Oil Spill In Mumbai
Srinivasan Sampathkumar from Triplicane, Chennai informs in details how an oil tanker collided with a container ship containing hazardous chemicals in Mumbai shore starting an oil spill.
Bangladesh: A Different Kind Of Party
Shahnaz at Dhaka Dweller posts pictures of a glamorous birthday party of her dog Candy.
Pakistan: Convenient Blogging And Bloggers
Salman Latif criticizes the Pakistani blogosphere for concentrating on populist issues rather than the important issues that plague the country.
India: Privacy And The UID Project
Is there a pressing need for clearer privacy norms in India considering the Unique Identification Data (UID) project of the governemnt? Shamnad Basheer at Law and Other Things discusses the situation.
Sierra Leone: Aging Alone
“Most elderly people in Africa live in their communities, but in Sierra Leone so many young people died and so many communities were destroyed that what started as a poor house in eastern Freetown has evolved to become the King George Home for the Aged,” Glenna Gordon observes.
South Africa: Unforgotten Faces
Sokari writes about Artscape Women’s Festival 2010 where Zanele Muholi and Ellen Eisenman have produced photographs that celebrate women’s lives.
Angola: Karpov, Kasparov to visit Angola
Edwin Korir reports that the great Russian Chess masters, Antoli Karpov and Gary Kasparov are set to arrive in Angola in September to take part in a forum dubbed “The Development of Chess in Africa”.
Kenya: Blogging in financial industry
Marvin Tumbo discusses financial industry bloggers in Kenya: “There are financial bloggers out there with the most prominent financial bloggers in Kenya among them being Bankelele, Kainvestor, The Way I see it and SokoAnalyst . But I still hope to see more bloggers on the financial sector front…”
Rwanda: Rwanda Votes
Graham Holiday blogs about presidential election in Rwanda: “Kigali residents were out in numbers this morning to vote in the 2010 Presidential election. Voting was scheduled to begin at 6am. I spotted a line of 60 – 75 voters at around 5:15amin in Kimihuru district.”
Rwanda: Election day in pictures
Presidential election took place today in Rwanda. Here are election day pictures from Paul Kagame Fan Club.
Cuba: Interview with Fidel
Havana Times blogs about tonight's upcoming interview with ex Cuban President Fidel Castro, in which he will reportedly discuss “the threats of a US-Israeli war against Iran, the tense situation between Colombia and Venezuela, the Case of the Cuban Five and global environmental challenges.”
Haiti: Does Class have an Impact?
“The Jan. 12 earthquake reveals that the principal fault-line in Haiti is not geological but one of class”: Haitianalysis.com says “a small handful of rich families own large tracts of land in suburban Port-au-Prince which would be ideal for resettling the displaced thousands.”
Guyana: Manatees
“Georgetown has TWO herds of manatees. Imagine!”: Lifespan of a Chennette pays them a visit.
Haiti: Thoughts on Wyclef
While Currents Between Shores respects Wyclef Jean's bid for the Haitian presidency, she also thinks “his passion is naive, his vision is vague and short-sighted and that just because he can run for president of Haiti, doesn't mean that he should.” Mediahacker, meanwhile, says: “Jean likened himself to Barack Obama,...
Barbados: On Governance
“Barbadians have been amazed that a stalwart of the Democratic Labour Party…has come out in public to lambaste Minister Michael Lashley for operating in breach of the law when it comes to the awarding of Government contracts”: Allegiance thinks that the country's good governance is being called into question.
Morocco: “My Summer With a Book”
In a world steeped in digital technology, and where tablets and e-book readers are getting cheaper and more accessible to a larger public every day, will there be a place left for good old printed books? For some Moroccan bloggers the answer is yes and technology is there to prove them right.
