4 September 2011

Stories from 4 September 2011

West Papua Media Alerts Website

West Papua Media Alerts reports the latest independently verifiable news from West Papua in Indonesia. Its work has sometimes “assisted directly in the prevention of mass acts of violence by...

4 September 2011

Pakistan: Ahmadi Man Murdered In Faisalabad

Guppu.com reports that a man belonging to the Ahmadiyya community has been shot dead. He became yet another victim of the religious hatred being propagated against the minority community in...

4 September 2011

Bhutan: Begging Vs. Pride

“Beggars are never bankrupt”, and “begging profession is one of the oldest professions like prostitution,” opines Sogyel Tobgyel. The blogger suggests that the Bhutanese people should hold their pride high...

4 September 2011

Zambia: Netizens Worried About Poll Violence Rhetoric

Zambia goes to the polls on September 20 to elect a new president, members of parliament and local government representatives. The opportunity to discuss this important national event is not lost on netizens as they use the Internet to talk about the threat of violence, bribery and even just plain support of their political parties and candidates.

4 September 2011

Angola: Videos from Repressed Youth Protest in Luanda

On Saturday, September 3, 2011 a group of around 200 young people assembled in Luanda, Angola to protest lack of freedom and the 32-year reign of President José Eduardo dos Santos. According to witnesses, the protest ended with police beating a number of protesters.

4 September 2011

African Women Striving to be Heads of State

Since Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf became President of Liberia in 2006, several other African women have decided to run for the continent's top level political jobs. The increase of female candidates is undoubtedly a step in the right direction; Lova Rakotomalala introduces some of the rising stars.

4 September 2011