Latest posts by Luisetta Mudie from August, 2005
Slovakia: No more mazurkas, please!
Lemuel Kolkava at Deleted By Tomorrow shares his taste in Chopin.
Armenia: Dean supports genocide recognition
Voch Me Ban reacts to Democratic Party National Committee Chairman Howard Dean's support for U.S. recognition of the Armenian genocide at the hands of the Ottoman empire 90 years ago.
Azerbaijan: New Flickr stream
Chris Beunis has uploaded a new stream of Azerbaijan photos to Flickr.
Russia: Kim Jong-il's visit
The Russian Dilettante's four-year-old daughter is spooked by the forthcoming visit of the North Korea's Dear Leader to Russia.
Czech Republic: Going home
Petr Bokuvka at The Daily Czech is leaving Bratislava for his native Czech Republic.
Kenya: Quotations from women
“As a woman, I have no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.” For the author of these lines, and for other quotations from influential female writers,...
Kenya: Best (and worst) stockbrokers
Bankelele reviews stockbrokers in Nairobi, in a post entitled “Where to buy shares”.
Ethiopa: Rough guide to Revolutionary Democracy
Ethiopundit takes us on a whistle-stop tour of “Revolutionary Democracy”, the guiding ideology of Ethiopa's ruling party.
D.R. of Congo: Textile crazy
007 in Africa collects brightly printed local textiles, while Congo Girl seems to specialise in cloth with a Catholic theme.
Africa: Repayments, or reparation?
Black Looks gives prominence to the view that the combined debt of African countries is a drop in the ocean compared with the profits made by rich countries from slavery,...
Africa: Wireless technologies
Timbuktu Chronicles details the impact on African lifestyles and economic activities of wireless technologies.
Sudan: A different sort of rescue
Aid worker Sleepless in Sudan, better known for her concern for the displaced humans of Darfur, tells the story of three young feline refugees and cultural differences in attitudes to...
Armenia: View of Yerevan
Marmot Power‘s travelogue-style view of the Armenian capital, Yerevan, has sparked a lively debate in the comments section of this post.
Azerbaijan: Women election candidates
Of the 362 candidates registered so far for November's general election in Azerbaijan, 150 are women, notes Marianna's election monitor blog.
Nigeria: President tackles issue of torture
Human Rights Watch calls for concrete action from Nigeria following an unprecendented statement by President Olusegun Obasanjo, who admitted that Nigerian police officers have committed killings and torture.
Software Freedom Day
Emeka Okafor at Timbuktu Chronicles reports on open source initiatives across Africa on Software Freedom Day.
Lesotho: Musings on sexuality
Rethabile Masilo at Sotho searches for an alternative to nurture vs. nature explanations for homosexuality in humans.
Kosovo: Geopolitical flashpoint?
Laurence Jarvik wonders if a U.S.-Russian conflict will come over the status of Kosovo, when the U.N. trusteeship expires in eight months.
Sudan: Is Darfur old news now?
Eugene at the Coalition for Darfur cites an opinion piece in the Freelance Star which wonders if international attention is shifting from the crisis in the troubled Sudanese region to...
Georgia: Trip to Tusheti
Kaukasus contributor Grijsz photoblogs his trip to the remote Georgian mountain region of Tusheti.
Sudan: Darfur refugees appeal to UN
Displaced people in the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur have written to the United Nations, calling on officials to prevent further delays in peace talks between government and rebel forces,...