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Côte d'Ivoire: When Will the Universities Reopen?

France: Calls for Official Recognition of 1961 Paris Algerian Massacre

Russia: Ministry's Online Blunders

Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs has recently started to mobilise on the Internet and in the past weeks two important events have taken place in the Internet world which have drawn attention to Ministry's activities.

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Greece: Wildfires encroaching on Athens 24 August 2009
Bermuda: Guantanamo Protest 17 June 2009
Bermuda, U.S.A.: Guantanamo Controversy 12 June 2009
Mapping Iran’s Blogosphere on Election Eve 11 June 2009

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11 August 2011

Russia: Bloggers' Summer of Civic Actions

Written by Marina Litvinovich · Translated by Daniel Alan Kennedy · Eastern & Central Europe

Although August is traditionally considered a quiet month in Russia, the country's Internet has been alive with hundreds and thousands of people taking part in a number of social actions. Marina Litvinovich explores this new summer phenomenon.

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14 February 2011

Uganda: Press Freedom Diminishing as Elections Near

Written by Mark Jordahl · Sub-Saharan Africa

Observers and media activists see a steady decline in press freedom in Uganda, particularly with the 2011 elections approaching. It seems that the reductions in freedoms may also ripple out beyond the mainstream media outlets. According to AllVoices, Uganda's Assistant Inspector General of Police, Asan Kasingye, has announced that the police will be monitoring social media such as blogs, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter during the elections.

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6 December 2010

Africa: Condoms Finally Authorized Conditionally by The Pope

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Lynn Palermo · Sub-Saharan Africa, Caribbean

The news spread around the world in a matter of minutes. In a book released on November 23, Pope Benedict XVI declared that "in certain cases, when the intention is to reduce the risk of contamination, [the condom] can even be a first step toward opening the way to a more humane sexuality, lived differently." African bloggers respond to this announcement.

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8 June 2009

Gabon: On President Omar Bongo's death

Written by Elia Varela Serra · Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe

Sunday night, French media announced the death of President Omar Bongo of Gabon, who had spent 41 of his 73 years in power. Bloggers write about Gabon after Bongo and what Bongo's death means for Francafrique.

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5 June 2009

Peru: Clashes Break Out in the Amazon Region

Written by Juan Arellano · Latin America

The continuing tense situation in the Amazon Region of Peru has taken a turn for the worst with reports of clashes between indigenous protestors and the police. These protests have continued for quite some time, as residents are concerned that the government wants more control of their land for mining and oil exploration. Unofficial reports have deaths occurring on both sides, and bloggers have been following the developments closely with frequent updates on their sites.

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Middle East: Bloggers React to Obama's Address

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa, North America

From being described as the "self-appointed world leader" to questioning his choice of speech venue to choosing to turn a deaf ear to his speech, blogs across the Middle East are reacting to US President Barack Obama's policy speech on the Middle East just delivered in Cairo, Egypt.

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18 January 2012

Education

Power was cut off [ca] for 800 pupils in a secondary school in Alicante due to outstanding payments. The Valencian Community is currently mired in financial difficulties after years of extravagant spending. MPs Esther López Barceló [ca] from the United and Alternative Left and Mireia Mollà [ca] from the Coalicío Compromis, provided reactions to the news.

• Norbert Bousigue

5 December 2011

Cameroon

The Genevan blog of Rémi Mogenet, Le Savoyard de la Tribune, explains with supporting examples that [fr]: “Mythological African traditional stories have made a remarkable entrance into francophone literature”. He quotes the Mandika epic tale of Soundjata, written and published in French by Guinean D. T. Niane, as well as, for Cameroon, Au Pays des initiés by Gabriel Mfomo and La Marseillaise de mon enfance by Jean-Marton Tchaptchet, without forgetting L' Anthologie nègre by Blaise Cendrars.

• Suzanne Lehn

France

The blog Écrans, published on the online version of the daily French newspaper Libération, explains the issues [fr] of the merger of the RFI radio and the TV channel France 24 [fr] and its impact on the French public broadcasting system for international news. The RFI staff, worried about the radio station survival, extended the strike that begun on the 28th of November.

• Suzanne Lehn

17 November 2011

Literature

French writer and publisher Hubert Nyssen [fr], who founded the publishing house Actes Sud, died on Nov. 12. 2011. Among the many tributes to this lover of foreign litteratures and eulogist of translation as a form of art, one can find Sabrina's post that retraces [fr] his biography, an unabridged version of the post she wrote in 2005.

• Suzanne Lehn

4 November 2011

Algeria

Pepe Nieto from SODEPAU, a Catalan international aid organization, published a post entitled: “From the Arab Spring to the Islamic Autumn“ [cat]. Nieco forecasts that political Islam will be the great benefactor of the recent events unfolding in the Arab world, after the elections in Tunisia and the statements from the new Libyan leaders. He adds that media should not be surprised by the turn of event given that similar outcomes took place in Algeria, Palestine and Turkey, where repressions never succeeded in stifling Islamic movements.

• Norbert Bousigue

18 October 2011

Algeria

The blog Le Petit Blanquiste recounts [fr] the peaceful demonstration by Algerians in Paris, on 17 October 1961, which was suppressed in blood, and the media reactions of the time. After 50 years of near silence, there are emerging signs of an admission of fault.

• Suzanne Lehn

16 February 2009

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Getting to Know the Global Voices Latin America Team

Great post Eddie! It is wonderful how much you know the people in the region and it helps me to...
Eddie, working with you have been so great, and this post proves it...your extended knowledge when describing us shows how...
Beautiful post, Eddie. ¡Viva el equipo de América Latina!