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30 April 2011

Canada: Indigenous Teens Share their Values on Video Contest

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Arts & Culture, Indigenous

Indigenous teens in four different Canadian communities share their hopes, stories and dreams in a series of short videos in "My Space. My Story" where they speak about things that matter to them as indigenous youth.

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24 April 2011

Examining Africa's Growth

Written by Mejasoa Razafimihary · Development, Economics & Business

While the African Development Bank announced three days ago that it will downgrade its forecast for growth in Africa as a result of the turmoil in various regions of the continent, the rate of return on foreign investment is higher in Africa than in any other developing regions. Bloggers are unpacking the reasons behind the growth.

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8 March 2011

Hollaback! Mobile Technology Against Street Harassment

Written by Ernesto Priego · Citizen Media, Women & Gender

Based on the premise that "the explosion of mobile technology has given us an unprecedented opportunity to end street harassment," Hollaback! is encouraging women around the world to use the tools available to them to share their stories and geo-locate incidents and reports.

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30 December 2010

Tunisia: The Cry of Protestors Echoes Around the World

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Breaking News, Freedom of Speech

The cries of Tunisians, protesting against corruption and joblessness for the past two weeks, is gathering momentum on the World Wide Web. Netizens from around the world are rallying behind them and echoing their calls.

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6 December 2010

COP 16: Young Bloggers Track Negotiations

Written by Andrea Arzaba · Environment, Law

Adopt a Negotiator, part of the TckTckTck campaign focusing on climate change, is an initiative where several young people from different parts of the world become “trackers.” Their role is to be interpreters and communicators of what their national delegations say and do at the UNFCCC conferences on Climate Change.

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19 November 2010

USA Now Alone, as Canada Votes to Adopt Indigenous Declaration

Written by Simon Maghakyan · Arts & Culture, Indigenous

Canada has endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, leaving the US as the only country to vote against the document.

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7 September 2010

Canada: The ‘Disappearance' of Native Women

Written by Jillian C. York · Human Rights, Indigenous

News from Canada that nearly 600 native women have gone missing over the past three decades has spread far and wide and throughout the Canadian blogosphere. Human rights activists claim that the Canadian government has not done enough to investigate the disappearances. Most of the women are thought to have been murdered.

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1 September 2010

Indigenous People and Mines in Canada

Written by Johanne Veilleux · Development, Environment

The Indigenous community in North America share many similar challenges with many citizens of the developing world. Poverty is endemic even though their territories are often rich in natural resources. Bloggers weigh in on the latest resource controversy:

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27 July 2010

Francophonie: Like Fine Wine, Twitter Experience Gets Better With Age

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Humor, Migration & Immigration

An unexpected but deliciously nostalgic hash tag #jesuisvieux (I am old) has been trending in French social media. The timeline for the hashtag is filled with often humorous updates, and provides a snapshot of the evolution of information technology use.

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7 July 2010

MENA: CNN Journalist's Comment Sparks Controversy

Written by Jillian C. York · Freedom of Speech, Religion

The passing of Lebanese religious leader Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah was, for many, a major event. And yet, a passing remark on Twitter by an American CNN journalist of Lebanese background is causing a stir in the Twittersphere, blogosphere, and beyond.

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Updates about Canada

14 May 2010

English

The Haitian Blogger asks: “Why does a country with one of the lowest crime rates in the Western Hemisphere need 9,000+ UN troops, US troops and 4.4 million dollars for prisons?”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

23 April 2010

Arts & Culture

Steve Bandera of Kyiv Scoop writes about Andrzej Wajda’s 2007 film Katyń, which has been shown twice in Russia in the past few weeks (reactions from the Russian blogosphere are here) - and comments that the truth about the massacre is “only coming out now in the former Soviet Union and it’s like pulling teeth. It takes crashing planes and dying presidents. But it’s going to take a lot more than showing a movie on Russian State TV.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

23 March 2010

English

Barbados Free Press is disappointed that the murderer of a tourist was sentenced to only ten years in prison: “Barbados doesn’t want any scrutiny about robbery, rape and violence against tourists…”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

15 March 2010

English

From Saudi Arabia, Tara Umm Omar shares the story of a Saudi female reporter who has decided to leave her country to be with her Canadian husband. “Hassna'a will go to Canada where she is not oppressed in regards to her marriage. Isn't it such a shame that a Muslim country does not accept her and her husband's marriage but a non-Muslim country does?” she writes.

• Amira Al Hussaini

12 March 2010

English

On Feb. 25, the European Parliament adopted a resolution, in which, among other things, it called on “the new Ukrainian leadership” to “reconsider” the posthumous award granted to Stepan Bandera a month earlier. In a post titled “Bandera Bashing Déjà vu,” Stepan Bandera's grandson - Steve Bandera of Kyiv Scoop - recalls how he accompanied his mother to the Supreme Court of Canada 25 years ago “to defend the honour and integrity of the Bandera name.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

24 February 2010

English

The Ivanov Report analyzes the Western media response to the Russian prime minister's “Vancouver Olympics quote/misquote” and concludes: “Attaching his name to a piece of ‘analysis' helps sell this questionable product as efficiently as attaching the name of another celebrity to a product that consumers would be reluctant to buy otherwise.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

17 February 2010

English

The convicted murderer of a Canadian tourist is to be sentenced today - Barbados Free Press is “hoping he rots in jail until he draws his final breath.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

1 February 2010

Spanish

Canal Solidario writes about the Indigenous Film Festival which will take place in Sevilla, Spain. During the screening, films from indigenous communities inside Nicaragua, Canada and Brazil will be shown and participants will also discuss the role of multimedia and internet tools in protecting cultural diversity.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

25 January 2010

English

Réseau Citadelle announces the launch of the Media Operations Center, an initiative from Reporters without Borders and Quebecor, aimed at facilitating the field work of local and foreign journalists in Haiti as well as establishing collaboration between the media and NGOs.

• Fabienne Flessel

6 November 2009

French

This week, two of the most prestigious French literary prizes were awarded to two French-speaking authors of African descent: The French-speaking Caribbean blogosphere has been buzzing over this double satisfaction, in this post from Haiti, this one from Guadeloupe and this one from Martinique [Fr].

• Fabienne Flessel

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