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13 January 2012

Kenya, Somalia: Twitter War - Kenyan Army Versus Al Shabaab

Written by Collins Mbalo · Religion, War & Conflict

Kenya's military incursion into Somalia against the militant group Al Shabaab dubbed “Operation Linda Nchi” (Swahili for “Operation Defend the Country”) has found a new battleground: Twitter.

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8 January 2012

Africa: ICTs for Refugees and Displaced Persons

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Education, Health

In Africa and elsewhere, ICTs have become an important tool at times of crisis with technologies such as SMS, VOIP, and mobile phones becoming especially invaluable for refugees and displaced persons.

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7 December 2011

Video Highlights: Identity, Refugees, Conflict and Open Technology

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Education, Indigenous

A selection of Global Voices' recent and interesting stories including video from East Asia, Sub Saharan Africa, Central Asia - Caucasus and Latin America, selected by Juliana Rincón Parra.

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1 December 2011

Global Voices Podcast: Technology that Empowers!

Written by Jamillah Knowles · Blogger Profiles, Global Voices Podcast

In this edition of the Global Voices podcast you can hear how women in Egypt are using technology to fight harassment, and what our Global Voices authors and editors got up to at the Mozilla Festival in London. We also mark World Aids Day by speaking to HIV/AIDS activists in Kenya and Egypt about the special work they do.

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26 November 2011

Video: Plural+ 2011 Awards Young Filmmakers

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Arts & Culture, Human Rights

Youth from around the globe were awarded in New York for their thought-provoking short films showing their proposals for making society more peaceful and multicultural by addressing the topics of diversity, migration and social inclusion.

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22 November 2011

Kenya: Life in Dadaab, the World's Largest Refugee Camp

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Development, Disaster

Around 75 percent of all refugees are believed to reside in countries neighboring their own, and this is particularly true in Kenya, where approximately 450,000 people inhabit the world's largest refugee camp.

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6 November 2011

Africa: An African Voice Telling the African Story

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Governance, Politics

'Africa: What’s Your Story?' is a citizen media project that seeks to highlight the common problems that the people of Africa share, as well as promote transparency and accountability. Asif Sheikh, the CEO and co-founder of A24 Media, talks to Global Voices about the project.

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25 October 2011

Kenya: Online Reactions to Suspected Al Shabaab Grenade Attacks

Written by Collins Mbalo · War & Conflict, Politics

Following the Kenyan military offensive against the Somali militant group Al Shabaab, the group responded by attacking Kenya's capital with two deadly grenade attacks: one at a popular entertainment club and the other at a crowded bus stop in downtown Nairobi. The two incidents have provoked a conversation online.

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7 October 2011

Africa: R.I.P Steve Jobs, You Will be Missed

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Technology, Economics & Business

The co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Steve Jobs died on October 5, 2011. African bloggers have taken time to pay tribute and remember his contribution to the world of technology.

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Ada Lovelace Day: Inspirational Women in Action

Written by Renata Avila · Technology for Transparency Network

Ada Lovelace Day aims to raise the profile of women in science, technology, engineering and maths by encouraging people around the world to talk about the women whose work they admire. Read about Global Voices' tribute.

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Updates about Kenya

9 April 2012

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Kenyan young man invents wooden extension cable, AfriGadget reports: “A young man from Kiandutu slums in Thika had always wanted to be an electrical engineer, but lack of fees denied him a chance to further his studies. And yet this has not dampen his resolve to put his mark on the world of electrical engineering.For starters, he has devised a way of making wooden extension cables, which as NTV’s Jane Ngoiri reports, is causing quite a stir in his neighbourhood.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

27 February 2012

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Kenyan blogger Collins Mbalo is the winners of the first Annual World Media Awards in Best African Blog category: “Collins Mbalo tells the African story from a different perspective. This blog covers issues and topics concerning the everyday African person. A recent interview of ” Sue” a Kenyan prostitute inspired a story on Al Jazeera.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

19 February 2012

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Gamel identifies social innovations that weave the African dream: “Tech in Education: This project is the main motivation behind today’s post. Tech in Education is a 48hr gathering of ideas, people and digital tools aimed at creating novel web and mobile solutions to improve learning amongst primary and secondary school students in Nigeria.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

2 February 2012

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What will be the impact of Kenya's war with Al Shabaab on the 2012/13 elections?: “A number of questions: will the heightened security requirements associated with the threat of terrorism from Al Shabaab also help secure the country against election violence? Or will security forces be used to intervene in the campaign instead, as in 2007?”

• Ndesanjo Macha

28 January 2012

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Young people Tweeting from mobile devices are driving the growth of Twitter in Africa, according to How Africa Tweets, new research launched by Portland: “In the first ever attempt to comprehensively map the use of Twitter in Africa, Portland and Tweetminster analysed over 11.5 million geo-located Tweets originating on the continent during the last three months of 2011.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

26 January 2012

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Intercontinental Cry has a list of 12 recommended films on indigenous issues, some made by indigenous people from Brazil, Australia, Panama, USA, Northern Kenya, Colombia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

5 January 2012

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Mighty Africa blogs about his highlights and lowlights in 2011: “After 10 years in the USA, I returned home to Ghana. I abandoned my dream of going home with the US' money, the lure of creating impact in Ghana was too large. And I could make money doing it. The time had come.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

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John Kamau says that history has caught up with Nancy Baraza, the Kenyan lawyer who wants to be deputy chief justice: “History caught up with Nancy Baraza this week. It will soon catch up with many others aspiring for high office.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

4 January 2012

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Erik believes that 2011 was a great year for startups in Africa: “The past few years have been about building an infrastructure that improves the chances of the technology startups in Africa to succeed. Seeing this buildout in action in 2011 was exciting, but it should be recognized for what it really was: a setup for 2012 and beyond.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

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Bunmi Oloruntoba and Emmanuel Iduma come up with 3bute: “3bute [pronounced: tribute] is an online anthology devoted to the question of African modernity. Along that theme, we look on the web for what writers–especially African bloggers–have written and we recycle/ adapt selected writing into 3 pages of narrative art.”

• Ndesanjo Macha