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28 August 2011

Central African Republic: Violence Marks Lead Up to Elections

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Elections, International Relations

The Central African Republic is set to hold partial parliamentary elections on September 4, yet tensions have arisen after an opposition party rally was marred with violence. The country is still recovering from violent conflicts that started in the late 1990s. Lova Rakotomalala reports.

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12 September 2010

Africa: HIV Positive Women Sterilized, Discriminated Against and Stigmatized

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Lova Rakotomalala · Governance, Health

Forced sterilization of HIV positive women is alas still a reality in many African countries. Recent testimonies were shared by many through personal experiences and a few African bloggers weighed in on the issue.

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9 July 2010

African Soldiers on the Champs Elysees on Bastille Day

Written by Mialy Andriamananjara · International Relations, Politics

France's invitation to the armed forces of former colonies to join the parade on the Champs Elysees on July 14 is a subject of great controversy among African bloggers. Many wonder what is the point of having former colonies there and why are many north African nations not invited.

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22 April 2009

DoGooderTV: Voting Open for the NonProfit Video Awards

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Education, Environment

The voting period to select the winners of the DogooderTV 2009 Non Profit Video Awards ends this Saturday, April 25, so now is the perfect time to head over to their site, view the different videos uploaded by organizations to promote a cause. Today we´ll show you some of the competing videos which focus on international issues.

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24 September 2008

Deaf Awareness Week: Striving for Quality Education

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Freedom of Speech, Arts & Culture

On this second part of the Deaf Awareness Week posts (part one), we bring you a perspective on education for the deaf, and the different challenges it implies. First, from...

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21 July 2006

French-Speaking Bloggers on Rabat Conference on Migration

Written by Alice Backer · Ideas, Development

What Will the Conference Bring? Says France-based African blogger Le Pangolin, Du 10 au 11 juillet 2006, s'est tenue à Rabat au Maroc, la première rencontre interministérielle euro-africaine sur les...

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2 July 2006

Africa: Is Homosexuality a Religion?

Written by Alice Backer · Law, Gay Rights (LGBT)

France-based Togolese Blogger Kangni Alem reflected on homosexuality in Africa recently. Namely, he tackled claims by some on the continent that homosexuality is a heretic religion. In the process, he...

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28 June 2006

Why No Mention of Slavery in African and Haitian Fiction?

Written by Alice Backer · Ideas, History

Why is there so little mention of slavery in African and Haitian Fiction? That is the question that Togolese France-based blogger Kangni Alem addresses in a prolific and well-thought out...

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25 June 2006

Latest in French-Speaking African and Indian Ocean Blogs

Written by Alice Backer · Arts & Culture, Elections

PAN-AFRICAN Homosexuality in Africa Not a Myth France-based Togolese blogger Kangni Alem reflects on a homophobic movement in Cameroon that sees homosexuality as a suspect new “religion” and concludes: Evidence...

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4 June 2006

Latest in the Francophone African Blogosphere

Written by Alice Backer · Ideas, Arts & Culture

PAN-AFRICAN For the United States of Africa Le Pangolin is fervently advocating for the dissolution of the current borders that separate African countries and that, he believes, weaken each individual...

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Updates about Central African Republic

15 November 2011

French

In a story on his blog Echos de Centrafrique , Blogmandebangos proposes a march against marches [fr]: “Central Africans have discovered a new trick for solving their problems: marching. It's the new trendy thing to do in the Central African Republic.”

• Abdoulaye Bah

10 November 2011

French

Hippolyte Donossio wrote on Twitter at 8:20 am local time that the residence of François Bozizé, president of the Central African Republic, was allegedly set on fire [fr]. The cause of the fire is still unknown.

• Lova Rakotomalala

15 September 2011

French

Central African Republic blogger, Blogmandebangos, has posted a letter to the person sending him death threats [fr] for his blogging: “The truth is that I just want to be the painter of my society, a good testimony, I only write about things that happen here…I talk about the daily life we all share, I echo what is going on in Centrafrique, the other CAR, hidden from the eyes of the world.”

• Abdoulaye Bah

28 February 2011

English

Louisa writes a report about elections in the Central African Republic: Though it would be an overstatement to say that Central Africans would be better off without elections, it is hard to see how elections contribute to making people's concerns heard and responded to by capital-based leaders who like to “eat”.

• Ndesanjo Macha

6 December 2010

English

What does WikiLeaks say about Central Africa?: A cable signed by Hillary Clinton (put up by Jeune Afrique but the link no longer works) directing US officials to gather all relevant information on “people linked the Great Lakes.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

23 June 2010

English

Check out Jina Moore's slideshow of Central African voices on peace.

• Ndesanjo Macha

12 April 2010

French

Adrien Poussou tries to sort out the political confusion as the Central African Republic is preparing for elections (fr). Poussou blames the president for allowing a member of his own party organize the electoral process but he also criticizes the opposition for being too disorganized to provide a clear alternative to the current situation.

• Lova Rakotomalala

13 January 2009

French

Bana Congo [Fr] and Wronging Rights report that Jean-Pierre Bemba's confirmation of charges hearing began at the International Criminal Court on January 12. Bemba is alleged to be criminally responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Central African Republic (CAR) between October 25, 2002 and March 15, 2003.

• Elia Varela Serra

6 January 2009

French

Alliance pour la democratie et le progres [Fr]: Police in Central African Republic have announced they plan to go on strike. They are demanding the government sign a law that would raise salaries and improve work conditions for police officers.

• Jennifer Brea

19 July 2008

English

Brock Boddie at HPDT CAR, a blog by the humanitarian and development organizations in the Central African Republic, writes about Prime Minister Faustin Touadera's emergency appeal for international support after a failure of the country’s power system, as “without electricity, cleaning water, providing minimal health care and maintaining security would all become virtually impossible”. On a different post he speaks about the Dzanga-Sangha nature reserve (including some photos), which “offers some of the most beautiful and pristine wildlife that can be found in Africa and, indeed, the world”.

• Elia Varela Serra

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