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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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7 May 2006

African Diaspora: Hard times for Africans in France and Belgium

Written by Anthony Katombe · Human Rights, Labor

Several francophone blogs have tackled African immigrants’ latest tribulations in France and Belgium. Choosing Immigrants Le Pangolin criticizes French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy’s latest round of immigration policies. The blogger...

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14 April 2006

Views from the Horn of Africa and Sudan

Written by Chippla Vandu · Governance, History

Ethiopia is one of only four African nations that were never colonies of a European power. Though independent, Ethiopia was subjected to Italian occupation from 1936 to 1941. ethiopundit takes...

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19 March 2006

Buying In, Selling Out or Scraping By: Francophone African Bloggers on Social Mobility and Education

Written by Alice Backer · Ideas, Arts & Culture

School on Hold While Mom Scrapes By Carine. Courtesy Tony Katombe. Le Blog du Congolais shares (FR) the touching story of Carine, a 22 year-old from the DRC with an...

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17 March 2006

From Darfur to Avian Flu: Views from the Horn of Africa and Sudan

Written by Chippla Vandu · Humanitarian Response

The Darfur crisis continues to dominate the English-speaking Sudanese blogosphere. The blog Coalition for Darfur quotes a World Food Program (WFP) report, which tells of rations of pulses, sugar and...

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20 January 2006

Views from the Horn of Africa

Written by Chippla Vandu · Weblog

The blogosphere in the Horn of Africa and Sudan has been awash with discussions spanning the realms of culture and politics. One common feature, which seems to have arisen amongst...

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Updates about Eritrea

22 January 2011

English

Asmarino reacts to first annual “African Presidents Index” released by the Nation Media Group: “Obviously our own totalitarian leader Isaias Afworki didn’t disappoint us. Not only did he make it to the “Morgue” category with flying colors, he also ended up dead last within that category…”

• Ndesanjo Macha

11 December 2010

English

Gabriel Guangul discusses WikiLeaks in the context of Eritrea: “Somewhere along the lines of US embassy cables being laid bare on WikiLeaks, one could imagine the dark clouds behind the façade of Eritrea’s defiant image. In fact, that is exactly what it was all time – a shop window for total control and defiance.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

3 November 2010

English

Is Eritrea a regional aggressor?: “Eritrea is often labeled by journalists and governments as a regional aggressor (here and here). The most often cited evidence for this designation is that Eritrea has been engaged in conflict with each of its contiguous neighbors as well as an overseas state.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

27 October 2010

English

Meet the Asmara All Stars (Eritrean Jazz): “Love their sound! They've been getting a lot of publicity from various websites too. See more about the The Asmara All Stars at this Youtube channel. Listen to a playlist of their songs on the Addis Tunes website and read the article below.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

21 October 2010

French

Reporters Without Borders published the Press Freedom Index today (10/20/2010). The section of the report on Africa mentions that Eritrea is last for the 4th consecutive year and that amongst the French-speaking African nations, Rwanda, DR of Congo, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire and Madagascar show worrisome signs for press freedom. [fr]

• Lova Rakotomalala

28 August 2010

English

Learn about languages spoken in Ethiopia and Eritrea:”Amharic is the dominant and official language of Ethiopia.Whereas Eritrea does not have any official languages but English, Italian, Tigrinya, and Arabic are languages which are commonly used in official communication.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

2 August 2010

English

Daniel Tewelde is blogging the hagerawi waa'la (the National Conference) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: “Yesterday was the grand opening of the hagerawi waa'la (the National Conference), and without exaggeration it was great and inspiring.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

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