· July, 2005

Stories about Nigeria from July, 2005

Balancing Act on African Blogs

  27 July 2005

The current issue of Balancing Act – the leading online newsletter reporting on African telecommunications – leads off with an article on African blogs and features several bloggers who are involved with Global Voices, including Andy Carvin, Kenyan Pundit Ory Okolloh (good luck with the bar exam, Ory!), Sokari Ekine...

Black Looks: Nigerian man to be stoned to death

11 July 2005

Black Looks reports that a fifty-year-old Nigerian man has been sentenced to be stoned to death for homosexuality. This is a result of Sharia law, which is, apparently, unconstitutional; however, the Nigerian government has done little to prevent outlying states from adopting it.

Sub-Saharan Africa Thursday Blog Roundup

  7 July 2005

Thinker's Room posts a gedankenexperiment to explain why he feels the way he does about Live 8. A new website dedicated to preventing the return of former military dictator Ibrahim Babangida to Nigeria has been launched, according to Black Looks. Koranteng Ofosu-Amaah, who writes Koranteng's Toli, was interviewed on the...

Global Voices meets the Mainstream Media

  5 July 2005

Global Voices bloggers are showing up everywhere in the mainstream media these days! American Public Media's syndicated radio show, “Future Tense”, focuses on our project today. You can listen to the show online (in RealAudio) or, if you're in the US or Canada, tune in for the show. (Future Tense...

African Blog Roundup

  4 July 2005

Debates over the relevance of Live 8 have kept the African blogosphere jumping this weekend. Andrew Heavens of Meskel Square is amazed that “you can't open a British newspaper (or in my case website) at the moment without reading someone's views on Africa”. Onyango Oloo of Kenya Democracy Project has...