Global Voices Online

Carpetblogger reports the demise of a beloved (well, by some people anyway) Russian automobile, the Volga.

Sasha reports on Kyrgyzstan's credit system.

neweurasia's Baktygul discusses economics and migration in Kyrgyzstan.

Nick reports on efforts by some to enact an embargo on Uzbek cotton at neweurasia.

South Africa provides some “food for thought” on South African media.…Four major newspaper groups - Independent Newspapers, Johnnic Communications, Naspers and CTP/Caxton, dominate the South African print media market.

The Fish Bowl reports on the arrest of a South African spy for running an espionage ring in Zimbabwe! ciommenting “If that's the only thing we, and the people of Zimbabwe, get out of quiet diplomacy, it really has been a waste of time..”

Feminist African Sister publishes some personal reflections on her life at present…….My body has shut down, essntially saying that this December the brain and soul are on their own. My body is on strike! But in the meantime, the following thoughts have been running through my brain. Not all at once. They are just there”

Musings of a Naijaman reviews a book by Sudanese writer Leila Aboulela called “Coloured Lights”

Chippla's Weblog voices his disgust at the latest privatisation of the housing sector in Nigeria…..”Welcome to the Nigeria of the future where the government will continue to sell off its interests in public companies. And such interests include its holdings in housing infrastructure in the commercial capital of Lagos………Yes it sounds great. It sounds great if you are rich and have the money to rent the apartments or purchase UACN shares on the stock market. For the hundreds of residents of the1004 Housing Estate who are now forced to pack up and leave, it is nothing short of a nightmare”