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27 March 2008

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Stories from 27 March 2008

Burkina Faso: Home of black bags, baobabs and cute kids?

Written by John Liebhardt · Sub-Saharan Africa

This roundup will begin with some old business. From Stephen Davis of Voice in the Desert: His book Sophie and the Albino Camel is up for the Norfolk Shorts shortlist of books under 150 pages. While he won’t know the outcome until April 16, he did expound on why he loves writing short fiction.

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Kenya Back to Normal

Written by Rebecca Wanjiku · Sub-Saharan Africa

Residents of Nairobi, who were adversaries and concerned about their ethnic background, are now united in attacking the local government minister for changing the public transport routes and forcing people to walk long distances. The ethnic hatred seems to have been pushed aside and now people are pushing a common agenda and pursuing economic survival. Online discussions also reflect the diversity, bloggers are concerned about the Initial Public Offer (IPO) of East Africa's largest and most successful Mobile phone company- Safaricom.

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Tajikistan: Politicized Navruz

Written by Vadim Sadonshoev · Central Asia & Caucasus

Navruz is one of the main celebrations for Tajiks. This time — more than ever — it means end of one of the harshest winter in several decades. People could...

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China: Vlogger helped Child Labor back to School

Written by Meng Zhang · East Asia

Xu Alun, a vlogger hammering away at a point that "truth is power", exposed a moving story of three child coal haulers in Biji, a small city in the south of China, and with an effective advocacy of QQ groups, the story tended to circulate immediately, arousing great public concern.

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Updates from 27 March 2008

Czech Republic

The Czech Daily Word writes about football hooligans in Prague.

• Veronica Khokhlova

China

Kinuk writes about Poland's stance on Tibet and China.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Moscow Through Brown Eyes posts a short update on hate crime in Moscow; Window on Eurasia writes about a graffiti campaign launched by the Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI) in Moscow “in order to call attention to the strength of the group and to intimidate its opponents, migrant workers and human rights activists.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Armenia

Heckler Spray takes an albeit irreverent look at Armenia's entry in this year's Eurovision Song Contest. Nevertheless, the blog says that the song by local singer Sirusho is one of the favorites to win the competition usually ridiculed in Europe but taken very seriously indeed by new competitors from the South Caucasus.

• Onnik Krikorian

France

Cédric Kalonji writes about the mixed blessings [Fr] of life in Europe for Africans: “I ask myself what's better, living in an African hell or all of the less-than-positive looks and judgments [Africans get] in paradise.”

• Jennifer Brea

Angola

“Today I chatted for two hours with Anthony Alberto Neto, president of the Angolan Democratic Party (PDA). At a time when more and more Angolans in the diaspora (including me) will wonder whether it is worth continuing to fight, if it is worth believing in Angola, I found a man that alone proves that it is worth believing in - and of course - fighting”. See the rest of Orlando Castro's post in Portuguese.

• Paula Góes

Guyana

Guyana-Gyal says that “bandits is the new baccoo” - one of the most feared creatures in Guyanese folklore.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

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