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September, 2009

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Stories from September, 2009

19 September 2009

Hungary: Budapest Citizens Fight For Their Right To Party

Written by Marietta Le · Eastern & Central Europe

On Sept. 1, a silence decree that requires bars and restaurants to close at 10 PM came into force in Budapest's District VI, an area well-known for its lively nightlife. Protests against the measure started right away.

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Omani Bloggers Swine Flu Campaign

Written by Riyadh Al Balushi · Middle East & North Africa

Omani bloggers are joining hands to prompte more awareness and protect their people from the dangers of swine flu. So far, 16 people have died from the disease in the Sultanate, the highest amongst its neighbours.

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Morocco: Rage Against the Sandwich Continues

Written by Hisham Almiraat · Middle East & North Africa

Eating in public during Ramadan is often seen as a disregardful and disrespectful act and might attract the anger of the public. Moreover it is punishable by law. Moroccan Bloggers and cyber-activists react to the attempt by some non-observants to brave the ban on breaking the fast in public during Ramadan.

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Morocco: Don't Blame the Rain

Written by Hisham Almiraat · Middle East & North Africa

Recent flooding in Morocco has prompted bloggers to air their discontent with their country's lack of sanitation infrastructure. They went around taking pictures and shooting videos, sharing scenes seldom broadcast by the mainstream media. This is their citizen reporting.

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18 September 2009

Iran: Videos from Quds Day Protests

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

On September 18, Iranian protesters wearing green in support of the opposition, once more defied the Iranian government in the streets of Tehran, Shiraz, Isfahan, and several other cities as they protested against dictatorship.

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Big Brother Africa IV: The Revolution is on

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

Big Brother Africa 4:The Revolution is the fourth series of the Big Brother Africa reality television series, which began on September 6, 2009. The show has already generated discussions and comments online from bloggers and their readers.

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Updates from September, 2009

26 September 2009

Turkmenistan

Annasoltan analyzes the political impact of the visit of Turkmenistan president Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov to the United States, and says that it will be difficult for him to present himself as a reformer who would take Turkmenistan out of present isolationist course.

• Adil Nurmakov

Kazakhstan

Jenia Saikina interviews Nicolas Journoud, the French artist living in Kazakhstan, who prepares to release a comic book about this Central Asian country.

• Adil Nurmakov

Afghanistan

Nick Fielding writes about several videos in German language, threatening an al-Qaeda attack on the country unless it withdraws its 4,000 soldiers from Afghanistan.

• Adil Nurmakov

Disaster

Last weeks' torrential rains triggered disastrous floodings (Fr), killing 159 people and affecting over 600,000 in a dozen Western Africa countries, unprepared to face seasonal rains growing heavier and heavier. (See map). Afropages (Fr) describes the situation in Conakry, Guinea's capital.

• Suzanne Lehn

Guinea

The ReliefWeb, quoting the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), reports that recent floods in West Africa have displaced or made homeless 600 000 persons, destroyed schools, roads, hospitals in Burkina Faso,Senegal, Niger,Guinea, and Ghana. Guinea alone account for 40.000 people in need of help.

• Abdoulaye Bah

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