Global Voices · Citizen media stories from January 2010

January, 2010

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Stories from January, 2010

20 January 2010

Colombia: Hard to Tell the Good Guys from the Bad

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

Through citizen videos, different Colombian organizations share their unique perspectives on crime, violence and armed conflict, where it's hard to tell apart the good guys from the bad.

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Japan: Blogosphere Opinions on “Climategate”

Written by apeescape · East Asia

This article is a little late to the fray, but “Climategate” was also a topic of interest in Japan. Although the controversy was not as strong say compared to the...

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China: Another Cell Phone Registration System in the Works

Written by Don Weinland · East Asia

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has announced a plan to enforce a “real-name” registration system for mobile phone users. The announcement comes four years after the Ministry of...

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Haiti: a week after the earthquake

Written by Nicholas Laughlin · Caribbean

As relief efforts continue one week after the devastating 12 January earthquake in Haiti, bloggers and Twitter users in Port-au-Prince and elsewhere give reports of hope and generosity as well as selfishness and frustration.

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19 January 2010

Morocco: Blogging About Blogging

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

Moroccans, as usual, are blogging, only this time it's about…blogging! This year, two awards are being offered in the blogosphere: the third annual Maroc Blog Awards and the brand new Best of Morocco Blog Awards (or BOMBies).

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Announcing the Technology for Transparency Network

Written by David Sasaki · Middle East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

Rising Voices, the outreach and citizen media training initiative of Global Voices Online, has launched a new interactive website and global network of researchers to map online technology projects that aim to promote transparency, political accountability, and civic engagement.

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Bangla blogs: Grieving for Haiti and Lessons Learned

Written by Aparna Ray · South Asia, Caribbean

As Haiti struggles in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that has brought in its wake unimaginable loss to life, property and infrastructure, Bangla bloggers have joined the rest of the world in grieving for Haiti and gearing up to lend a helping hand.

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Ethiopia: Cultures collide in Ethiopian blogosphere

Written by Andrew Heavens · Sub-Saharan Africa

What happens when cultures collide? One of the best places to find out is the Ethiopian blogosphere, with its writers spread across the Ethiopian Diaspora, from China, through Europe to the United States of America.

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Costa Rica: Blogger Awarded National Culture Award for Journalism

Written by Jenny Cascante Gonzalez · Latin America

For the first time in Costa Rica's National Culture Awards, digital media was honored when Cristian Cambronero was honored for his journalistic work on his blog Fusil de Chispas.

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D. R. of Congo: The hazards of neglect

Written by Fred · Sub-Saharan Africa

Congoblog is a marvel. Every post deserves a mention, but here are some of the more arresting posts to have appeared so far in January 2010.

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Updates from January, 2010

26 January 2010

Haiti

Tara Livesay gives an update two weeks after the devastating earthquake hit Haiti.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Bermuda

“My opinion is that the PLP takeover of the City is not about reform; I believe it is about power and real estate development. Watch the money”: Bermuda's Vexed Bermoothes weighs in on what he calls the government's “power grab”.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Guyana

Signifyin' Guyana responds to a compatriot's comments about aid to Haiti: “I'm inclined to believe the incentive to give to Haiti is more in search of some kind of redemption, rather than a calculated move to keep Haitians out of America…”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Kenya

KenyaImagine attended Cartoonist of the Year Awards in Nairobi, Kenya: “We attended the first, and likely, annual Cartoonist of the year awards at the Swiss ambassador's last week. The event organised by Katuni, a local coalition of Cartoonists…”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Kenya

Is East Africa prepared for 7.0 earthquake?: “The 7.0 magnitude quake that has flattened the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, should give East Africans pause for thought. What if a similar quake hit here?”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Sri Lanka

Indrajit Samarajiva at Indi.ca comments that with the presence of election monitors and somewhat independent election commission, rigging elections in Sri Lanka is tough. However: “the main method of influencing elections is intimidation, and that’s what’s going on.” Read his reports on explosions in Jaffna and irregularities in Batticaloa.

• Rezwan

Sudan

Ayaa writes about a man who threw his shoe at the Sudanese President: “One of the most offensive and humiliated action in the Arabs and Muslim culture is to throw a shoe at someone, let alone that some one is a head of the country.”

• Ndesanjo Macha