2 February 2010
Stories from 2 February 2010
Armenia-Azerbaijan: Twitter Diplomacy
With a peaceful resolution to the conflict over Nagorno Karabakh as elusive as ever, Armenians and Azerbaijanis are unable to visit each other’s country or communicate through traditional means such as telephone or mail. Can new and social media step in to fill the gap to break the information blockade?
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Morocco: Where Independent Media is No More
Le Journal Hebdomadaire, an irreverent Moroccan independent weekly news magazine has ceased to exist, crippled by debt and heavy libel fines. Magazine founders say they have been victims of an orchestrated government attack aimed at financially asphyxiating the publication. Bloggers and media freedom watchdogs have been commenting the development.
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Global Voices Launches RuNet Echo Project
I am excited and honored to start the new year with this introduction of a new project RuNet Echo that appeared on Global Voices at the end of 2009. For me, it all started with this exciting post on Global Voices and grew into a rewarding experience of studying and analyzing one of the most complex and often misinterpreted online communities in the world.
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==> As Africans we need to let go of our victimhood, inferiority complex & acceptance of the mediocre. We deserve...