1 November 2010
Stories from 1 November 2010
Macedonia: TEDxSkopje Attracts Attention Online
Participants who spoke after it, consider the first TEDx event in Macedonia a great success. The one-day conference organized independently under license from American nonprofit TED enabled widening the range of publicly discussed topics and inspiring at least one hundred participants to work on positive change.
Haiti: Earthquake, Cholera; Tomas Too?
Tropical storm Tomas has now been upgraded to a category 2 hurricane as it heads towards Haiti. The hurricane still poses a peripheral threat to neighbouring islands like Jamaica, but Caribbean bloggers are hoping that Haiti will be spared any further devastation. The country is still grappling with the destruction from the January 12 earthquake as well as a recent cholera outbreak.
Peru: National Team Wins World Surfing Games
In October, surfers from Peru, Canada, Germany, Guatemala, Australia, Japan, France, Ecuador, Uruguay and South Africa traveled to Peru to participate in the Billaboing ISA World Surfing Games 2010. The Peruvian team won the world award in the teams competition.
Africa: Women Bloggers discuss war of a different kind
It's been a while. I'm back now and eager to share with you this blog roundup about African women bloggers talking about "war of a different kind." “There is a constant battle in the realm of the spirits,” writes Tehilah. She says, “The choice of soldiers who will fight alongside you is probably one of the most important decisions anyone can make.”
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Côte d'Ivoire: Presidential Election in Pictures
On this Sunday, October 31st, registered voters in Côte d'Ivoire cast their ballots in the first presidential election in 10 years, due to the Civil War that broke out in 2002 and the subsequent issues that arose from it. Despite some initial delays in some polling stations, voting has been reportedly peaceful and the turnout appears to have been good. Here is a selection of pictures of the voting day.
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Georgia: Reflections on Teach and Learn
Teach and Learn with Georgia (TLG) is a project established by the Georgian government aiming to recruit 1,000 native English speakers willing to teach English at local schools. Many of the first intake of teachers have also started blogging their experience to date.
South Korea: The Super-Supermarkets Twitter shootout
As mega-markets arrive to devour small businesses, serious discussions have been rekindled in Korea in both online and offline venues. On the night of October 28, two formidable opponents, one representing big corporations and the other standing the small business owners, engaged in a battle on in Twitter.
==> As Africans we need to let go of our victimhood, inferiority complex & acceptance of the mediocre. We deserve...