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March, 2011

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Stories from March, 2011

8 March 2011

Colombia: Celebrating International Woman's Day

Written by Lully · Translated by Silvia Viñas · Latin America

In Colombia, the celebration of International Women's Day has become a tradition, and it is reflected online with netizens sharing different perspectives through websites, Twitter and blogs.

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Rwanda: Blogger Invites President Through Twitter

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

This is a story of how a Kenyan blogger based in Rwanda invited Rwandan President Paul Kagame through Twitter to visit kids at The Ibirunga Tennis Court in Musanze Town. President Kagame replied after 30 minutes and ended up visiting them.

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Are Sub-Saharan Mercenaries Fighting for Gaddafi?

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Rhita Boufelliga · Middle East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

From the very first days of the 2011 Libyan uprising, there has been talk of foreign mercenaries, both from Sub-Saharan Africa and Eastern Europe, within long-standing leader Colonel Gaddafi's commando units. Explanations and opinions from the African blogosphere are presented here.

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Côte d'Ivoire: A Solution to the Post-Electoral Crisis?

Written by Kanigui · Translated by Mairi Mcgivern · Sub-Saharan Africa

The post-electoral crisis across Cote d'Ivoire is dragging on since two opposing leaders, Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara both claim to have won. A sequence of violent events have followed, and there seems to be no prospect of a viable solution.

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Mexico: Remembering the Women of Ciudad Juárez

Written by Andrea Arzaba · Latin America

Ciudad Juárez is considered the most violent city in Mexico with more than 3,100 murders recorded in 2010, with an average of 9 homicides per day. Women are not immune to this violence, and cases of femicides committed years ago are still unresolved. On this International Woman's Day, we are remembering the women of Ciudad Juárez.

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Saudi Arabia: “Demonstrations are Forbidden in This Country”

Written by Haifa Alrasheed · Middle East & North Africa

Saudi Arabia's council of senior clerics issued a statement forbidding public protests. The announcement caused a storm of reaction from Saudi tweeps.

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Updates from March, 2011

19 March 2011

Japan

Japansubculture.com has an updated list [en] of organizations that are taking donations to help the victims of the earthquake and tsunami.

• Scilla Alecci

China

Don Weinland from China Digital Times translated social media pioneer Zheng Yun's explanation on the self-regulatory practice among webmasters for preventing their websites being shut down by authorities.

• Oiwan Lam

China

Mao Xinyu, Mao Zedong’s grandson, was recently promoted to Major General in Chinese military. He has been a major subject for mockery in the past few years among netizens. The Ministry of Tofu presents to you a most update online sarcasm.

• Oiwan Lam

China

Jottings from the Granite Studio has a guest commentary written by Yajun on the recent salt rush. The writer points out that it is a symptom of a profound lack of political trust on the government.

• Oiwan Lam

Macedonia

As anticipated, the Macedonian parliament adopted a new law on Wednesday, which postpones the Census [MKD]–originally scheduled for April–until October. Political leaders [MKD] have still not set the date for the early elections: May and June are rumored as the likeliest time right now.

• Filip Stojanovski

18 March 2011