Global Voices · Citizen media stories from March 2011

March, 2011

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Stories from March, 2011

4 March 2011

Côte d'Ivoire: Who Killed the Seven Women Protestors? (Videos)

Written by Julie Owono · Sub-Saharan Africa

What was supposed to be a peaceful march ended up as a bloodbath on Thursday March 3, 2011. During an all female protest organised in Abobo, a district of economic capital Abidjan, seven women were shot dead, apparently by national Defense and Security Forces.

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Yemen: More Protesters Killed as Political Plans Multiply (Videos)

Written by John Liebhardt · Middle East & North Africa

While Yemen's security forces once again fired live weapons and killed opposition demonstrators, politicians and protesters are attempting behind-the-scenes political manoeuvres to solve a growing stalemate after nearly a month of demonstrations aimed at ousting the country's government.

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Morocco: Fadoua Laroui, our own Mohamed Bouazizi

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

When young Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire in the town of Sidi Bouzid, he couldn't have imagined the chain of events his act would set off. Now, in Morocco, the self-immolation of a young woman, Fadoua Laroui, has Moroccan bloggers debating the cause and effect of such an action.

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Cote d'Ivoire: Can The Calls for Peace be Heard?

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

In an extremely tense situation in Cote d'Ivoire, where the United Nations has warned of a civil war in the making, a few Ivorian netizens are pleading for peace and trying to bring together the two camps in conflict.

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Mozambique: Global Voices and @Verdade Newspaper

Written by Paula Góes · Translated by Paula Góes · Sub-Saharan Africa

Starting this March, the Global Voices gains a space offline in a corner of Lusophone Africa, in the pages of @Verdade Newspaper, Mozambique. In return, the largest weekly in circulation in Mozambique will help to increase our coverage of the country, with a monthly column on news from Mozambique, as seen by its citizens.

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Côte d'Ivoire: Facebook and Twitter, Messengers of Death

Written by Anna Gueye · Sub-Saharan Africa

Seven women supporting elected President Alassane Ouatara were shot dead during a protest on March 3, 2011, in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire by security forces loyal to incumbent President Gbagbo. As violence escalates in the country, Anna Guèye examines the role played by Facebook and Twitter.

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Updates from March, 2011

16 March 2011

Russia

LJ-user Ognenna have compiled an alternative rating of Russian LiveJournal bloggers based on the citation of their names in wordstat.yandex.ru. According to the rating, the most cited bloggers are: Artemiy Lebedev (graphic designer), Boris Nemtsov (opposition politician), Anastasia Volochkova (rowdy ballet dancer).

• Alexey Sidorenko

Japan

@MIG22K (RUS) is tweeting from Tokyo's extremely crowded metro - here, here and here (a few pictures and short video).

• Veronica Khokhlova

Brazil

Two cyclists were run over on March 13 in Porto Alegre, informs the blog Massa Crítica (Critical Mass) [pt]. Just a few days before, Global Voices had reported on a controversial “accident or attempted murder“ of 12 to 20 cyclists in a bicycle event in the same city.

• Raphael Tsavkko Garcia

Brazil

As part of the celebrations of the International Women's Day, on March 8, six former political prisioners received the offical amnesty by the Brazilian Government, says [pt] Rogério Tomaz Jr, from the blog Conexão Brasília-Maranhão. These six women were honoured for the persecution they suffered during the Military Dictatorship (1964-1985)

• Raphael Tsavkko Garcia

East Timor

Curt Hopkins, from the blog ReadWriteWeb, comments on the Timor Leste Transparency Portal [en, pt, tet], recently launched by the Timorese Government. Hopkins raises some questions on the relevance of financial transparency in Timor's context, and calls on readers to discuss it.