Global Voices · Citizen media stories from April 2011

April, 2011

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Stories from April, 2011

2 April 2011

Côte d'Ivoire: Who is in Control of RTI State Television?

Written by Julie Owono · Sub-Saharan Africa

Confusion surrounds the question of who is currently in control of the Radio Télévision Ivoirienne (RTI), the Ivorian national television station.

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Slovakia: The Roma People, “Livin' On the Edge”

Written by Tibor Blazko · Eastern & Central Europe

Tibor Blazko writes about the problems that Slovakia's Roma people are facing and translates some of the Slovak netizens' reactions to the news that an international NGO is planning to file a complaint with the European Commission regarding the country's failure to remove all forms of racial discrimination.

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Southeast Asia: Media Says Sorry Over ‘Insensitive’ Japan Posts

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

Singapore’s MediaCorp, Thailand’s The Nation, and Malaysia’s Berita Harian – all belonging to mainstream media in their respective countries – were forced to apologize to the public for publishing ‘insensitive’ articles about the Japan earthquake/tsunami disaster. Bloggers react

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Indonesian Football Mired in Controversy

Written by Tikno · East Asia

There is a leadership dispute in the Indonesian football association which has disappointed football players and fans. Netizens want leaders to settle the issue and focus instead on improving the quality of games for the benefit of the public.

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1 April 2011

Attahiru Jega: Nigeria's Electoral Captain or Captor?

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike · Sub-Saharan Africa

Nigerian netizens argue that the hazy web of Nigerian politics needs a competent umpire during the 2011 General Elections. Attahiru Jega, the electoral boss, will have to prove in the next weeks that elections can be as easy as A, B, C.

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Côte d'Ivoire: The Final Battle of Abidjan

Written by Nemo · Translated by Mairi Mcgivern · Cote d'Ivoire

For the past few days, things have accelerated in Cote d’Ivoire. International media seems to have regained an interest in the Ivorian crisis. A status quo which would have kept the country in a complicated stalemate was feared for a while. But after the inconclusive negotiations with the African Union, Ouattara’s camp has decided to take action

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Updates from April, 2011

19 April 2011

18 April 2011

Chile

Blogger Setty criticizes a bill that, “tries to ban cycling on the street, putting the city’s booming cyclist population onto the sidewalk.”

• Silvia Viñas

Venezuela

Blogging by boz lists 5 ways the opposition (MUD) in Venezuela could benefit from a “long, tough primary”: “It's impossible to say for certain whether the late primary will benefit or harm the MUD until after it happens. But if the MUD ends up winning in 2012, I can guarantee that a long and ugly primary battle starting now and ending in February will be a key contributor to that victory.”

• Silvia Viñas

Nigeria

ReVoDa users in Nigeria give verdict on Nigeria’s Presidential Election. ReVoDa allows voters to report as independent citizen observers from their respective Polling Units across Nigeria using mobile phones.

• Ndesanjo Macha

Nigeria

Nigeria hackers wish: How I wish there is a place in Lagos, Nigeria where: 1. I can code without bothering about power cuts from the power company, my inverter running down, my generator running out of fuel or my laptop dying and also have REAL BROADBAND ACCESS. 2. I can harness the collective intelligence of fellow hackers, brainstorm on issues relating to coding/startups/funding/business models etc, get validation on ideas for web projects etc (Twitter/Facebook doesn’t just cut it).

• Ndesanjo Macha