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November 16th, 2009
Sub-Saharan Africa
John responds to a statement by South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit that Southerners should form an independent state. President Mayardit said, “If South Sudanese want to remain as second class citizens, let them vote for unity in the referendum in 2011. And if they want to be free, they should vote for separation.”
October 29th, 2009
South Asia
Amreekan Desi has some practical information for the non resident Indians who are trying to go back to their motherland to settle there.
August 18th, 2009
Sub-Saharan Africa
Mighty African celebrates the emergence of Ghanaian movie industry: Ghanaian movies are starting to gun for awards. Revele Productions' ‘Run Baby Run' has been the most successful movie to date while Agony of the Christ picked up a bunch of nominations at the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAAs).
March 6th, 2009
Central Asia & Caucasus
After the publication of a controversial new novel in Azerbaijan, Blogian posts an interview with its author while Unzipped: Gay Armenia says that a book discussion will be held in Baku on 11 March. Artush and Zaur, the story of the homosexual love affair between an Armenian and Azerbaijani in the context of the Nagorno Karabakh war by Alekper Aliyev, has already sparked much controversy with Unzipped: Gay Armenia reporting that some homophobic news outlets are responding to its publication by saying there are no gays in Armenia. The same site also notes that Aliyev has now started his own blog.
February 4th, 2008
Sub-Saharan Africa
American doctoral student, Martha Webber, blogs about her experience in South Africa: “Bypassing the braai (the very popular Afrikaans barbecue), I finally got to try some of the Indian food I had heard so much about before arriving in Durban. The city and its surrounding areas has a population of at about one million Indians in large part because of a massive influx of Indians as indentured laborers in the mid-19th century.”
November 12th, 2007
Mexico: State of Emergency in Tabasco
The state of Tabasco was hit hard by heavy rains and subsequent flooding. As has been the case with many recent natural disasters, bloggers in Mexico have pulled together showing support for the victims and spreading the information on how and where to help.
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