About Jennifer Brea
I am a first-year graduate student studying political economy at Harvard. I blog commentary on African politics (and now, frequently, the everything of everywhere) at Africabeat and photographs at my Flickr photostream.
I am Global Voices' French editor, covering francophone blogs from Africa, Oceania, Europe and the Caribbean.
Latest posts by Jennifer Brea
Stories
January 9th, 2009
From Kivu to Gaza: How the Media Choose the Conflicts They Cover
The debate on why the war in east Congo receives such little media attention compared to conflicts in the Middle East continues. A Rue89 journalist asks, "If an Israeli death is worth the death of several Palestinians, how many dead Congolese bodies for a Gazan funeral shroud?" Bloggers on both sides deplore the question.
January 6th, 2009
Sub-Saharan Africa
Alliance pour la democratie et le progres [Fr]: Police in Central African Republic have announced they plan to go on strike. They are demanding the government sign a law that would raise salaries and improve work conditions for police officers.
January 5th, 2009
Middle East & North Africa , Western Europe
Moroccan blogger Partageons nos passions [Fr] on world reaction to the Gaza bombings: “Sarkozy confuses the victim and the perpetrator! Perez publicly denies the murder of children in Gaza and the bombing of mosques! Arabs are in a deep sleep! The United Nations…a big waste!”
January 4th, 2009
Americas
Haitian blogger J’ai découvert [Fr] writes about celebrating the Epiphany in Port-au-Prince. “The holiday still remains controversial in Haiti for the country's three most popular religions (Protestantism, Catholicism, and Voodism).”
December 31st, 2008
From Britain to Morocco to Gaza
Moroccan, Tunisian bloggers on the Gaza bombings: ‘Innocents pay the price'
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