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17 February 2010

Africa: Colonialism alive and well after 50 years of independence

Written by Anna Gueye · Diaspora, Governance

2010 will mark the 50th year of francophone African countries' independence from Belgium and France. While official celebrations are under way, debate about colonialism, past and present, is simmering on blogs in North, Central and Western Africa. 8

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28 February 2009

Video: Community Radios Fill the Information Gap

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Ideas, Arts & Culture

In a highly globalized and digitalized world, sometimes we may forget that in many regions of the world, not even electricity is available, and the possibility of using internet as an alternative information source is still a distant dream. It is in locations like Guatemala, Chad and India that community radio rises as the alternative for native communities to speak about their concerns, hear news and stories, receive information and all this in their native languages. read »

21 August 2007

African writers criticize Sarkozy in open letter

Written by Lova · Cyber-Activism, History

Jean-Luc Raharimanana, a Malagasy writer famous for his influential works on French colonialism, recently authored an open letter to French president Nicolas Sarkozy in response to the now infamous message... 1

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3 April 2007

African Path: Weaving Tales of Africa's Past, Present and Future

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Media, Technology

African Path is one of the most exciting African citizen media projects. It is an online platform whose content comes from bloggers, readers, artists, and specialists. It also aggregates news... 8

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27 March 2007

France: Line Crossed in the Hunt for Immigrants

Written by Lova · Breaking News, Diaspora

(photo via broyez) Here is a sombering follow-up to the post regarding the hunt for illegal immigrants and their following arrests in France. It seems that things have gotten worst... 1

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21 July 2006

French-Speaking Bloggers on Rabat Conference on Migration

Written by Alice Backer · Ideas, Children

What Will the Conference Bring? Says France-based African blogger Le Pangolin, Du 10 au 11 juillet 2006, s'est tenue à Rabat au Maroc, la première rencontre interministérielle euro-africaine sur les... 2

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Updates about Chad

17 August 2010

English

There are ten places one should visit in Chad: “Chad is one of the countries of the Saharan Africa. Chad is also a country that boasts of some wonderful places to visit, and here are some of them.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

9 June 2010

French

A conference on the prevention of enrollment of child soldiers took place in Ndjamena (fr). Mak reports that there are between 7,000 to 10,000 child soldiers in Chad (fr).

• Lova

3 September 2008

French

Parti Liberal du Tchad calls for an “integral” solution to illegal migration from Africa to Europe and the establishment of a high commission to examine the problem. “Without the flow of migrants, many European countries would not be where they are today. So it is important to remember what these Africans have lived and continue to live today in order to better understand the origins of this migration.” [Fr]

• Jennifer Brea

30 July 2008

English

White African discussing mobile reporting in Africa, “Netherland’s based AfricaNews has been a pioneer in this space, starting last year with their “Voices of Africa” section of their site. I’ve been continually impressed with how they find, train and equip their journalists all over Africa.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

26 February 2008

Updates

This is an eyewitness account of violence in Chad: ““For over 7 hours we heard that battle rage. We felt afraid, wondered which part of the body to try to get under a 24 x 20 inch table. Was it more important to save the head or the chest? The legs? Did I want a bullet in any part of my body at all? Then, a grenade was lobbed into our yard but didn't go off. The soldiers cordoned off the area. People were running in the street trying to get away from the fighting but seemed to get blocked between the 2 factions.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

14 February 2008

French

Le Pangolin writes about the extrajudiciary detention [Fr] of opposition politicians in Chad and France's conspicuous silence.

• Jennifer Brea

23 August 2007

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