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Light Up Nigeria: Enough Is Enough

Despite being a country rich in oil, Nigeria's electricity supply situation is insufficient. “In most parts of the country, darkness pervades and generators have taken over as the source of power”, says Adebayo's blog. “When the power shuts down - ...

From ELIA VARELA SERRA, Global Voices Online,  17 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Facebook Inc.

Congo Brazzaville: Disappointment at Presidential election

A BBC correspondent reportedly witnessed “money being handed out at a polling station in the south of the capital, to people who later said they had been asked to vote for Mr Sassou-Nguesso.” One election observer, speaking on condition of anonymity, ...

From ELIA VARELA SERRA, Global Voices Online,  13 Jul 2009
Related Topics: BBC,  Barack Obama

DRC: Goma's Makeover for Independence Day

Independence Day was celebrated all throughout the country, but it was in the eastern city of Goma (the capital of North Kivu province) that the official festivities took place with the participation of President Joseph Kabila, as well as the ...

From ELIA VARELA SERRA, Global Voices Online,  3 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Joseph Kabila,  Laurent Nkunda

Gabon: On President Omar Bongo's death

Sunday night, French media announced the death of President Omar Bongo of Gabon, who had spent 41 of his 73 years in power. French newspaper Le Point reported that they received news of his death, by cancer, in a private clinic in Barcelona, through a “ ...

From ELIA VARELA SERRA, Global Voices Online,  8 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Omar Bongo,  Jean Eyeghe Ndong

Rwanda: The unresolved FDLR issue

The attempted military solution to the FDLR appears far from having succeeded in crippling the rebel group, despite the recent disarmament of over 400 combatants by MONUC. Instead, the operations led to serious consequences for the Congolese in North ...

From ELIA VARELA SERRA, Global Voices Online,  22 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Wikipedia

Rwanda: Fifteen years after the genocide

Today marks the end of a week of national mourning in Rwanda to mark 15 years since the genocide which killed 800,000 people. On the 7th of April ceremonies were held in the capital Kigali, and in Nyanza, where more than 5,000 people were slaughtered. ...

From ELIA VARELA SERRA, Global Voices Online,  14 Apr 2009
Related Topics: United Nations,  Jean Paul,  UK Department for International Development,  Creative Commons

Senegal: Beach wrestling

George Esunge Fominyen writes about the popularity of traditional wrestlilng in Senegal's beaches, and posts a video shot in the touristic resort of Mbour. He writes: “wrestlers competing in the championnat de lutte avec Frappe, earn fabulous sums of ...

From ELIA VARELA SERRA, Global Voices Online,  15 Jan 2009

Cameroon: Interview with Côté Minou

Dulce Camer interviews Maryanne E. Mokoko and Stephanie T. Mouapi, the designers behind the fashion label “Côté Minou” launched in 2006. The interview includes several photos of their designs. Grandiose Parlor draws a parallel between the impeachment ...

From ELIA VARELA SERRA, Global Voices Online,  15 Jan 2009

The beauty of Sudan in pictures

Grandiose Parlor draws a parallel between the impeachment of the Illinois State Governor (U.S) Rod Blagojevic over corruption charges, with Nigerian governors: “while the two are corrupt - well, maybe not in equal measures-, the political system in the ...

From ELIA VARELA SERRA, Global Voices Online,  14 Jan 2009

Comparing Illinois governor Blagojevic and his Nigerian counterparts

Grandiose Parlor draws a parallel between the impeachment of the Illinois State Governor (U.S) Rod Blagojevic over corruption charges, with Nigerian governors: “while the two are corrupt - well, maybe not in equal measures-, the political system in the ...

From ELIA VARELA SERRA, Global Voices Online,  14 Jan 2009

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