Posts Tagged ‘ Africa ’

Boycott Hungary?

January 14, 2011
By Stephen
Boycott Hungary?

An interesting possibility has arisen from ALDE MEP’s. They want to move a meeting of the EU-African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Joint Parliamentary Assembly to Brussels according to Euractiv (original in French and English) thereby boycotting Hunagary. This is seen as a democratic protest against the recent media law in Hungary. This law has met with opposition from within and without Hungary. The idea of this boycott came after Belgian MEP Louis Michel, co-chair of the EU-ACP assembly, called...

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World AIDS Day – I am Safe

December 1, 2010
By Stephen
World AIDS Day – I am Safe

I am living my rights Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise Related Posts: World AIDS Day 2010 – I am Living My Rights I am Well

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Register for TH!NK3!

February 12, 2010
By Stephen
Register for TH!NK3!

Image via Wikipedia I got this via Email from the European Journalism Centre. I took part in Th!nk1 and Th!nk2 (though didn’t finish it). Do check it out. The European Journalism Centre (EJC) invites you to apply for the third round of our acclaimed blogging competition, TH!NK3: Developing World. TH!NK3 will bring together some 100 bloggers, journalists, issue experts and students from the 27 EU member states, as well as neighbourhood countries and beyond, to exchange ideas and debate...

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Euroblog Round up #1

December 11, 2009
By Stephen
Euroblog Round up #1

So as an editor over on bloggingportal.eu I have great access to a huge number of blogs and can help choose what goes on the front page. Unfortunately not everything I would like can go on the front page (there are others there also) I will do a regularish posting like this one to publicise some of the other things going on in the euroblogosophere, whether on the front page or not! Dont expect this daily or weekly mind...

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Aged 16-18? Win a trip to Africa!

March 2, 2009
By Stephen
Aged 16-18? Win a trip to Africa!

Thanks to Eoin Ryan MEP for highlighting this on twitter. Vist www.dyp2008.org/ to see how you could win a trip to Africa. One person from Ireland has to win! Check it out! Best of luck if you enter!

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In agreement with…. Kevin Myers

July 20, 2008
By Stephen

Okay so I can see me getting into a spot of bother with this post, but I seam to be heading more right wing in my old age (I turn an old 23 this year ). But anyway, Kevin Myers got into a spot of bother this week (not a new thing for him) over a colum he wrote for Indo on July 10th entitled “Africa is giving nothing to anyone — apart from AIDS” he raises some good...

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Morning Briefing, 21st February

February 21, 2007
By Stephen

Dia Duit! Well between the Govt. delaying the Civil Union Bill 2006 and the Polish President making homophobic remarks in Ireland (RTÉ) I’m really pissed off! The UK are to make an announcement on withdrawal of troops from Iraq (RTÉ) It is thought likely that Mr Blair will make any announcement in an oral statement to the House of Commons following his regular weekly appearance at Prime Minister’s Questions. I hope he does pull ‘em out At 5:00pm this...

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Nigeria – Update

February 19, 2007
By Stephen
Nigeria – Update

After my last post on Nigeria, I’ve found two interesting blog posts over on FACT OR FICTION on the issue. One is a post on Nigeria’s human right obligations under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The second is an open letter to the President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo. USI LGBT have a page on their website about Nigeria, and what they are advocating to do, including contact...

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Help or Colonialsim in a New From?

December 12, 2006
By Stephen

Via Al Jazeera A Danish Artist as been offering poor Ugandans a way out of poverty by offering them animals in exchange for them changing their name to Hornselth. Kristian von Hornsleth … is offering villagers of Buteyongera aid in the form of a pig or goat if they take on his name, is a commentary on the hypocrisies of society. The Scheme is not a favourite of the Ugandan Government though. Officials such as James Buturo, the ethics...

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Ethiopia authorises military action

December 1, 2006
By Stephen

Ethiopia’s parliament has authorised military action in the event of an attack on the country by Somalia’s Union of Islamic Courts. On Thursday the Ethiopian parliament passed a resolution to let the government take “all necessary” steps in response to what it said were plans for an invasion by the Islamic Courts movement. Parliament approved the resolution by 311 votes to 90 against and 16 abstentions. The resolution states that: “Parliament hereby authorises the government to take all necessary...

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