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Hunger ... and aid: shades of the hidden truth from Bangladesh
Hunger ... and aid: shades of the hidden truth from Bangladesh 29 January 2007 APC

Monga, is a famine like situation most strongly observed in several northern districts of Bangladesh, has been recurring every year for decades. The two months of monga between September and October is marked by a dire lack of food, which arises due to the absence of non-agricultural employment and the agricultural lean season coinciding. The misery of millions of poor people for years on end, is, in fact and essentially, not an economic problem but a political one. A new book on this and the...

WSF coverage: Internet and power cuts derail publicity for the World Social Forum
WSF coverage: Internet and power cuts derail publicity for the World Social Forum 25 January 2007 APC

The frequent power cuts and lack of internet has affected the coverage of the seventh edition of the World Social Forum. The following are voices of journalists on the ground at the Kasarani Media Centre, in Nairobi. Read the exclusive comments by journalists on the ground.

WSF coverage: A tale for two forums
WSF coverage: A tale for two forums 24 January 2007 APC

Nairobi and the Swiss resort of Davos are set apart not only physically – ideologically too the Davos economic forum’s belief in conventional Trickle Down is a world apart from the WSF’s faith in building Another World.

WSF: Italy signs Kenya's debt cancellation
WSF: Italy signs Kenya's debt cancellation 23 January 2007 APC

At the World Social Forum the International Alliance of Inhabitants (IAI) entered in a dialogue with the Italian Minister for Development Co-operation, Patrizia Sentinelli, about the involvement of social movements in policies that may result from the agreement to be signed today to convert Kenya’s debt with Italy, worth 44 million euros.

The internet in Latin America... from the eyes of its protagonists
The internet in Latin America... from the eyes of its protagonists 21 January 2007 APC

Check this blog by Jose Sorian titled “la historia de Internet en ALC por sus protagonistas” at http://interred.wordpress.com/. Thanks to Adolfo Dunayevich of APC for putting out the link. Some other links on that blog’s blog-roll: Convergencias de gente en la red; LANIC – Historia de Internet en ALC; and recuerdos de la red.

E-visiting Kenya, and the WSF...
E-visiting Kenya, and the WSF... 21 January 2007 APC

Pambazuka News is offering coverage from the the WSF at Kenya here. Fahamu‘s Flickr photos of the event are here Bloggers posts on WSF-Kenya (via Technorati.com, are coming up here. And Google.news has some (mainstream, but sometimes interesting) perspectives here.

Creative Commons comes to India
Creative Commons comes to India 18 January 2007 APC

Premier technological institute IIT Bombay is to launch the Indian chapter of Creative Commons during its annual Technology Festival of India, later this month (January 2007). The Creative Commons (CC) is a global non-profit working to expand the range of creative work available for others "legally to build upon and share."

Cheap fibre coming to East Africa
Cheap fibre coming to East Africa 04 December 2006 APC

The Kenyan Government

Critical Issues for National Policy and Advocacy on Open Access
Critical Issues for National Policy and Advocacy on Open Access 17 November 2006 APC

Open Access in the context

Giving voice to the Voiceless!!
Giving voice to the Voiceless!! 16 November 2006 APC

Greetings! Lauren writing from the AMARC 9 World Assembly in Amman,Jordan. It has been a privilege to be present here among the global and regional AMARC family and the many local community radio activists and journalists. I wish to share very good news from the Community Radio sector of India….

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