It touts itself as Zimbabwe’s independent news agency. But it does not even operate from Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Online operates from South Africa. The reasons: the “general decimation of media in Zimbabwe”, the enactment of “a vicious media law which enables the government to licence media houses and journalists to do their work, the closure of […]
Pakistan on its way towards Talibanization
“Coward Taliban extremists are taking shelter in religious seminaries and mosques situated in posh areas of NWFP, Pakistan, to hide themselves from wrath of US and NATO allies, in mosque of Paracha Town Imam mosque is misbehaving with young children while giving them lessons of Quran, during the night in the same mosque he […]
Suu Kyi’s 62nd birthday marked as Burmese Women’s Day
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi turned 62 on Tuesday while being under house arrest. Such a notable day that not only did hundreds of Suu Kyi’s supporters stand at National League for Democracy (NLD) party headquarters demanding her freedom, but this her fifth consecutive birthday spent under house detention also marked as “Burmese […]
Bangladeshi Journalist Wins $1,000 GroundReport Prize
GroundReport announced today the winner of June’s Off-the-Radar Contest, a news competition with a $1,000 USD grand prize. The winner was Arafatul Islam, whose article garnered the highest traffic on GroundReport.com for the month of June. Underscoring GroundReport’s participatory format, the contest was judged by the “wisdom of crowds,” and not a committee or editor; […]
Child Labour Prevalent in Malawi
Many Malawian children in child labour, government, NGOS concerned 37 percent of the children in Malawi out of the population of 3.8 million children are in child labour,it has been learned. Speaking to the press in the capital city of Malawi, Lilongwe, Limbani Kakhome programme manager of Together ensuring Children’s security told […]
The End of FUD Revisited
Recent actions by Microsoft prompted us to re-issue this position paper and add a section on intellectual property. This position paper will address the question, “Can the open source approach to software development promote transparency and remove FUD — fear, uncertainty and doubt?” By requiring that source code is freely available to all, the open […]
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