North Africa

Roundup: Highlights this week on the Hub

Priscila Néri — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:29:00 -0800

Here are three videos worth watching from this week on the Hub:

Sinai footage #2, via Wael Abbas

Priscila Néri — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:55:58 -0800

- This video contains graphic footage of human rights abuses, viewer discretion is advised - Clashes between Egyptian security forces and local Bedouin communities in the Sinai Peninsula have left at least three people dead, according to local reports.
Wael Abbas posted this video originally to YouTube with the following explanatory text:

Sinai footage #1, via Wael Abbas

Priscila Néri — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:45:30 -0800

This video contains graphic footage of human rights abuses, viewer discretion is advised.

Clashes between Egyptian security forces and local Bedouin communities in the Sinai Peninsula have left at least three people dead, according to local reports. Wael Abbas posted this video originally to YouTube with the following explanatory text:

Sinai's Bedouins up in arms - 13 Nov 2008

aljazeeraenglish — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:53:55 -0800

Egypt has dispatched large numbers of security forces to the Sinai Peninsula after violent clashes between the army and the local tribesmen left four dead.
Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh reports from the Sinai peninsula where authorities are negotiating with Bedouin leaders to stave off further strife.

Global Grassroots

GlobalGrassroots — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:14:16 -0700

Global Grassroots was founded in 2004 to support conscious social change for women in post-conflict societies in Africa. Through personal transformation work, social entrepreneurship training and seed funding grants, Global Grassroots helps marginalized women and genocide survivors reclaim their lives and discover their value to society through the development of their own ideas for social change. Global Grassroots also engages in creative campaigns to raise awareness of critical women’s issues globally, including genocide and sexual violence during conflict.

Internews Radio for Darfur Refugees and Displaced Chadians

radiowalker — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:55:52 -0700

Three community radio stations have been established in Chad to serve refugees from Darfur and displaced Chadians. Local Chadian and Sudanese journalists have been trained to produce news and informational programming for people living in the camps on topics such as humanitarian relief and women's issues.

Roundup: Highlights this week on the Hub

Priscila Néri — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:22:08 -0700

1) Hub user Radiowalker brings us Internews Radio for Darfur Refugees and Displaced Chadians, the story of three community radio stations in Chad in which the news stories are produced by refugees and internally displaced people themselves. By helping spread vital information that might otherwise not reach those living in the camps, the radio programs have helped protect some women from violence and attacks, says reporter and refugee Houzna Arabi. Definitely worth watching:

Urgent Action: Call on the Egyptian Government to Release Online Activists

Chris Michael — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:01:09 -0700

This week's Urgent Action comes from Human Rights First's Human Rights Defenders program with a focus on online activists within Egypt, which they note is "continuing its assault on free expression, jailing internet activists and journalists under broad and unjust laws."

Morocco: Western Saharan/Sahrawi students protest in Agadir

asvdh — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:47:37 -0700

This video, provided to ASVDH by the Sahrawi-Students.org, reveals some of the challenges Western Saharan students face while attending Moroccan universities.

Morocco: Western Saharan/Sahrawi students protest in Agadir

asvdh — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:47:37 -0700

This video, provided to ASVDH by the Sahrawi-Students.org, reveals some of the challenges Western Saharan students face while attending Moroccan universities.