AfricaVox 2007
Desert voices
Climate change is top of the agenda at this year's G8. These first-hand accounts are from Ethiopia, where drought has taken its toll
> view photo gallery
Categories
africa-led development
angela merkel
bob geldof
brain drain
climate change
corruption
debt relief
donor aid
education
energy
environment
ethiopia
healthcare
HIV and AIDS
malaria
media
mozambique
nepad
protests
south africa
tanzania
uganda
women
youth
Subscribe in a reader
G8 news from IPS
G8 2007 links
Blogging G8 | the road to Heiligendamm
die tageszeitung | G8 news (in German)
dropping knowledge | g8 special
Financial Times | G8 in-depth
G8 NGO Platform
G8-XTRA
Oxfam International | BLOG8
Spiegel | G8 news
The world can't wait campaign
Women’s openSummit blog
Panos London
Panos London
is a non-profit organisation that enables people to speak out, be heard and change their lives
Notes
Panos London is not responsible for the content of external websites
This blog presents the journalists' personal views, which are not necessarily endorsed by Panos London
Archives
November 2007
June 2007
May 2007
Categories
africa-led development
angela merkel
bob geldof
brain drain
climate change
corruption
debt relief
donor aid
education
energy
environment
ethiopia
healthcare
HIV and AIDS
malaria
media
mozambique
nepad
protests
south africa
tanzania
uganda
women
youth
AfricaVox 2007
This blog was written by a team of African journalists, who worked with
Panos London
to
report from the 2007 G8 Summit
in Germany.
Our G8 reporters
Tigist Kassa
Ethiopian radio journalist specialising in HIV/AIDS
Kakaire Kirunda
Bureau chief for Uganda’s Monitor newspapers
Richard M Kavuma
Senior reporter with Uganda's
Weekly Observer
Thabo Mabaso
Reporter for South African newspaper,
The Independent
William Mapote
Journalist with Mozambique's KFM/KTV
Zinhle Mapumulo
Health and news reporter for the
Sowetan
Abebe Teshager
Ethiopian radio journalist specialising in HIV/AIDS
Collins Vumiria
Chief news editor of Uganda's Radio West
Francisco Xerinda
Deputy editor of Mozambique’s
Savana
newspaper
Recent Posts
Reflecting on the G8's HIV promises
Return to Mazista: a South African village recovers its health
Uganda strives for a generation free from HIV
Hard labour: stopping HIV in its tracks
South Africa: the HIV waiting game
What news do I take home for my people?
Africa’s brain drain here to stay
The J9 at the G8
Fear and stigma in rural South Africa
Fewer promises, more action
Archives
November 2007
June 2007
May 2007
Your say
"As a woman I demand my national government and the G8 to make their efforts more sensitive and responsive to women's problems..."
Metsehate
"The Rostock scene was not different from a scene in Uganda's Kampala or Zimbabwe's Harare..."
Omar Kalinge-Nnyago
"It is a mistake to consider the protesters as a 'leftist' homogenous block as there are many differences in their ideologies and approaches to protest"
Julia
"Environmentalists will always protect their side of the story but what Uganda needs today is to protect the lives and health of their citizens"
Francis Mutazindwa
"If you have lived and worked here in Germany for any considerable time... you would know that this is a typical view of Afrika portrayed by the Axel Springer Verlag's newspapers for decades..."
BRE
"What's the harm in reporting both sides? The point is that there is a lot of good, positive news in Africa. Choosing to focus [only] on the bad, just shows a hopeless continent..."
Roselyn Mungai
"The question we have to ask Geldof is... after taking/viewing the image how did you change the situation of the young kid?"
Reuben Gitahi
"Why do we continue to perpetuate the need to say Africa when the differences across this vast continent are so large?"
Paul Crook
"Malaria is not just a health problem - it is an economic problem as well..."
Damas Ogwe
"I would have agreed with your comments [about Geldof's choice of photo] if only things were that simple..."
T McOwiti
Let the journalists know what you think by adding a comment or emailing
[email protected]