Here's another Crazy Oscar Jr. Blog-Project.™ I'm hoping to find reasonable, approximately-English-written sites (that at least occasionally focus on country-specific news) for as many countries as possible.
This is obviously a work in progress. I'll try to add more sites as time allows, and happily seek suggestions (which may or may not be honored). I hope any readers will find the list as useful as I expect it to be.
Clicking on the country flags will take you to the CIA Factbook entry for the country.
If any reader has comments or suggestions, please email me or add them to the original Blogs around the World post.
Here's an index:
Africa: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Asia: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgystan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen.
Europe: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia/Montenegro (Yugoslavia), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City.
North America: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, United States.
Oceania: Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela.
Here goes:
AFRICA
AfricaBlog
AfricaPundit (via Delaware)
BlogAfrica Catalog
daudi's afrofile (via the U.S.)
Head Heeb (via New York, "a little misleading." The link, not the blog.)
Mostly Africa
allAfrica
The East African
East African Standard
Middle East Times
Algeria:
Angola:
Benin:
Botswana:
Nathan's African Adventure
Burkina:
Burundi:
Cameroon:
Cape Verde:
Central African Republic:
Chad:
Comoros:
Congo:
Congo (Dem. Rep.):
Djibouti:
Egypt:
The Arab Street Files
Hello from the Land of the Pharaohs, Egypt
Living in Egypt
Willblog
Al-Ahram Weekly
Business Today Egypt
Cairo Live
Cairo Times
Egypt Daily
The Egyptian Gazette
Equatorial Guinea:
Afrol News
Eritrea:
Ethiopia:
ethiopundit
Ethiopian News Agency
Walta Information center
Gabon:
Gabon News
Gambia:
GambiaNet
Ghana:
The Ghanaian Chronicle
News in Ghana
Guinea:
Guinea-Bissau:
Guinea Bissau
Ivory Coast:
Abidjan Post
Kenya:
Kenyan Pundit (via Harvard)
Swamp Cottage
Unganisha.org
Daily Nation
Kenya Times
Nairobi
Wananchi Online
Lesotho:
On Lesotho
Public Eye Daily
Liberia:
Liberia Life
New Democrat
Libya :
From the Rock
JANA
Madagascar:
Madagascar News
Madonline
Malawi:
The Malawi Nation
Mali:
Mauritania:
Mauritius:
Mauritius
Mauritius News
Morocco:
Maghreb Arabe Presse
Morocco Daily
Mozambique:
MozCam
Mr. Dutton Goes to Mozambique
Mozambique News
Namibia:
Namibia Economist
Namibia News
The Namibian
Niger:
Nigeria:
Aderemi's Notebook (via the U.K.)
Black Looks (via Spain)
Champion
Daily Times
The Guardian
Newswatch
Nigeria Daily
The Sun
This Day
Vanguard
Rwanda:
Afrol
Sao Tome and Principe:
Senegal:
Afrol
Seychelles:
Seychelles Nation
Sierra Leone:
Sierra Leone News
Somalia:
Taste of Africa (via Somaliland)
Banadir
Somalia News
South Africa:
Commentary.co.za
The Flying Penguin
The LoneBlade Clan
Mzansi Afrika
Southern Cross (via Oxford)
The Citizen
Financial Mail
Mail & Guardian
Pretoria News
South Africa Post
Sudan:
Sudan: The Passion of the Present
Sudan News Agency
Sudan Tribune
Sudan.Net
Swaziland:
Daily Observer
The Times of Swaziland
Tanzania:
Arusha Times
Business Times
The Express
IPP Media
The Guardian
Tanzania News
Togo:
Tunisia:
Subzero Blue
Tunisia Globe
Tunisia Online
Uganda:
The Monitor
The New Vision
Uganda FM
Zambia:
Lowdown
The Post
Sunday Mail
Times of Zambia
Zambia Star
Zimbabwe:
Zimbabwe News
The Financial Gazette
New Zimbabwe
Sunday Mirror
Zimbabwe Democracy Trust
Zimbabwe Post
The Zimbabwe Situation
ANTARCTICA
70 South
Afghanistan:
Afghan Voice (via Virginia)
Afghanistan Online Forum
Landlocked Sailor 2004
uBlog Afghan Watch
Never Heard of this Place Till Now
Afghan Daily
Armenia:
Azerbaijan:
Bahrain:
Mahmood's Den Bangladesh:
Bhutan:
Brunei:
Burma (Myanmar):
Cambodia:
China:
China Weblog
Flying Chair
Gweilo Diaries
Lost in Transit
Voluntarily in China Cyprus:
East Timor:
India:
Journey Never Ends
Indonesia:
Iran:
Editor: Myself (English) (via Canada)
View from Iran Iraq:
Healing Iraq
Ibn Alrafidain
Iraq & Iraqis
Iraq at a Glance
Iraq the Model
The Mesopotamian
Nabil's Blog
Road of a Nation
Where Is Raed? Israel:
Not a Fish
Tal G. in Jerusalem
An Unsealed Room Japan:
hmmn: musings from the far east(erwood)
Lost in Transit
Nick in Japan
Tawawa.org North Korea:
South Korea:
Lost in Transit
Marmot's Hole
Ruminations in Korea
Kuwait:
Kyrgyzstan:
Erika's adventures in Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon:
Beirut Calling
Skout
Malaysia:
Bin Gregory Productions
Mongolia:
Nepal:
Oman:
Pakistan:
KO (Khalid Omar)
Philippines:
From Manila to the World
Parallel Universes
Philippine Commentary
Russian Federation:
Russpundit
Russian Dilettante
Siberian Light
Saudi Arabia:
The Religious Policeman
Singapore:
Lost in Transit
Serial Deviant
Syria:
Taiwan:
Thimbleful of Thorns
Thailand:
Turkey:
Turkish Torque
Turkmenistan:
United Arab Emirates:
Uzbekistan:
Vietnam:
Yemen:
EUROPE
Europundit
EuroPunditsAlbania:
Electronic Democracy
Austria:
Lost in Transit
Dawson's Danube
Belgium:
A Belgian Blog
Fainting in Coyles
Live from Brussels
Bosnia-Herzegovina:
Stranger in a Strange Land
Bulgaria:
Sofia Sideshow
Croatia:
Draxblog
Czech Republic:
Arellanes.com
Daily Czech
Nicmoc blog
PragueBlog
Tomas Kohl
Estonia:
Unigolyn
Finland:
Rye Beer
France:Georgian Times
Dissident Frogman
Lost in Transit
Lutetia
No Pasaran!
Germany:
Almost a diary
Cum Grano Salis
Davids Medienkritik
Ground Plums & Gun Smoke
Greece:
Ambrosia Ephemeris
Iceland:
Ireland:
AtlanticBlog
Broom of Anger
Fenian Ramblings
Slugger O'Toole
Latvia:
All About Latvia
Lithuania:
Luxembourg:
Macedonia:
Malta:
Moldova:
Monaco:
Netherlands:
Lost in Transit
Presurfer
Zacht Ei
Norway:
Bjørn Stærk
FredrikNorman.com
Secular Blasphemy
Poland:
Lost in Transit
Portugal:
The World of Claudia
Romania:
@rgumente
Halfway down the Danube
San Marino:
Serbia/Montenegro (Yugoslavia):
Slovakia:
Slovenia:
The Glory of Carniola
Spain:
Barcepundit (English edition)
Iberian Notes
Ibidem
Puerta del Sol Blog
Sal DeTraglia's Virtual Tapas Bar
Sweden:
Ego
Jogin.com
Lost in Transit
Stefan Geens
Switzerland:
Innocents Abroad
Ukraine:
Blog de Connard
Foreign Notes
Neeka's Backlog
Orange Ukraine
Peace Corps||Ukraine
Le Sabot Post-Moderne
TulipGirl
United Kingdom:
Airstrip One
The Lincoln PLAWG
Melanie Phillips's Diary
Natalie Solent
Oliver Kamm
Public Interest.co.uk
Samizdata.net (mostly)
NORTH AMERICA
Antigua and Barbuda:
Bahamas:
barbadosBarbados:
Belize:
Canada:
ColbyCosh.com
Daimnation
Lost in Transit
Ranting and Roaring
Wickens.ca
Cuba:
Dominica:
Dominican Rep.:
El Salvador:
Grenada:
Guatemala:
Haiti:
John Adams
Jamaica:
Mexico:
Calles y Callejones, Backroads of San Miguel
El Disidente
Nicaragua:
Panama:
St. Kitts & Nevis:
St. Lucia:
Looshan Ramblings
St. Vincent & the Grenadines:
Trinidad & Tobago:
Nicholas Laughlin's blog etc.
Notes from a small island
United States:
See the main page or the Blogs around the U.S.A. post.
OCEANIA
Australia:
Slattsnews
Professor Bunyip
Tim Blair
View from the RightFiji:
Nacken
Fiji Times
Marshall Islands:
Micronesia:
Pleasant Island
New Zealand:
Kiwi Pundit
KiwiPete
Lost in Transit
NZ Pundit
Silent Running (mostly)
Papua New Guinea:
Samoa:
Solomon Islands:
Tonga:
IslandTime - Carpe Mañana
Tuvalu:
Vanuatu:
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina:
Treasaigh
Bolivia:Swimming against the Red Tide
Ciao!
Chile:
Colombia:
Ecuador:
Guyana:
Paraguay:
Peru:
Peruvian Graffiti
Uruguay:
Venezuela:
Caracas Chronicles
Devil's Excrement
Venezuela News and Views
