Erika Degortes – TRANSCEND Media Service Looking for Transwonderland (travels in Nigeria)[i] is the title of a fabulous book by Noo Saro-Wiwa, a British/Nigerian writer and journalist. Those who know her story[ii] […]
Nigeria’s Futur: An Interview with Noo Saro-Wiwa about her book
Winnie Mandela Turns 80, Vows to lead Marikana Campaignby BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Adebayo
“She opposed the ANC compromises with the former apartheid regime and the disarming of the armed wing of the ANC Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in 1994.” Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, commonly referred to as […]
The Collapse of a Titan by Rais Neza Boneza
Near madness, Strangled in the North, the Equator-– Ngbadolite, Ngemena, to the Ubangui border-– In the center, Tetela land–– Kisangani, Bunia–– In the south, the land of copper, Katanga, Cornered […]
Seizing Statesmanship: Why President Kiir should Declare His Retirement Now, But Not Quit yet.
(Gurtong):-Salva Kiir Mayardit, the current president of South Sudan – the world’s youngest republic – is a man admired and loathed at equal measures. His supporters staunchly believe he is an able […]
The State of the World–By Journalism
We want journalists to do that, give us the state of the world, by from one “trouble spot”–arenas of past-present-future violence–to the other. Not to mirror the world, but to make it […]
HAITI RISES: A TIME FOR SOLIDARITY by Nia Imara and Robert Roth
HAITI RISES: A TIME FOR SOLIDARITY by Nia Imara and Robert Roth Haiti Rises: A Time for Solidarity was first published in February 2016. Since that time, Haiti’s interim president, Jocelerme Privert, […]
What’s happening in Zimbabwe By Professor Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe is in the grips of a wave of violent protests, which so far have been crushed by the police. President Robert Mugabe says there is a new desperation by the opposition […]
SA carries cross of South-South cooperation
SEPTEMBER 12 is perhaps one of the less celebrated international days, it is the United Nations (UN) Day for South-South Cooperation – a notion of solidarity, where countries forego some aspects of […]
The African Union: The West’s Gendarme in Africa by Thomas C. Mountain
“AU-sponsored soldiers in Somalia rape and murder, sell arms on the black market to their erstwhile enemies, Al Shabab, and in general smuggle and racketeer with the leadership of the AU turning […]
REVIVING HAITI’S ARMY WOULD HARM DEMOCRACY by JEB SPRAGUE
The Miami HeraldPosted on Thu, Sep. 06, 2012 Reviving Haiti’s army would harm democracy BY JEB SPRAGUE jhsprague@umail.ucsb.edu Haiti’s government is making plans to revive the country’s disbanded army, an institution guilty […]
DRC economy an awakening giant
By Franck Kuwonu Most news headlines from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have one thing in common – their focus on conflict, particularly in the eastern part of the country. […]
SEPTEMBER 30TH INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF HAITI
Join Haiti Action Committee to commemorate the 25th anniversary of a coup that continues to inform the present struggle of the Haitian people for democracy and justice. SEPTEMBER 30th – 4:30 PM […]
Pull down ‘racist’ Ghandi’s statue from Legon – Professor demands
Statue of Mahatma Ghandi on campus of the University of Ghana A former Director of the Institute of African Studies, Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo, has started a campaign asking for the […]
Islam Right now By Johan Galtung
5 September, 2016 – TRANSCEND Media Service – Watching Christianity nearly a century–fundamentalist Christians fighting ritualistic Christians fighting secularism, generally moving fundamentalism–>ritualism–>secularism–maybe the same for Islam? Their similarities make “Islam right now” a repetition of […]
#PretoriaGirlsHigh and the myth of multiculturalism By Khaya Dianga
Khaya Dlanga The world finds a black woman who fights for what is rightfully hers offensive. Here is a school called Pretoria High School for Girls where black girls’ bodies are being policed under […]
What’s the real size of Africa? How Western states used maps to downplay size of continent By Sophie Morlin-Yron, for CNN
Story highlights The Mercator projection has been used as a template for world maps since its creation in 1569 The projection shows Africa as being smaller than it is It has had […]
Therapy Strategy to Remedy African Instability By Rais Neza Boneza
Diagnosis: Negative Leadership In the 60s, most of the African countries snatched precipitately their independences from the colonialists. Most of the time without a broad and unify vision to reconcile the leadership […]
The Lessons of Turkey’s “Failed Military Coup”
The results of “the failed military coup” in Turkey have simply confirmed the pre-planned nature of this event and the fact that US intelligence services were heavily involved in this operation. First […]
Will South Sudanese accept foreign Tutelage government? By Ater Garang Ariath
As South Sudan struggle to gains it own ground as sovereign state, foreign tutelage are on rise in different forms and fronts with an intentions of robbing South Sudanese people in the […]
