School life can be seen as an imaginary “front-line” crossed in multiple directions by diverse types of violence actually present in almost all societies. The violence of the socio-economic system, with its continuous adjustments creates poverty and misery for a large number of the world’s population. The violence in the political system, exercised by…
The Eerie Silence Surrounding the Assange Case
Julian Assange remains cut off from the world in Ecuador’s London embassy, shut off from friends, relatives and thousands of supporters, leaving him unable to do his crucial work, as John Pilger discusses with Dennis J. Bernstein. By Dennis J Bernstein – ConsortiumNews – June 9, 2018 In a recent communication between Randy…
Ensuring the water’s safety: What can local people do to protect the Nile?
Esther Muwombi The people who live and work at the Bujagali Falls on the River Nile are coming together to help preserve and protect their local environment and their livelihoods. Children playing along the Nile in Uganda, January 11, 2018. (photo: The Niles | Esther Muwombi) Nakanda Fatima is a single mother of four…
“Making that album was like a cleansing” By: Michiel van Oosterhout
He taught singer Bobby Brown African lullabies and saw Richie Havens perform his anthem ‘Freedom’ at the legendary 1969 Woodstock music festival. Long before Wasswa Birigwa became a household name in Ugandan business and politics, he was a celebrated musician both in his home country and the United States. In the early 1970’s he released…
CHINESE AND TURKISH CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES DESTROY NATIONAL PARKS AND THE LIVELIHOODS OF PEOPLE IN THE HORN AND EAST AFRICA
Indebted for many generations to come, Kenyans slowly realize that the Chinese-built, single-line Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) – dubbed the Mad(araka) Express in short MadEx – using outdated diesel technology to pull refurbished wagons and mostly Chinese goods from Mombasa to Nairobi over and through very dangerous constructs is a con. Every day the Chinese…
Chronic corruption in UN resettlement process
THE UN AND REFUGEES – A NIGHTMAREUNHCR globally wastes more than one Galactic Year in the lives of refugeesIn Kenya it just got worse 21. May 2018 (vf) Since that African conglomerate-state with its huge colonial burden is now ruled for another four years by an autocratic governance after a neither clean nor fair election,…
Ethiopia has taken an unexpected step towards peace with long-time enemy Eritrea By Abdi Latif Dahir
Ethiopia’s premier just made the surprise announcement that it’s going to make peace with its enemy Eritrea. In a statement made last night (June 5), the ruling coalition declared that it will fully accept the terms of an agreement signed in 2000, which ended the war between the two nations over a disputed border. Recognizing…
What happens if President Salva steps down voluntarily?
Written by Luka Kuol, Global Fellow at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway. Washington, 28th May 2018 The rapid degeneration of the situation in South Sudan on a trajectory towards the Hobbesian state made many circles to call for President Salva to step down for various reasons, but the final decision rests with him….