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26 June: International Day Against Torture by Rene Wadlow

Torture has a bad name among the police and security agencies of most countries. Thus torture is...

You Talk About the Collapse of Western Civilisation as If It Would be a Bad Thing By KALUNDI SERUMAGA

Former Greek Finance Minister Yiannis Varoufakis’ crusade to help save the 60 year old European Union from a growing potential disintegration is intriguing. He,...

63 African Symbols For Creative Design By: Mawuna Remarque KOUTONIN

African symbols from Egypt are well known, but now is time to discover more African symbols specially from West Africa, called Adinkra. Adinkra are visual...

[Nobel Peace Laureate] Dalai Lama Urges Myanmar’s [Nobel Peace Laureate] Suu Kyi to Ease Rohingya Tensions

By David Brunnstrom | Reuters 13 Jun 2016 – Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has a moral responsibility to try to ease tensions...

Beyond the T-Shirt: What Che Actually Stood For By Urooba Jamal

Source: Telesur The famous portrait of Che Guevara graces T-shirts and posters the world over, but what did the revolutionary leader actually stand...

NEW NATION, LONG WAR In South Sudan, It’s Hard to Tell the Soldiers From the Criminals

Read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. DING COL DAU DING was successful, handsome, and fit. Born in Britain, he was an avid soccer...

How the British killed Ugandan “Matyrs” and scapegoating Kabaka (King) Mwanga of Buganda By GNL Zamba

MWANGA didnt order killing the "Martyrs", The British did it. So every June we turn our kabaka Mwanga back to the heartless villain and...

A Letter to my Brother: God is not a Christian and Other Tales of Our Civilisation By Chika Onyenezi

Dear Brother, One day we will wake up and we won’t know ourselves because the traditions we should preserve are being traded for nothing,...

Why SPLM remain rally point for our Political Activities? By Ater Garang Ariath

The ideal South Sudanese national unity is entirely lies with our historical party. This is a challenge to us as members and supporters of...

Exclusive: Top UN whistleblower resigns, citing impunity and lack of accountability

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The crumbling Islamic State: Its desperate violations of humanitarian law

By Rene Wadlow* In simultaneous, if not necessary coordinated operations, there are attacks against the forces of the Islamic State (ISIS or Daech in its...

THE CANDIES THAT DOCTORS HAND OUT By Ife Piankhi

I fill my mouth with it. Never mind that I am lactose intolerant and in a few hours my stomach will be gripping and...

Imperialism’s Junior Partners By Patrick Bond

Dilma Rousseff and Jacob Zuma at the 2014 BRICS summit in Brazil. GovernmentZA / Flickr Our new issue, “Between the Risings,” is...

Sudan: Five Years On, Refugees Still Fleeing Conflict

The United Nations refugee agency on 3 June 2016 warned that tragically people are still fleeing violence in Sudan’s South Kordofan State, most crossing...

The unifying power of music: The American conductor Kent Nagano and his dream by Winfried Pogorzelski

Fanmi Lavalas Presentation, April 6th 2024

From Port-aux-Prince to Africa: Unveiling the Haitian Crisis