‘Primitive People’: The Untold Story of UNHCR’s Historical Engagement with Rohingya Refugees
‘These are primitive people. At the end of the day they will go where they are told to go.’ These were the words of a…
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1956-1960 : grabuge entre Bruxelles et Léopoldville
Les Belges ont eu maille à partir avec les Congolais, à tous les points de leur pénétration intempestive dans le vaste territoire de ce pays.…
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No Direction Home: The Journey of Frantz Fanon
Adam Shatz | Winter 2019 – I was a teenager when I first saw a picture of Frantz Fanon, on the back of my father’s hardcover…
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HOW TO END THE CIVIL WAR IN SOMALIA: NEGOTIATE WITH AL-SHABAAB
When I worked in Somalia from 2016 to 2018 supporting provision of military assistance to forces combating al-Shabaab, most discussions with international partners acknowledged that…
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Us: We have met the enemies and they are us
In this review of the American film Us, the author highlights the movie’s core message that most of the times, we, human beings, are our own enemies. …
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Assange is not a journalist (If journalists are propagandists for the ruling class)
Source: BBC Ann Garisson Appeared May 15, 2019 High profile journalists have been jabbering about whether or not Julian Assange is really one of them.…
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Feud between Rwanda, Uganda strongmen takes toll
By AFP The people living on either side of the Ugandan-Rwandan border at Katuna never much considered the boundary: children crossed for school, workers moved…
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Cameroon: Moving Fast When There Are Short Windows of Opportunity
On 8 May 2019, Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, after a 3-day mission to the Cameroon, welcomed the Cameroon government’s…
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Book Review: FUNDAMENTAL THEORIES OF ETHNIC CONFLICT: EXPLAINING THE ROOT CAUSES OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC HATE
Edited by: Muli Wa Kyendo Published by: Syokimau Cultural Centre, Nairobi, Kenya, www.syokimauculturalcentre.org. 2019, 156pp, ISBN 978-9966-7020-6-7 (paperback) 978-9966-7020-5-0 (e-book) Available at: https://www.amazon.com/Fundamental-Theories-Ethnic-Conflict-Explaining/dp/9966702067 Review by:…
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Meanwhile, Around the World
There is much diversity. Let us praise that mega aspect of our world as multipolar, passive but peaceful, coexistence of civilizations: Anglo-American; Latin American-Caribbean; Islamic;…
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Africa’s Great Lakes Region and Nyiragongo’s curse
Dear Tingasiga; I am a child of the mountains, at once hopelessly enamoured by their beauty and intimidated by their silent, motionless and brooding majesty.…
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Haiti’s Corrupt Elite Direct Targeted Killings In Areas That Support Lavalas
In February, there were massive protests against rising prices and economic hardship. Haiti’s rulers, who enjoy US support, were terrified of the democratic rising,…
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