(Photo: Twin Design/Shutterstock) Voluntourism is ultimately about the fulfillment of the volunteers themselves, not necessarily what they bring to.
An Egyptian court has sentenced three Al Jazeera journalists to between seven and 10 years in prison on terrorism.
Photo: http://bit.ly/1m3q4Gr by Rosa Lia: The Palestine-Israel Journal One conversation in a coffee shop in Ramallah with a.
It didn’t take long this week for the architects of the disastrous U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq to.
Image Telam, Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica Uruguayan President Jose Mujica conveyed his concern at the U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
No woman should lose her status, livelihood or property when her husband dies, yet millions of widows in our.
Across the world, forests provide employment, energy, nutritious foods and a wide range of other goods and ecosystem services.
A group rarely vows eternal loyalty to political organizations that do not serve that group’s interests. From this.
Rokia Traore visited Goudoubo camp, Burkina Faso. The camp hosts some 10,000 Malian refugees who fled a conflict that.
Rene Wadlow, President, Association of World Citizens There is the legendary sign in shops selling china and porcelain “Do.
Alfaz; Historiegruppen, Municipio, Spain Can we know the future? Rhetorical answer: can we know the past? We rewrite history.
by John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service Loss of Biodiversity All of us know that the relentless growth.
Credit: Wissm al-Okili/Reuters Shi’ite pilgrims gather at Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine to mark his death anniversary in Baghdad’s Kadhimiya.
I can't remember exactly when I first heard about them, but suddenly they were there. Not as a new.
Cows and land remain central to many local conflicts in South Kivu. On the evening of Friday 6th June,.
Since Kenya intervened in Somalia in October 2011, insecurity has spiraled out of control, with attacks (largely targeting.
First, I would like to thank the conference organizers for inviting me. I want to pay tribute to their.
Nnimmo Bassey discusses the continuing protests by the Niger Delta people against oil pollution and makes the case for.
By Habibou Bangré in Kinshasa The giant robotic policemen are preventing accidents – and racketeering by dishonest officials. .
African superstars Johnny Clegg and Youssou N’Dour paid homage on Sunday to late South African icon Nelson Mandela at.
In groups like Al Shabaab, we may be seeing a seminal shift in Al-Qaeda-led Islamist militancy: growth in.
–A+A 0 Palestinian refugees Masnaa border crossing (Syria/Lebanon)—Predictions about the likely course of events in this region, including occasional.
–A+A 0 Author says President Tolbert, assassinated during 1980 coup, paid “more for the sins of the past” .
Cross-posted from Counterpunch. Recently Haiti President Michel Martelly celebrated his third year in office. He gained wide support.
