June | 2014 | Kimpa Vita Press & Publishers

Why 1 million Chinese migrants are building a new empire in Africa By Howard W. French

After days of coordinating with me over patchy cell phone connections, Hao Shengli arrived in Mozambique’s capital city of Maputo. He’d come to...

TURNING BACK THE CLOCK by Ayana Labossiere

I will never forget my first trip to Haiti. In 1990, at five years old, I went to Haiti with my dad to...

Prisoners of Sugar

How Mental Illness Fed My Creativity by Dirye Osman

There's no romance to mental illness. Whether you're suffering from psychosis or schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or depression, the realities of mental ill-health often...

International Peace Research Association at 50 BY Johan Galtung

Known as IPRA, founded in 1964 in London–and this author, 34 at the time, is the only surviving founder. IPRA rotates every...

Biafra, The Ostrich Mentality And Nigeria’s Tragedy By Okey Ndibe

There is a sense in which the name of the malaise afflicting Nigeria is Biafra. I have argued before—and I must do so...

Good, Innovative Governance – What Is That? EDITORIAL by Johan Galtung

Pretoria, South Africa, Keynote Governance is politics, power–political-economic-military-cultural; decisions-carrots-sticks-ideas. Politics is about problems of realizing one goal; about conflicts realizing...

Peace Movements’ Common Vision: The Abolition of Militarism by Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate

Dear friends, We are all aware that this is the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in...

After Israel, African kids start afresh in Uganda By RODNEY MUHUMUZA

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Speak no Hebrew. ...

VICTORY FOR VIRUNGA? BRITISH OIL COMPANY AGREES TO END ITS OPERATIONS IN AFRICA’S OLDEST NATIONAL PARK

British oil company SOCO International plc (SOCO) has agreed to end its controversial operations in Africa’s oldest national park. Oil drilling was resolutely...

Story of North Korean gold shows real world's interdependence'

Reuters/Michael DalderIt is too premature to make any accusations on the basis that the North Korean gold was found in US products, but shows...

The film Zulu, 50 years on: classic or racist? By Kimon de Greef

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the film “Zulu”. While some consider it a classic, others see it as offensive and...

Connecting the dot: Congo and World War II; one of the other forgotten commemorations By Raïs Neza Boneza

The first victory on Nazism and Fascism were won on African soil. Congolese troops marched to the town of Asosa, Ethiopia, Gambela...

11June – 11 July 2O14 Artist Lida Sheraftmand : Internals Worlds, External Relations with the London School of Economics, London

The exhibition is to be opened by the High Commissioner of Malta to the United Kingdom, His Excellency Norman Hamilton Visit her website at: www.lidsher.com

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

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