Art & Peace
Lyrics: We've Had Enough By Michael Jackson
Love was taken from a young lifeAnd no one told her whyHer direction has a dimlightFrom one more violent crime She innocently questioned […]
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Art & Peace
The Story of Sembene!: How Ousmane Sembene Invented African Cinema
By Bilge EbiriFollow @BilgeEbiri Sembene! Photo: Sundance Institute This post was originally published on February 10, 2015. With Sembene!opening in limited release this weekend, we’re re-promoting it. […]
Society
A palace in ruins: Five years after the Tunisian Revolution
Words by Laura-Maï Garivaux | lmgaveriaux On December 17, 2010, the Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight in protest against perceived governmental injustice. It […]
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Uganda hosts record 500,000 refugees and asylum-seekers By Charlie Yaxley in Kampala, Uganda
© UNHCR/F. Noy Burundian refugee Larson talks with a customer at his pharmacy in Nakivale refugee settlement in Uganda. More than half a million […]
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S.O.S Ethiopia: Appeal to all Ethiopian political leaders inside and outside the country
by Alem Mamo Distinguished leaders, I write to you today with a heavy heart as our hamlets, villages, towns and cities across thisancient and […]
Environment
The Climate vs. the Planet By Johan Galtung
In that eco-system humanity has since industrialization upset balances and now suffers the consequences, trying to tackle them. COP21, the UN 195 States conference […]
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Kabila's Speech: Path to Glissement? By Kambale Musavuli
Kabila’s Speech: Path to Glissement?1By Kambale Musavuli In less than one year (November 2016), the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is scheduled to […]
Articles
Forget ISIS: Humanity is at Stake by RAMZY BAROUD
I still remember that smug look on his face, followed by the matter-of-fact remarks that had western journalists laugh out loud. “I’m now going […]
Analysis
Refugees as Weapons in a Propaganda War By Eric Draitser
In the wake of the horrific terror attacks in Paris, world attention will once again be focused on the issue of refugees entering Europe. […]
Analysis
4 Examples Of Mainstream Media Fabricating News To Push For War
By Dylan Charles As we inch further into the future and evermore closer to the next, and certainly last, world war, it seems […]
Analysis
Grandpa, what do you make of the killings in Paris? By Cameron Duodu
I used to hop across the road and bring her home from school.We would have lunch together.I enthused her so much about Ghanaian food […]
Activism
Defiant Haiti – “We won’t let you steal these elections!” By Dave Welsh, Haiti Action Committee
Hooded Gangs Attack Protest March as Police Turn a Blind Eye Nov. 20, 2015 –Hooded gangs attacked a large demonstration against election fraud today […]
Peace & Security
Smoking Out a Boko Haram Closet Supporter By Rev. Olufemi Oluniyi
Boko Haram, the terrorist Islamic organisation crashed into the Nigerian national stage with fury (2002), fire (2007) and firestorm (2009). The word Boko, a […]
Non-violence
Violence In and By Paris: Any Way Out? By Johan Galtung
Atlanta, Georgia, USA The atrocity in Paris seems to trigger the word “terrorism” with a higher frEquency than ever, in the media, from the […]
Analysis
What Shall We Love? By Arundhati Roy
Human beings seem unable to live without war, but they are also unable to live without love. EXCLUSIVE: MEETING ED SNOWDEN Source: OutlookIndia The […]
Analysis
EU-Africa Migrant Plan Raises Worrying Questions by By Louise Hunt
Are European leaders forcing their own migration agenda on Africa? Why are they conflating development aid with migration policy? What is wrong with introducing […]
Analysis
Ending the Era of Wars By Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate*
15th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates – Barcelona, 13-15 November 2015 I would like to thank the Major of Barcelona, Ada Colau […]
Activism
Why I am returning my award by Arundhati Roy
Although I do not believe that awards are a measure of the work we do, I would like to add the National Award for […]
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Ken Saro-Wiwa: Already 20 years? By Cameron Duodu
10 November 1995 was – to mix lingos – a dies horribilis par excellence for me! (A horrible day to beat all horrible days).It […]
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Listing of Select Africa and Afro-Diasporan Art Exhibitions Worldwide
Listing of Select African and Afro-Diasporan Art Exhibitions Worlwide. A hand-picked listing of African and Afro-Diasporan art events happening around the world, updated weekly. […]
Analysis
Yemen: Where Humanity is Flaunted written Rene Wadlow
In an exceptional presentation on 31 October 2015, at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the President of the International […]
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Press Release: Fact finding delegation reports an electoral coup now in process in Haiti Every vote must count. Black lives matter in Haiti too.
Following Haiti’s controversial presidential and legislative elections held on Sunday October 25th, alarm is growing about irregularities in the counting of the votes at […]
Features
Somaliland, Invisible Nationhood By Raïs Neza Boneza
The Republic of Somaliland is situated in the northwest of Somalia bordering Ethiopia and Djibouti on the tip of the horn of Africa. The […]
Peace celebs
Prof. Johan Galtung (24 Oct 1930) by Antonio
Johan Vincent Galtung, dr, dr hc mult, a professor of peace studies, was born in Oslo, Norway on the same day that the UN […]
Peace & Security
Peace and prehistory in Somaliland BY Stanley Stewart
©Alamy Rock art at Laas Geel On the road to the Arabian Sea, the surface of the desert looked like a dinosaur’s hide: desiccated, […]