NEW YORK – When United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres traveled to Uganda earlier this month, his…
Year: 2017
As Deadline to Leave Saudi Arabia Nears, Ethiopian Workers Trapped Between Two Bad Choices
Thousands of Ethiopian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia have pleaded to the Ethiopian government to expedite…
The 1944 Thiaroye Massacre in Senegal, a Shameful Episode of the French Colonial Period in Africa Written by Abdoulaye Bah
On December 1, 1944, an unspeakable tragedy took place at the military camp of Thiaroye, a…
In a Guardian Story About an Environmental Conflict in Kenya, the White Saviour Rides Again By Christine Mungai
The Guardian recently published an article by Tristan McConnell, their correspondent in Nairobi, Kenya, titled…
Wherever this Canadian mining company goes in Congo, violence seems to follow
Banro operates in a region that has seen incredible violence over the past two decades and…
Caught Between Two Fires: Sudanese Refugees in Jordan By Dina Baslan
Ahmad is poised as a journalist from Kutum, a town that lies 120 kilm away from…
Editorial: Meanwhile Around the World by Johan Galtung
A lot is happening. As in “Trump’s First Hundred Days of War Crimes” (CouterPunch 19 May…
SOS: Save our seas By Rene Wadlow
On 5 to 9 June 2017, the United Nations will bring together in New York the…
Getting Assange: the Untold Story by JOHN PILGER
Julian Assange has been vindicated because the Swedish case against him was corrupt. The prosecutor, Marianne…
The Post Glory Exuberance Disorder-PGED By Prof. Johan Galtung
Very well known is post trauma stress disorder, PTSD; no doubt a very painful disorder experienced…
Why the World Needs to Know About Western Sahara’s Seemingly Endless Struggle for Independence
An interview with a Sahrawi Journalist and Activist.By Amira Ali. In 1975, Morocco, under King Hassan…
Kamuina Nsapu Insurgency Adds to Dangers in DR Congo
Writtern by Hans Hoebeke The Kamuina Nsapu insurgency arose last year as a locally rooted…
Italy and Migrant Crisis: NGOs colluding with Smugglers and Arab slavery of black Africans in Libya
Sawako Uchida and Lee Jay Walker Sources: Modern Tokyo Times Carmelo Zuccaro, an Italian…
From Colonialism to Trumpism: Remembering Aimé Césaire by Abraham Ramirez
This article previously appeared in Counterpunch. “Even in 1950, Césaire knew American empire and its…
Dr. Maryse Narcisse; the Woman who should be President of Haiti
Photo: Bill Hackwell Dr. Maryse Narcisse, presidential candidate for the Fanmi Lavalas Party in the recent…
Reducing Urban Violence By Johan Galtung
Mayors from around the world, Ladies and Gentlemen, To reduce direct violence in cities we have…
Day of Mother Earth by Rene Wadlow
The United Nations General Assembly in 2009 through resolution A/RES/63/278, under the leadership of the Plurinational…
The Last Country We “Liberated” from an “Evil” Dictator Is Now Openly Trading Slaves Written by Carey Wedler
It is widely known that the U.S.-led NATO intervention to topple Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi in 2011…
Meanwhile, Around the World EDITORIAL By Johan Galtung
Starting with EU at 60, making small states (Luxembourg!) big by being members of something bigger,…
#CelebrateAfrica | Revealing the folly of humanity with Maroussia Mbaye
Written by Vinesh Parmar Maroussia Mbaye is a patron for the #CelebrateAfrica campaign launched by New…
The unfinished business between Cameroon and France
This photo was taken during the celebrations for the independence of French Cameroon (1960). At…
Haiti Action Committee Denounces Attempted Assassination of Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide
In the wake of the electoral coup which installed Jovenal Moise, a right-wing protégé of former…
Political poetry as a crime: Inside the surreal trial of Dareen Tatour
Arresting a Palestinian for publishing a political poem is extraordinary. Having to prove at trial that…
Peter Tosh’s resistance against racism, apartheid and settler-colonialism
March 21 is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. A notable cultural icon in…
For a free and sovereign Haiti
Hundreds of popular organizations, networks and movements of Latin America and the Caribbean launched a Week…