Although false stories have existed for quite some time, the amount of erroneous and intentionally misleading…
Month: December 2018
South Sudanese Civil Society in Uganda elects new leaders, calls for unity
December 19, 2018 (Kampala)-The Network of South Sudanese Civil Society Organizations in Uganda (NoSSCOU) has elects…
Investors Turn Kenya’s Troublesome Invasive Water Hyacinth into Cheap Fuel By Benson Rioba
Currently 30 square kilometres of Lake Victoria, which stretches to approximately 375 kilometres and links Tanzania,…
Dr. Paul Yeboah: Region-wide Permaculture Economic Development
Reposted from Earth Repair Radio with Andrew Millison This episode looks at the successful and ongoing…
An Open Letter to Amnesty International from NGO Safe Space
Alexia Pepper de Caires and Shaista Aziz of NGO Safe Space respond to Amnesty International Netherlands’…
Haiti: Crisis and Resolution
There is a grave crisis in contemporary Haitian society, in which the masses of our people…
Nourishing Communities
By Prof. George Kent November 2018 – There are many guidelines for dealing with specific nutrition…
Museum of Black Civilisations in Dakar to foster the ‘dialogue of cultures’
A museum showcasing black heritage from the dawn of time to the modern era has opened…
Why memories of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission still ache
It’s 20 years since the submission of the report of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission…
Designs for life: the Guatemalan women fighting for rights to their textiles
Beautiful handwoven Mayan textile designs are often copied by foreign designers and mass produced. It amounts…
We Need to Talk about Racism in the Aid Sector
Tindyebwa Agaba and Anonymous | Shine A Light – Open Democracy Casual racism, implicit bias and…
Norms, Analysis, Action: Our Tasks
9 December was the 70th anniversary of the 1948 Genocide Convention. The Convention was written…
Diminishing Influence of Traditional Elders on Peace and Reconciliation in Somaliland
Somaliland tried to combine democracy and traditional governance and this formed the basis of the traditional…
The Yellow Vest movement triumphs for now but questions remain
The French government has withdrawn the hike on fuel price taxes but the movement continues to…