African Union
MAJOR JARIN SULTANA: ” I AM PROUD TO HAVE SERVED UNDER THE UN FLAG IN THE DR CONGO”
After 12 months of good and loyal services in the cause of peace and women in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Major Jarin Sultana […]
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Climate Change and the Sinking Island States in the Pacific By Saber Salem
Jan 2020 – Climate change is one of the most pressing political, economic and environmental issues of our time. It demands honest and timely collective […]
Books
Confessions of an Economic Hitman TRANSCEND VIDEOS BY John Perkins
Short Documentary According to Perkins, he began writing Confessions of an Economic Hit Man in the 1980s, but “threats or bribes always convinced [him] to stop.” Perkins’ […]
Activism
Indigenous women in Kenya rebuild resilience amidst an eco-cultural crisis
In the face of growing climate change, indigenous women in Kenya are remembering and reinstating their native agricultural practices, to build resilience and reclaim […]
Analysis
Saving human rights
Declining support for human rights is partly attributable to the expansion of the concept to cover all worthy causes, and to rights being seen […]
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CGNK addresses Human Rights Council on North Korea
CGNK’s UN Representative in Geneva Christophe Barbey addressed the 43rd Regular Session of the Human Rights Council on March 9, 2020, during the […]
Activism
Stop the Extradition of Julian Assange-Defend Freedom of the Press
At Irish Congress of Trade Union, Belfast I would like to thank Eamon McMahon and the Organizers of this event for giving us the […]
Activism
Foreign Correspondence 50 Years Later: A Preface
January 2014 – Some 50 years ago I had been puzzled so much by two problems in connection with foreign news that I decided […]
Activism
25 African Women Writers You Should Read
Source: aaibc.com Authors are listed, alphabetically, by first name. Also check out a beautiful collage of all 25 African Women’s photos, a list of all of […]
Activism
Overlooked No More: Andrée Blouin, Voice for Independence in Africa By
Politicized by her child’s death, she went on to counsel the first post-colonial leaders of Algeria, both Congos, Ivory Coast, Mali, Guinea and Ghana. […]
Activism
NO ROSES FROM MY MOUTH: Stella NYANZI´S POEMS FROM PRISON By Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire and Esther Mirembe
In Carole Boyce Davies’ study of the political activism of the Black Communist, Claudia Jones, Davies writes that “[Jones’] was a poetry written by […]
Activism
South Sudan’s leader wins dubious ‘spoiler of peace’ award
South Sudan s President Salva Kiir arrives for the opening session of the 33rd African Union (AU) Summit at the AU headquarters in Addis […]
Art-News
Charmant Mushaga: The refugee who has found stardom in Uganda
By Musinguzi Bamuturaki The gifted Congolese guitarist, singer-songwriter and band leader Charmant Mushaga fled to Uganda through Rwanda from DR Congo, his home country […]
Articles
The performance of mourning Moi BY ISAAC OTIDI AMUKE
Before he died, he was a disgraced former dictator. Since he died, he’s been lionised as an iconic Kenyan hero. How did this happen? […]
Gender
Freeing South Sudan’s captive women and girls: 128 down, thousands to go BY NYAGOAH TUT PUR
The current approaches to releasing women and girls who have been forced into armed groups is far from adequate. A woman who was detained […]
Analysis
Ernest Wamba dia Wamba Interview: Conversations with History; Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley
Archives appeared on the net 13 mars 2004 Background Professor Wamba, welcome to Berkeley. Thank you very much. Where were you born and raised? […]
Activism
Analysis of Violence for Peacebuilders: Galtung’s Triangle
A conflict analysis is a nonnegotiable first step when preparing a conflict transformation and peacebuilding intervention. Understanding violence is part and parcel of this […]
African Union
Can the African Union help Mozambique combat terrorism?
The AU has finally acknowledged the threat, but has had limited results in countering terrorism in Africa. 13 FEB 2020 / BY LIESL LOUW-VAUDRAN […]
African Union
African leaders reject Trump's Mideast peace plan
By AFP Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, addressing the 33rd Ordinary session of the assembly of the African heads of […]
Opinions
Cornel West on Missing Zinn
Cornel West and Mordecai Lyon 04 Feb 2020 On the tenth anniversary of radical historian Howard Zinn’s death, Cornel West opens up about their […]
Books
Non-Fiction: The Lie of Global Prosperity by Seth Donnelly
(Editor’s note: This review comes from Ben Terrall, a writer based in San Francisco, California, whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco […]
Gender
The dangers of NGO-isation of women’s rights in Africa
“The challenge of NGO-isation is that it is predominantly subject to the imagination, assumptions, and interests of Northern funding institutions and their surrogates. “There […]
Humanitarianism
Suicides on the rise among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda
By Rocco Nuri in Bidibidi settlement, Uganda | Appeared on the net 24 January 2020 When a psychologist asked Rose* to choose a face on a […]
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Haiti: Carnival Protesters Demand an End to PHTK Dictatorship. 26 January 2020. (SHARE).
PHOTO’S: “Kanaval protests in St. Marc, #Haiti this past Sunday. Anti-#PetroCaribeCorruption slogans and expressions denouncing ‘US / UN imposed’ President (Now Dictator) Jovenel Moise […]
Articles
Locust outbreak threatens more countries in eastern Africa
Swarms of desert locusts could ravage more countries in eastern Africa and threaten the livelihood of many more people, the United Nations’ Food and […]