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Greed Is Driving Us towards Disaster
Greed Is the Most Deadly of Sins Greed, in particular the greed of corporations and billionaire oligarchs, is driving human civilization and the biosphere […]
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Peace & Security
Time to rethink the prevention of violent extremism in Africa
The complex nature of conflicts in Africa needs to be considered in the design of better projects. The past year has seen an uptick in terrorism […]
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World Interfaith Harmony Week : Steps Toward A Harmony Renaissance
The United Nations General Assembly on 20 October 2010, by resolution A/RES/65/PV.34 designated the first week of February of every year as the World […]
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Faiths, Religions and Peace
Here is a Table with fifteen faiths organized according to mono-poly-pan-atheism; some might find the table somewhat controversial: Table 1. Figures of thought, faiths, and […]
African Union
SILENCING THE GUNS: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa’s Development
In Summary • Peace and Stability are key ingredients for any nation to achieve its social and developmental goals. When there is peaceful coexistence […]
Human rights
How Stevie Wonder helped create Martin Luther King Day
Addendum: Eye-witness account by the Ratcliffs of the big D.C. rally by Marcus Baram On the evening of April 4, 1968, teen music sensation […]
African Union
African Nations Caught in Conflict Re-commit to Inclusive Education By Stella Paul
Djibouti’s Minister of Higher Eduction and Scientific Research Nabil Mohamed Ahmed (right) speaks at the International Summit on Balanced and Integrated Education, which his […]
Culture
Anniversary Dialogues: The Biggest Global Conversation On The World’s Future Starts Now
January 1, 2020 saw the launch of the UN75 initiative – the largest, most inclusive conversation on the role of global cooperation in building […]
Features
OVERLOAD, A Bullfrog Films
OVERLOAD reveals the increasing toxic burden on human health from chemicals in our environment. Before starting a family, Soozie Eastman, daughter of an industrial […]
Peace & Security
Demobilising South Africa’s ‘child soldier’ gangs
Guy Oliver, South Africa-based freelance journalist CAPE TOWN Hanover Park, a depressing neighbourhood of drab buildings and unemployed young men, is one island in […]
Activism
Greta Thunberg speaks out after Ugandan climate activist cropped from photo
The Associated Press said that they cut Vanessa Nakate from the image ‘purely on composition grounds’ Appeared on the net 27.01.2020 TextLia Mappoura Nakate […]
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Haiti Ten Years After the Earthquake
As we commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrible earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12, 2010, we extend our solidarity to the people of […]
Activism
A pan-African CFA activist is the face of rising anti-French sentiment in Francophone West Africa
By Clair MacDougall in Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoJanuary 9, 2020 After four days in detention in Burkina Faso for “insulting the president and other presidents,” Kémi Séba, […]
Activism
‘‘Women of Allah’ versus Women of Heart – Iran versus USA reality
If Georgia O’Keeffe the American female painter represented a heart of the USA, I am an Iranian female painter representing a heart of Iran. […]
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Let’s Talk about Sex
If you’re looking for a treatise on the joys of love-making between consenting, autonomous adults, read no further. In fact, what follows quite the […]
Activism
THE MAN WHO PLANTED
In our urgency to ‘achieve results’ (or, in reality, perhaps to ‘show results’ to others) we often tend to forget the miracles that slow, […]