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‘Vulgarity makes the point polite conversation can’t’ — a conversation with Ugandan dissident Stella Nyanzi

Radical Ugandan activist and academic Stella Nyanzi discusses her recent imprisonment, the power of vularity and anti-authoritarian struggle. Phil Wilmot Appeared on the net April...

Haiti on the precipice as coronavirus and US-imposed leadership take their toll

HAITIMarch 30, 2020 ShareTweet While Haiti’s widely despised, US-backed government officially promotes social distancing to suppress Covid-19, the stark reality is that most of the population...

Eastern Congo has the world’s largest quinine plantations

A region known for misery also saves lives THE KIVU provinces in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo have a tragic reputation. Armed...

Only a global victory can end this pandemic, not a temporary rich countries’ win

Abiy Ahmed The writer is prime minister of Ethiopia and the 2019 Nobel Peace prize laureate Financial Times, March 25, 2020 https://www.ft.com/content/c12a09c8-6db6-11ea-89df-41bea055720b There is a major flaw in...

Too Fast to Be a Woman

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/782302072" params="color=ff5500" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] When South African track star Caster Semenya won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games, critics claimed...

Economists Demand Trump Immediately Lift Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela Sanctions That Are ‘Feeding the Coronavirus Epidemic’

This policy is unconscionable and flagrantly against international law. It is imperative that the U.S. lift these immoral and illegal sanctions. “US sanctions against Venezuela...

The question of election, should be the question of ideology in Zambia! By: Nassoro Kitunda

I heard the claims and lamentations from the leaders of opposition parties and from religious institution about the way tripartite election in Zambia is...

Uganda’s Kanungu cult massacre that killed 700 followers By Patience Atuhaire

Judith Ariho does not shed any tears as she recalls the church massacre in which her mother, two siblings and four other relatives were...

Panic Pandemic – Why are people who should know better buying the Covid19 hype? By Catte Black

Exaggerated or invented, the true danger Covid19 poses is shutting down our sense of reason The only certainty about the ‘novel’ virus is that a...

Pandemics and War Games, Solidarity as an Antidote By Stella Calloni

The coronavirus, a new strain of the already existing one, whose mutation is being investigated has put the world between the solidarity and the...

Cuba’s Contribution to Combating COVID-19

Helen Yaffe— COVID-19 surged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late December 2019, and by January 2020 it had hit Hubei province like a...

Blood on the Nile is what’s coming if Egypt and Ethiopia continue their war of words over water

The Nile, one of the wonders of the natural world, finds itself the subject of an escalating war of words. It could turn the...

The Final Chapter Has Still Not Been Written: Remembering The 2004 Coup in Haiti By Robert Roth, Haiti Action Committee

On February 29, 2004, the democratically elected government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti was overthrown by a violent coup. This was the second...

The Difference Between Yams and Sweet Potatoes Is Structural Racism

The Difference Between Yams and Sweet Potatoes Is Structural Racism The confusion goes all the way back to the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. “Most American supermarkets are...

The unifying power of music: The American conductor Kent Nagano and his dream by Winfried Pogorzelski

Fanmi Lavalas Presentation, April 6th 2024

From Port-aux-Prince to Africa: Unveiling the Haitian Crisis