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I Thought I Knew What Genocide Was By Biljana Vankovska
As a professor who has spent more than forty years studying questions of war and peace,…
Sudan’s split in two (again) is now more concrete
Khalid Elwalid in Khartoum ‘Hemedti’ now controls all of Darfur, continuing the genocide that began with…
The Illusion of Change: When Liberation Becomes Another Chain By Raïs Neza Boneza
“A dictator is a dictator — male or female. Power wears no gender.” The Mirage of…
80 Years after Hiroshima: High Time for a Fresh START By Marilyn Langlois
In On a Highway to Hell, former weapons inspector and anti-nuclear activist Scott Ritter alerted us to…
NATO: The No-Exit Trap of Hotel California? By Biljana Vankovska
My analysis of the beginnings of cracks in NATO had been published with a short delay, just enough…
The French Army Booted out of Senegal: Crisis of French Imperial Hubris
Campbell congratulates the Senegalese people on the eviction of the French military presence from their soil…
The Hidden Cost of AI: How Energy-Hungry Algorithms Are Fueling the Climate Crisis
As AI adoption accelerates, its soaring energy demands and carbon footprint raise urgent concerns about sustainability,…
War Between Cambodia and Thailand Around an Ancient Temple
By Kay Young The long-simmering border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand has escalated into open violence,…
The Persecution of Francesca Albanese
By Chris Hedges The sanctioning by the Trump administration of Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur,…
Rwanda: Victoire Ingabire Denied Bail, Remanded to Prison By Ann Garrison
Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire’s arrest belies Rwanda’s pretense to liberal democracy and its pretense to…
Somaliland, US Ally in the New Cold War
Somaliland officials, led by former President Muse Bihi, pose with US military and diplomatic officials after…
Cuba and the “Influencers”
Poverty is, unfortunately, all too common in Our America and in even more distant latitudes. However,…
State security is terrorising citizens at record levels across East Africa
Robert Amalemba in Nairobi Over the weekend, Kenyans learned that a 31-year-old teacher and blogger, Albert…
France’s final nuclear tests in the South Pacific, 30 years on
In recent months, the viability of France’s nuclear arsenal has been making headlines with talk of…
Rwanda’s Migration Agreement with the Trump Administration: A Carefully Calculated PR Move Amid International Pressure
Rwanda has just launched another major communication campaign by announcing that it is in talks with…
NATO Was Founded to Crush Communist, Socialist, and Anti-colonial Movements Worldwide
NATO was never a good idea gone wrong. It was founded to crush communist, socialist, and…
Will the UN Pillory Francesca Albanese? By RICHARD FALK
[Prefatory Note: The post below is based on my responses to Murat Sofuoglu, a journalist working…
Eastern Congo: The war continues, and so does the suffering of the civilian population
Neighbouring states now fear regional expansion by Peter Küpfer cc. Singaporean scholar and diplomat Kishore Mahbubani…
WOMEN’S INTERDEPARTMENTAL COALITION OF HAITI PRESS RELEASE
Haiti Action Committee is honored to publish this powerful statement from the Women’s Interdepartmental Coalition of…
Tragic Burning of Two Rwandan Refugee Women in Munzenze Prison, Goma
Two Rwandan refugee women were deliberately burned alive in Munzenze Main Prison in Goma, Democratic Republic…
Trump’s Address to Congress Highlights the Absence of Opposition
During his address to Congress on March 4, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump faced brief heckling from Democratic…
How Tourism Could Actually Help African Wildlife in One of Kenya’s Important National Reserves
The Serengeti ecosystem is regarded as one of our planet’s greatest natural treasures, where one can…
Sudan files case against UAE at World Court for ‘complicity in genocide’
Sudan has filed a case against the United Arab Emirates arguing that the Gulf state is complicit in…
Can Small States Lead in Atrocity Prevention? Lessons from Ghana
By Frank Okyere Osei When discussing atrocity prevention, global attention often gravitates toward major powers. Yet,…
Commemorate Genocide against the People of DR Congo
UNICEF/Roger LeMoyne The Congolese Action Youth Platform (CAYP) is campaigning for the recognition of the…