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A Speech By Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide Delivered on September 30, 2015
Surrounded by thousands of supporters, including many who had walked miles to be there, former President…
Fragility of IGAD-Plus Peace Deal in South Sudan exposes By Ater Garang Ariath
A South Sudanese soldier stands with a flag in his boot at a parade marking…
FIGHTING CORRUPTION, HAITI: “A Political Coup” – Interview with Youseline Augustin Bell, Cap-Haïtien
Mdm Youseline Augustin Bell is an educator, psychologist, and attorney. In 1995 together with her husband…
The Subtle Linguistics of Polite White Supremacy by Yawo Brown // TheMagicalNegro.net
What is Polite White Supremacy? Polite White Supremacy is the notion that whites should…
They have no faith. They have no Loyalty. They are fearless. Money is their new God. They are the new Rich in Africa. By: Mawuna Remarque KOUTONIN
In 2012 Africa became the fastest growing continent in the world with the highest number of…
Agro-colonialism in the Congo: European and US development finance bankrolls a new round of agro-colonialism in the DRC
The young priest Robert Bolenge* could not have imagined the poverty he would find when he…
Two Black Women Died In Police Custody This Week, Here’s What We Know So Far by Britni Danielle
Typically, Black women’s deaths don’t garner much media attention, but this week the deaths of Sandra…
Xenophobia: Voices from the camps (VIDEO)
Nine-year-old Dolly, staying in a temporary camp, doesn’t understand xenophobia –…
Burundi Artists united for peace and hope
The year 2015 in Burundi is also a time of hope and peace for the youth.…
Call for applications: Eight South-South Institute. Inequality and Social Justice: Perspectives from the Global South
The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), the Council for the Development of Social…
The 13th edition of the Paris Human Rights International Film Festival
From 7th to 20th April 2015, the 13th edition of the Paris Human Rights International Film…
The 2015 Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop
Farafina Trust will be holding a creative writing workshop in Lagos, organized by award-winning writer and…
PRESS RELEASE-CALL FOR THE BN POETRY AWARD 2015
The BN Poetry Foundation is pleased to bring yet another exhilarating, stimulating platform for African poets…
AFRICAN MUSICIANS LAUNCH EBOLA SONG IN RESPONSE TO “DISTASTEFUL” WESTERN SONG
Some African musicians have ‘risen to the occasion’ with the launch of their own Ebola campaign…
LUCHA: Youth movement in Congo demands social justice By Marta Iñiguez de Heredia
LUCHA is an organisation created in Goma, the capital of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic…
The humanism of Ali Mazrui: His journey to the vision of openness By Horace G. Campbell
Ali A. Mazrui the great humanist joined the ancestors on Sunday, 12 October, 2014 in Binghamton,…
High time to build a movement of solidarity to end UN occupation of Haiti By Ajamu Nangwaya
“From the beginning of our century until now, Haiti and its inhabitants under one aspect or…
Land occupations continue in Durban
South African shack dwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo report on the illegal eviction of shacks in…
Imagine all the people, living life in peace: Stop the killing, end the siege of Gaza By Marilyn Langlois
Imagine: A group of kids in Richmond playing outside. Maybe a pick-up soccer Children in Gaza…
Letter from Gaza by Norwegian doctor, Mads Gilbert on 20 July 2014
Dr Mads Frederick Gilbert (centre) at Al-Shifa hospital on July 17th, treating a wounded Palestinian child,…
Nelson Mandela International Day
18 July is the Nelson Mandela International Day, adopted in November 2009 by the UN General…
Heed the Voices For Peace Amid the Tragedy of Iraq By Amy Goodman
It didn’t take long this week for the architects of the disastrous U.S. invasion and occupation…
Prisoners of Sugar
all photos ©2013 Raùl Zecca Castel Prisoners of Sugar Raùl Zecca Castel — University of…
International Peace Research Association at 50 BY Johan Galtung
Known as IPRA, founded in 1964 in London–and this author, 34 at the time, is the…