Known as IPRA, founded in 1964 in London–and this author, 34 at the time, is the only surviving founder. IPRA rotates every two years from…
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VICTORY FOR VIRUNGA? BRITISH OIL COMPANY AGREES TO END ITS OPERATIONS IN AFRICA’S OLDEST NATIONAL PARK
British oil company SOCO International plc (SOCO) has agreed to end its controversial operations in Africa’s oldest national park. Oil drilling was resolutely opposed by…
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TRANSCEND Peace University: Africa: Africa in 2064 – A ‘Reciprocal Development’ & ‘Basic Human Needs’ Approach
Africa’s current development models tend to echo the priorities of colonialism, perpetuating structural inequalities that hinder development and exacerbate existing contradictions. To remedy this, development…
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Concern over camp-closure threat in North Kivu
KINSHASA, 28 May 2014 (IRIN) – A warning by authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that they are considering measures to compel internally…
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Africa Writes Fri 11 July to Sun 13 July 2014
The Royal African Society’s third Africa Writes festival comes to the British Library showcasing the best established and rising literary talent from Africa and its diaspora. 11…
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Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
African Liberation Day weekend celebration #thewright#drmfrancescresswelsling #isispapers #detroit honoring#lisatate #nkengeabi #chokwelumumba and#catherineblackwell #africa #ancestors #unity #diaspora#drwelsing # — på Charles H. Wright Museum of African…
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A message to young Congolese….
A message to young Congolese…. There may have been days when you felt that there was not much you can do to change the situation…
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Four New Specialized Human Rights Online Courses
English: Logo for DCPEACE, initiative of UPEACE/US (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Dear Colleague, The Human Rights Centre of the United Nations mandated University for Peace (UPEACE)…
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International Days in Solidarity with the Haitian People: February 23 – March 8, 2014
10 years since the 2004 Coup … 210 years since Haiti’s Revolution Haiti Action Committee sent the following letter earlier in February 2014 Monument to…
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