Last June, when I first arrived in the Central African Republic (CAR), one of the resident…
Category: Analysis
The road to peace in Mali: political roadblocks and other obstacles
Civil society organisations are doing good work in Mali. But their job is being made more…
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…
Saving Threatened Species
by John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service Loss of Biodiversity All of us know that…
The Mutarule massacre: conflict from below in eastern Congo – By Kris Berwouts
Cows and land remain central to many local conflicts in South Kivu. On the evening of…
Behind Islamophobia, Fascism and Complicit Antifascism By Houria Bouteldja
First, I would like to thank the conference organizers for inviting me. I want to pay…
Race, class, and gender: Intersectionality between social reality and political limits
By Houria Bouteldja I would like to thank the University of California at Berkeley and in…
Kenya, Nigeria, Libya risk becoming like Somalia: How rising Jihadism could bring 'rising' Africa down
In groups like Al Shabaab, we may be seeing a seminal shift in Al-Qaeda-led Islamist…
Liberia And Its Conflicting Narratives Of Conflict By Nvasekie N Konneh
–A+A 0 Author says President Tolbert, assassinated during 1980 coup, paid “more for the sins of…
PICTURE RIO: WHY SO MANY BRAZILIANS HATE THE WORLD CUP By Eugene Reznik
Mario Tama, a staff photographer for Getty Images, first caught my eye a few months ago…
TURNING BACK THE CLOCK by Ayana Labossiere
I will never forget my first trip to Haiti. In 1990, at five years old, I…
Prisoners of Sugar
all photos ©2013 Raùl Zecca Castel Prisoners of Sugar Raùl Zecca Castel — University of…
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…