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Every psyop [psychological operation] needs heroes as well as villains.So-called epidemics are managed out of a playbook.The playbook looks very much like something the CIA would come up with.I’m going to give…
A team of eight experts and journalists visiting the southern region of the West African state of Guinea were found dead in the town of Nzerekore on Sept. 20. Reports indicate that…
In March 2011, at the time the so-called leaders of the free world were foaming at the mouth and trying to outshout each other in calling for the ousting of the then…
To the growing army of critics of US military intervention, who also reject the mendacious claims by American officials and their apologists of ‘world leadership’, Washington is engaged in ‘empire-building’.But the notion…
Brahim Senouci recently wrote a piece in his blog which well depicted an Africa at the crossroads. According to Senouci, ‘of course, slavery and forced conversions to Islam and Christianity have disappeared…
Dak’ Art 014 is an art exhibition showing over 120 artists of African descent. It opened on 9th May, with a main international showcase at the Village de la Biennale, a television…
Africa is not poor. Africa is a rich continent inhabited by poor people. Once we fix the people problem, everything else will fall into place. In this post, I share what I…
Last June, when I first arrived in the Central African Republic (CAR), one of the resident ex-pats suggested I visit ‘Cinq Kilo’ – Bangui’s largest market. ‘It’s rowdy, but fun.’ He said.…
Civil society organisations are doing good work in Mali. But their job is being made more difficult by the need to address the root causes of conflict, especially the discontent of those…
It didn’t take long this week for the architects of the disastrous U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq to apply their makeup and jump before the cable news television cameras. The militia…
by John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service Loss of Biodiversity All of us know that the relentless growth of human population, agriculture and industry has led to great losses in biodiversity.…
Cows and land remain central to many local conflicts in South Kivu. On the evening of Friday 6th June, at least 33 unarmed Congolese civilians were killed in and around the village…
First, I would like to thank the conference organizers for inviting me. I want to pay tribute to their efforts for putting together this high-quality conference. As is the case every year,…
By Houria Bouteldja I would like to thank the University of California at Berkeley and in particular the Ethnic Studies Department for this invitation. It is an honor to be here. Before…
In groups like Al Shabaab, we may be seeing a seminal shift in Al-Qaeda-led Islamist militancy: growth in the periphery as the centres in Asia shrink. Clockwise from top left: The…
–A+A 0 Author says President Tolbert, assassinated during 1980 coup, paid “more for the sins of the past” Long before the Marcus Garvey “Back to Africa” Movement was born, there was…
Mario Tama, a staff photographer for Getty Images, first caught my eye a few months ago with this disturbing photo above taken in what the caption calls Rio de Janeiro’s “Cracolandia” (Read:…
I will never forget my first trip to Haiti. In 1990, at five years old, I went to Haiti with my dad to visit family. I spent my days chasing goats and…
all photos ©2013 Raùl Zecca Castel Prisoners of Sugar Raùl Zecca Castel — University of Milan – Italy — To be born in Haiti, in 80 percent of cases, means being…
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 reciprocity and African-centred governance the promotes franchise,…
