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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 one peace research…
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Speak no Hebrew. That’s what Ugandan teachers repeatedly tell the South Sudanese teenagers transplanted here from Israel. But Hebrew is what they speak when…
Reuters/Michael Dalder It is too premature to make any accusations on the basis that the North Korean gold was found in US products, but shows the level…
The first victory on Nazism and Fascism were won on African soil. Congolese troops marched to the town of Asosa, Ethiopia, Gambela and Saio to engage the Italians.…
‘I was asking myself, how does that happen? A desperately poor African country needing all of its resources, every single cent of it to make an impact and…
The kind of Nairobi slum Maria's mother says she doesn't want her daughter to experience. (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images) OSLO, Norway — Should a four-year-old girl grow up in…
Location of the four cities in north eastern Nigeria where the Boko Haram conflict took place. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls by Boko Haram…
“I’ve always been slightly short with people who say, ‘You haven’t written anything again,’ as if all the nonfiction I’ve written is not writing,” Arundhati Roy said. It…
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 Haitian hero Toussaint…
article & photos by Marilyn Langlois Left: Discussion group and street scene on the Paseo de Martí, Havana. Right: Discussion group at the Aristide Foundation for Democracy in…
A Statement from Haiti Action Committee On Friday, January 17, it was reported by news agencies that a Haitian judge investigating the assassination of Jean Dominique, a crusading…