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SOS: Save our seas By Rene Wadlow
On 5 to 9 June 2017, the United Nations will bring together in New York the representatives of governments, of governmental regional associations such […]
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Editorial
Day of Mother Earth by Rene Wadlow
The United Nations General Assembly in 2009 through resolution A/RES/63/278, under the leadership of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, designated 22 April as the […]
Environment
Somalia: A country devastated by drought, famine and conflict by Bashir Goth
Somalia’s president has declared the famine ravaging the country a national disaster. There has been little response from the world. Drought is a […]
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Meanwhile–Around the World
The Debate: Somebody said the problem is Trump possibility and Clinton probability. A very poor choice between an autistic person in his own bubble […]
Analysis
Rwanda provides lessons on how to narrow Africa’s energy deficit By Stephen Yeboah
Rwanda has ambitious plans to improve its electricity output in the next few years. James Akena/Reuters Only 16% of Rwanda’s households are connected […]
Activism
“Our stomachs will make themselves heard”: What Sankara can teach us about food justice today
When it comes to food justice, environmentalism and ecological practices, Thomas Sankara was way ahead of his time. Thomas Sankara helped Burkina Faso become […]
Articles
Experts warn Nyiragongo showing signs of imminent eruption as govt urges calm By: KAYIRANGA MASSAI
Nyiragongo volcano last erupted in 2002, causing havoc. (Net photo) Rwanda Red Cross has warned of a possible Nyiragongo volcano eruption in the near […]
Analysis
Australia: The Dirty Secret of Utopia
John Pilger – Russia Today 10 Apr 2016 – I had a call from Rosalie Kunoth-Monks the other day. Rosalie is an elder of the […]
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Gates Foundation’s “Corporate Merry-Go-Round”: Spearheading The Neo-liberal Plunder Of African Agriculture by Colin Todhunter
The Ecologist, Countercurrents, CounterPunch, Global Research, RINFRead this article in Italian hereRead it in French here The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is dangerously […]
Environment
The Climate vs. the Planet By Johan Galtung
In that eco-system humanity has since industrialization upset balances and now suffers the consequences, trying to tackle them. COP21, the UN 195 States conference […]
Analysis
Refugees as Weapons in a Propaganda War By Eric Draitser
In the wake of the horrific terror attacks in Paris, world attention will once again be focused on the issue of refugees entering Europe. […]
Environment
Wangari Maathai was not a good woman – Kenya needs more of them
25 September marked four years since the passing of Kenyan environmentalist and feminist icon, Wangari Maathai. Around the world, the anniversary was marked by […]
Environment
60,000 Antelope dead in 4 Days
Steffen Zuther is a geologist and he along with and his colleagues went to central Kazakhstan to monitor the calving of one herd […]
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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 arrived at his new post in Yaligimba in […]
Environment
Mawuna Koutonin On The Myth Of “Overpopulated” Africa
— “Many in position of power think the world has become overpopulated recently, and Africa takes the center of attention because of the constant […]
Environment
Huge magma reservoir discovered under Yellowstone supervolcano
University of Utah seismologists have discovered a reservoir of hot, partly molten rock 12 to 28 miles beneath the Yellowstone supervolcano that is 4.4 […]
Analysis
Exposed: The ‘heroic Ebola doctor’ myth by Jon Rappoport
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 […]
Activism
Mayan people’s movement defeats Monsanto law in Guatemala By Christin Sandberg
On September 4, after ten days of widespread street protests against the biotech giant Monsanto’s expansion into Guatemalan territory, groups of indigenous people joined […]
Environment
Forests Provide Jobs, Energy, Nutritious Foods and Ecosystem Services – Do Not Kill Them!
Across the world, forests provide employment, energy, nutritious foods and a wide range of other goods and ecosystem services with tremendous potential to contribute […]
Activism
Saving Threatened Species
by John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service Loss of Biodiversity All of us know that the relentless growth of human population, agriculture and […]
Analysis
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 Friday 6th June, at least 33 unarmed Congolese […]
economy
Nigeria doesn’t need more oil wells
Nnimmo Bassey discusses the continuing protests by the Niger Delta people against oil pollution and makes the case for compensation. Can you provide […]
Art & Peace
Technology Robots invade the streets of Kinshasa
By Habibou Bangré in Kinshasa The giant robotic policemen are preventing accidents – and racketeering by dishonest officials. Drivers in gridlocked Kinshasa want […]