In this review of the American film Us, the author highlights the movie’s core message that most of the times, we, human beings, are our own enemies. …
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Cameroon: Moving Fast When There Are Short Windows of Opportunity
On 8 May 2019, Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, after a 3-day mission to the Cameroon, welcomed the Cameroon government’s…
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Africa’s Great Lakes Region and Nyiragongo’s curse
Dear Tingasiga; I am a child of the mountains, at once hopelessly enamoured by their beauty and intimidated by their silent, motionless and brooding majesty.…
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Our challenge is poor leadership not finance! Sudan protesters ask Saudi Arabia, UAE to keep their money
KHARTOUM, Sudan – Sudanese protesters have called on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to keep their money a day after Riyadh and Abu…
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Asylum for sale: Male refugees victimized by sexual violence say officials wanted bribes to help
Male refugees said sexual assault forced them to flee their homes in hopes they could find peace, but they became victims of corruption instead. A…
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WORLD Asylum for sale: Whistleblowers say U.N. refugee agency does not always address corruption
seven-month investigation found reports of U.N. staff members exploiting refugees desperate for a safe home in a new country. Gratien Zimy Ntezimisi, a refugee whistleblower,…
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Asylum for sale: Refugees say some U.N. workers demand bribes for resettlement
A seven-month investigation found reports of U.N. staff members exploiting refugees desperate for a safe home in a new country. A woman throws stones at…
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Le Gouverneur Richard Muyej déterminé à poursuivre l’émergence du Lualaba
Sous le coup de minuit, la Commission électorale nationale indépendante (CENI) a donné le go pour la campagne de l’élection des Gouverneurs et Vice-Gouverneurs de…
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Belgium to apologise for kidnapping of children from Congo
What the Belgian Congo was like Mixed-race children born in 1940s and 50s were forcibly taken from Congolese mothers Belgium’s prime minister, Charles Michel, is…
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The Lasalin Massacre: Is it an accidental event, a fight between rival gangs to control an area, or a calculated and planned political act? by Vladimir Durace.
This article, originally written in Haitian Kreyol for Haiti Solidarity in February 2019, was translated by Haiti Action Committee. Lasalin, a shantytown in the capital…
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Recent unrest reveals continuing revolutionary spirit in Haiti
Mass demonstrations against imperialist hegemony have rocked the western hemisphere’s poorest nation of Haiti. During the month of February, hundreds of thousands of Haitians took…
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The ICC and NGOs: Modern Day Manifestations of “The White Man’s Burden”
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is not international nor a legitimate court, but is most certainly criminal. It is an institutionalized tool – one of…
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