12 August is the anniversary of the signing of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and the 1977 Protocols Additional are central…
View More International Humanitarian Law, Constant Challenges, NGO Responses by Rene Wadlow
Category: Featured
Featured posts
Libya: The blitzkreig breaks down: Negotiations Needed By Rene Wadlow
Dozens of people were killed in an air raid on 3 July 2019 on a detention center holding migrants in a camp at Tajoura, a…
View More Libya: The blitzkreig breaks down: Negotiations Needed By Rene Wadlow
Once A Symbol Of Freedom, Sudan’s Pop Radio Station Has Fallen Almost Silent
Enlarge this image When Omar al-Bashir was ousted from the Sudanese presidency in April of 2019, there was an explosion of new culture in Sudan.…
View More Once A Symbol Of Freedom, Sudan’s Pop Radio Station Has Fallen Almost Silent
«Le peuple d’abord» RDC : l’entrepreneur Jean Michel Wembi décidé à matérialiser cette vision du Président Tshisekedi
«Un voyage de mille kilomètres commence toujours par le premier pas», dit un adage chinois. Depuis l’investiture du Président de la République, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi…
View More «Le peuple d’abord» RDC : l’entrepreneur Jean Michel Wembi décidé à matérialiser cette vision du Président Tshisekedi
Aime Cesaire: (1913 – 2008) A Black Orpheus by Rene Wadlow
My negritude is not a stone, nor deafness flung out against the clamour of the day my negritude is not a white speck of dead…
View More Aime Cesaire: (1913 – 2008) A Black Orpheus by Rene Wadlow
Us: We have met the enemies and they are us
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. …
View More Us: We have met the enemies and they are us
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…
View More Cameroon: Moving Fast When There Are Short Windows of Opportunity
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.…
View More Africa’s Great Lakes Region and Nyiragongo’s curse
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…
View More Our challenge is poor leadership not finance! Sudan protesters ask Saudi Arabia, UAE to keep their money
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…
View More Asylum for sale: Male refugees victimized by sexual violence say officials wanted bribes to help
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,…
View More WORLD Asylum for sale: Whistleblowers say U.N. refugee agency does not always address corruption
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…
View More Asylum for sale: Refugees say some U.N. workers demand bribes for resettlement