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The Narco Trap: When Power Chooses Its Criminals and Its Heroes

There are moments in geopolitics where reality becomes so absurd it feels like satire — and yet, it’s official policy. The word “narcotrafficking” has now become […]

Trump, Kagame, Tshisekedi & the Donald J. Trump Institute for Peace: A Peace Deal Short on Peace

Let’s start with the basics. We are told this is “one of the deadliest and longest-running wars on the planet.” Millions dead, villages erased, women raped […]

I Thought I Knew What Genocide Was By Biljana Vankovska

As a professor who has spent more than forty years studying questions of war and peace, international law and relations  —and above all, the […]

Sudan’s split in two (again) is now more concrete

Khalid Elwalid in Khartoum ‘Hemedti’ now controls all of Darfur, continuing the genocide that began with the Janjaweed. Source: THE CONTINENT The Rapid Support […]

The Persecution of Francesca Albanese 

By Chris Hedges  The sanctioning by the Trump administration of Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur, is an ominous harbinger of the end of […]

Rwanda: Victoire Ingabire Denied Bail, Remanded to Prison By Ann Garrison

Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire’s arrest belies Rwanda’s pretense to liberal democracy and its pretense to self-defense in DRC. Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire […]

State security is terrorising citizens at record levels across East Africa

Robert Amalemba in Nairobi Over the weekend, Kenyans learned that a 31-year-old teacher and blogger, Albert Ojwang, had died in police custody. He was […]

Rwanda’s Migration Agreement with the Trump Administration: A Carefully Calculated PR Move Amid International Pressure

Rwanda has just launched another major communication campaign by announcing that it is in talks with the Trump administration about a potential agreement to […]

Will the UN Pillory Francesca Albanese? By RICHARD FALK

[Prefatory Note: The post below is based on my responses to Murat Sofuoglu, a journalist working for TRT World in Turkey devoted to the […]

 Eastern Congo: The war continues, and so does the suffering of the civilian population 

Neighbouring states now fear regional expansion  by Peter Küpfer   cc. Singaporean scholar and diplomat Kishore Mahbubani has once again pointed out that Africa’s problems […]

WOMEN’S INTERDEPARTMENTAL COALITION OF HAITI PRESS RELEASE

Haiti Action Committee is honored to publish this powerful statement from the Women’s Interdepartmental Coalition of Haiti. The statement, released to commemorate International Women’s […]

Tragic Burning of Two Rwandan Refugee Women in Munzenze Prison, Goma

Two Rwandan refugee women were deliberately burned alive in Munzenze Main Prison in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This heinous act was allegedly […]

Commemorate Genocide against the People of DR Congo

   UNICEF/Roger LeMoyne The Congolese Action Youth Platform (CAYP) is campaigning for the recognition of the Genocide against the people of DR Congo to […]

A World’s Soul in Tatters

Yahya Al-Batran mourns the tragic death of his newborn son Jumaa, who froze in a tent amid ongoing violence in Palestine. Highlighting the normalized approach to genocide, the author reflects on the broader implications of war and violence, emphasizing the disconnect in global awareness and responsibility for suffering around the world.

“In war, the first victim is the truth”

Thirty years of economic warfare over raw materials in eastern Congo by Peter Küpfer On 9 November 2024, the Paris Court of Appeal punished a deserving research- er and author with Cameroonian roots, ignoring […]

The Sustainability Scam: How Self-Interest Ruins Good Ideas

We have laws to ensure children are born into a safe, sustainable, and unpolluted environment. These laws are also meant to empower future generations and guarantee […]

We need a reset by Barbados PM Mia Mottley

Forests Thrive When Indigenous People Have Legal Stewardship of Their Land

Forests are essential for life on Earth. Because they produce oxygen and help regulate the balance of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the atmosphere, […]

Why Children’s Rights Are Critical for Climate Policy and Environmental Activism

The actual cause of the climate crisis is the anthropogenic emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere since the start of the industrial revolution. But the proximate cause—the […]

Rwanda’s Stillborn Middle-Income Economy

Rwanda’s Economic Miracle Is a Lie 10 Jul 2024 – On July 15, Rwandan President Paul Kagame will be “re-elected” in a process the […]

?? We don’t have to repay UK for axed deal – Rwanda

  Rwanda has said it is not required to refund the UK after a multi-million pound migrant deal between the two countries was scrapped. […]

?? Kenya’s Ruto dismisses almost entire cabinet after nationwide protests

  The president’s decision comes after weeks of protests forced him to abandon proposed tax hikes. Kenyan President William Ruto has announced the dismissal […]

Malawi’s Farmers Face a Precarious Future From Climate Change-Related Storms

According to the 2021 Global Climate Risk Index, Malawi is among the five nations worldwide most affected by extreme weather events. The country experiences […]

The Sahel Stands up and the World Must Pay Attention

On July 6 and 7, the leaders of the three main countries in Africa’s Sahel region—just south of the Sahara Desert—met in Niamey, Niger, […]

Statement on the Publication of the United Nations Group of Experts Report on Uganda’s Support to M23 Backed by Rwanda

The current humanitarian crisis caused by M23 could have been prevented if the United Nations had acted in 2019 when we first raised the […]