Neighbouring states now fear regional expansion by Peter Küpfer cc. Singaporean scholar and diplomat Kishore Mahbubani…
Category: Opinions
Trump’s Address to Congress Highlights the Absence of Opposition
During his address to Congress on March 4, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump faced brief heckling from Democratic…
Can Small States Lead in Atrocity Prevention? Lessons from Ghana
By Frank Okyere Osei When discussing atrocity prevention, global attention often gravitates toward major powers. Yet,…
A World’s Soul in Tatters
Yahya Al-Batran mourns the tragic death of his newborn son Jumaa, who froze in a tent…
When Children Are Murdered, What Is There to Celebrate?
After news broke that Han Kang—the South Korean author—had won the Nobel Prize for Literature, her father—the novelist…
pen Letter to the Education Minister-Janet Museveni: A national school feeding policy, is all we need, and not, milk, eggs
On Wednesday, May 9, 2018, New Vision ran a story, Parents’ Reluctance Retards School Feeding Policy.…
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…
Mongolia welcomes Putin despite arrest warrant: A Geopolitics clash to test the ICC’s global authority By RUYANGE Jean-Fraterne
Author: RUYANGE Jean-Fraterne is a passionate journalist, writer, and web activist using storytelling to advocate for…
Rwanda’s Stillborn Middle-Income Economy
Rwanda’s Economic Miracle Is a Lie 10 Jul 2024 – On July 15, Rwandan President Paul…
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…
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…
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…
Far-Right Surge or Status Quo? Understanding the 2024 European Elections
Between June 6 and 9, residents of the European Union (EU) went to the polls to…
How Corporations Are Fueling Geopolitical Tensions and Global Conflicts in the 21st Century
Shortly after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas War and the beginning of the widescale destruction of…
The permanent war in eastern Congo is based on a construct of lies Eastern Congo – the long-term humanitarian catastrophe continues (Part 2) by Peter Küpfer
The first part of this presentation dealt with how the endless war in eastern Congo came…
War, Money and Universities
Peaceful protest, violent response – that says it all. Human politics – from global to local…
The Johan Galtung Approach to Taboo Topics
A topic that is virtually never allowed to be addressed within the hallowed halls of academia…
Automated Murder: Israel’s ‘AI’ in Gaza by Patrick Lawrence and Cara Marianna*
“Technological change, while it helps hu- manity meet the challenges nature impos- es upon us, leads…
East Congo – the perpetual humanitarian catastrophe continues:The never-ending war targets mainly the civilian population by Peter Küpfer
Before our very eyes yet another humani- tarian catastrophe unfolds in East Congo. Many alarming reports…
Reflections on the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024 by Dr rer. publ. Werner Wüthrich
According to the official calendar, the Olympic Games took place for the first time in 776…
Myanmar Activist Zarni Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize Questions Award’s Legacy
‘I was very happy but of course that is not to say that I see a…
The unifying power of music: The American conductor Kent Nagano and his dream by Winfried Pogorzelski
Music awakens and inspires the inex- haustible creativity of man. It creates mo- ments of happiness,…
From Port-aux-Prince to Africa: Unveiling the Haitian Crisis
22 Mar 2024 – In recent past weeks, the situation in Haiti has drawn international attention…
In Praise of Blood: Crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front
Tags: Africa, D.R. Congo, DRC, Genocide, Paul Kagame, Rwanda Hundreds of thousands of refugees poured into Congo after Paul Kagame seized…
April 6, 1994: RWANDA’S DAY OF INFAMY A personal reflection by Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa
Today, thirty years ago, I attended a Pan-African Movement conference in Kampala, Uganda. Later that night,…