The ‘Faustian Pact’ metaphor as explanation for the South African liberation movement’s 1990s capitulation to…
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It took the death of a Syrian boy for Europe and NATO to see the consequences of their meddling in the Middle East By doz Nwubani, UK
The picture of the little body of Aylan Kurdi, a Syrian refugee, which washed up on…
Two Black Women Died In Police Custody This Week, Here’s What We Know So Far by Britni Danielle
Typically, Black women’s deaths don’t garner much media attention, but this week the deaths of Sandra…
The Problem of Greece Is Not Only a Tragedy. It Is a Lie. By John Pilger
An historic betrayal has consumed Greece. Having set aside the mandate of the Greek electorate, the…
Welcoming the Iran Nuclear Deal and Calling on Israel to Dismantle Its Nuclear Arsenal for a Nuclear-Free Middle East By Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate
All Peace loving people around the World, and particularly those who have worked for many years…
100 African Cities Destroyed By Europeans: WHY there are seldom historical buildings and monuments in sub-Saharian Africa! By: Mawuna Remarque KOUTONIN
When tourists visit sub-Saharan Africa, they often wonder “Why there are no historical buildings or monuments?”…
Beyond Fear: Experience of Ethiopian Freedom Struggle
By Tesfaye Demmellash (PhD) After noting in a recent writing the “paralyzing” grip of fear on…
After Three Years, the Injustice Handed Out to Julian Assange Must End By John Pilger
Julian Assange, founder and editor of WikiLeaks, has now been a refugee in the Ecuadoream embassy…
A Bigot, a Coward, And a Nobel Laureate NOBEL LAUREATES by Kayes Ahmed
Today I want to introduce you to a bigot and a Nobel laureate who ultimately is…
Lancaster House Accords: What Britain owes Zimbabwe
I have written several articles that have addressed Zimbabwean Human rights and rule of Law, as…
Mawuna Koutonin On The Myth Of “Overpopulated” Africa
— “Many in position of power think the world has become overpopulated recently, and Africa takes…
KONVICT MUSIC IS RIGHT: WHY AKON’S NEW SCUMBAG “PHILANTHROPY” IS THE WORST THING FOR AFRICA
Source : the corge I don’t mince words, I don’t hold back how I feel about…
On How Poverty Therapy Cures Kids
“I’ve never felt I was an important person. Africa has changed how I feel about myself.…
The wretched of the sea: an Algerian perspective By Hamza Hamouchene
The securitisation of immigration control has failed to solve the migrant crisis because it ignores the…
Mandela Legacy: A Myth as Beautiful and Temporary as a Rainbow By Mawuna Remarque KOUTONIN
When Mandela arrived in 1939 in Johannesburg, fleeing from an arranged marriage, he was a smart…
Looking at Ebola from the perspective of one humanity
In response to the Ebola epidemic in Guinée, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the world noticed two…
Peace Journalism
By Dietrich Fischer* 8 April 2015, TRANSCEND Media Service – Johan Galtung** is often asked to define…
The World is Overpopulated, The Fault to the Rich By Mawuna Remarque KOUTONIN
Let’s me tell you what is on the world news agenda for the next months: world…
Juba: South Sudanese in crossfire of Political Ideologies By Ater Garang Ariath
A relief art-work showcasing different traditional dances of South Sudan by David Morbe. © The Niles |…
Surviving scarcities in Bulengo: Women’s trial in displaced camps in North Kivu (D.R.Congo)
By Raïs Neza Boneza It takes us four hours to cruise on the…
The humanism of Ali Mazrui: His journey to the vision of openness By Horace G. Campbell
Ali A. Mazrui the great humanist joined the ancestors on Sunday, 12 October, 2014 in Binghamton,…
Who Needs Eurocentric Nobel Prizes in Literature?Rogers Atukunda
Ngugi I am no literature professor or literary giant per se, I write from my humble…
War, Circus and Injustice Down Under By John Pilger
There are times when farce and living caricature almost consume the cynicism and mendacity in the…
Food and the FAO’s insecurity with the two-thirds world By Rahul Goswami
In its State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014 report (SOFI 2014), which has just…
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…