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Category: Opinions
The NGO-ization of resistance By By Arundhati Roy
A hazard facing mass movements is the NGO-ization of resistance. It will be easy to…
Africa Top 10 Problems: Not the ones You were thinking about! By Mawuna Remarque KOUTONIN
Africa is not poor. Africa is a rich continent inhabited by poor people. Once we fix…
Live from Bangui: Why Inclusive Dialogue Matters in CAR
Last June, when I first arrived in the Central African Republic (CAR), one of the resident…
Letter from Gaza by Norwegian doctor, Mads Gilbert on 20 July 2014
Dr Mads Frederick Gilbert (centre) at Al-Shifa hospital on July 17th, treating a wounded Palestinian child,…
Death by Machete or death by Gun?
Of all the controversial issues in America, my favorite has to be the Gun Rights and…
War-Such an unnecessary evil By Tumusiime K. Deo
In many countries, the proportion of the total national budget spent on the military, is…
Africans in Asia During Age of Enslavement: Revolts and Resistance By Runoko Rashidi
One thing that we have not done here and will not do is begin our survey…
Heed the Voices For Peace Amid the Tragedy of Iraq By Amy Goodman
It didn’t take long this week for the architects of the disastrous U.S. invasion and occupation…
Iraq: What does one do with the broken pieces?
Rene Wadlow, President, Association of World Citizens There is the legendary sign in shops selling china…
Behind Islamophobia, Fascism and Complicit Antifascism By Houria Bouteldja
First, I would like to thank the conference organizers for inviting me. I want to pay…
Race, class, and gender: Intersectionality between social reality and political limits
By Houria Bouteldja I would like to thank the University of California at Berkeley and in…
Liberia And Its Conflicting Narratives Of Conflict By Nvasekie N Konneh
–A+A 0 Author says President Tolbert, assassinated during 1980 coup, paid “more for the sins of…
TURNING BACK THE CLOCK by Ayana Labossiere
I will never forget my first trip to Haiti. In 1990, at five years old, I…
Biafra, The Ostrich Mentality And Nigeria’s Tragedy By Okey Ndibe
There is a sense in which the name of the malaise afflicting Nigeria is Biafra. I…
Good, Innovative Governance – What Is That? EDITORIAL by Johan Galtung
Pretoria, South Africa, Keynote Governance is politics, power–political-economic-military-cultural; decisions-carrots-sticks-ideas. Politics is about problems of realizing…
The film Zulu, 50 years on: classic or racist? By Kimon de Greef
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the film “Zulu”. While some consider it a classic,…
A Radical Approach to the Climate Crisis By Christian Parenti
Several strands of green thinking maintain that capitalism is incapable of a sustainable relationship with non-human…
TRANSCEND Peace University: Africa: Africa in 2064 – A 'Reciprocal Development' & 'Basic Human Needs' Approach
Africa’s current development models tend to echo the priorities of colonialism, perpetuating structural inequalities that hinder…
Boko Haram affair: President Kagame fires at West-African leaders
"When I watch TV and I see that our leaders, who should have been working together…
Africa will rewrite its own history of glory and dignity exactly in the next 50 years By Antoine Roger Lokongo
It is a privilege for me to be invited by Pambazuka News to gaze into my…
#BringBackOurGirls: Beyond the Hash Tags By Louise Uwacu
Who wouldn’t want to save some kidnapped girls from some terrifying terrorists? NO one sane! So…
Elections everywhere, but what about democracy? by Brooks Spector
South Africa’s recent national election finally grabbed national attention – even stealing the headlines from the…
Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire: Stories are life and there is no life without stories, without reading…By Nyana Kakoma
Sources: Somanystories.ug Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire is a writer and law graduate of Makerere and Central European…
Stereotype Vs Reality in Issue-Based Literature BY STANELY MUSHAVA
Helon Habila liest, P09 (Photo credit: lutzland) Poverty is in the orbit of controversy. A point…