April 7, 2019
With the administrative-political situation in Libya badly stalemated and a meeting for negotiations to be held 14-16 April unlikely to make progress, on Thursday 4 April 2019, General Khalifa Hafter, one of…
April 5, 2019
What the Belgian Congo was like Mixed-race children born in 1940s and 50s were forcibly taken from Congolese mothers Belgium’s prime minister, Charles Michel, is to apologize on behalf of the state…
January 23, 2019
By Kylie Kiunguyu Ethiopia’s parliament has adopted revisions to its existing refugee law, making it one of the most progressive refugee policies in Africa. The revised framework strives for refugee integration, allowing…
January 23, 2019
Photo: WEF The Co-Chairs of this year’s Annual Meeting have delivered a strong call to action to participants in Davos. Perhaps the most emotional plea came from Mohammed Hassan Mohamud, a Somalian refugee…
January 9, 2019
Separating families is the most terrifying form of state oppression to maintain dominance over populations The story of hijrah – the migration of the first Muslim community – is known well throughout…
November 26, 2018
Tara Copp The White House late Tuesday signed a memo allowing troops stationed at the border to engage in some law enforcement roles and use lethal force, if necessary — a move…
November 15, 2018
On PEN International’s ‘Day of the Imprisoned Writer’, Roy says his arrest ‘is an attack not on intellectuals but on intelligence’. To, Shahidul Alam Champakali 2/5 Dhaka Central Jail Keraniganj Dhaka, Bangladesh…
October 19, 2018
Under a midday blazing sun in Kampala, we are driving hesitantly over the newly paved roads of Nsambya and Katwe suburb. A pedestrian signals us to stop and ask; “are you looking for the…
October 15, 2018
Ladies and gentlemen, members of the Nobel Prize Committee; dear friends of peace, friends of humanity, It is with great humility that I learned of this news while I was in the…
September 28, 2018
KYANGWALI REFUGEE SETTLEMENT, Uganda – When he arrived at this United Nations camp in western Uganda in 1997, Joseph Munyambanza had been able to attend only poor-quality schools. Eight years later, he…