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Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights – TRANSCEND Media Service 3 May 2024 – When I think of the values of journalism, I think of trust, truth and integrity. I think of the countless,…
Read articleJoint Statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, and Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Joyce Msuya. 25 Apr 2024 – After one year…
Read articleA topic that is virtually never allowed to be addressed within the hallowed halls of academia is any suggestion that the official narrative of 9/11 may not be entirely true. Self-respecting professors will not only avoid…
Read articleIn response to the humanitarian crisis triggered by the M23 rebel group’s aggression in North Kivu in 2021, over three million people have been displaced, seeking refuge in Goma, a city under governmental control. According to…
Read article“Technological change, while it helps hu- manity meet the challenges nature impos- es upon us, leads to a paradigm shift: It leaves us lesscapable, not more, of using our intellectual capacities. It diminish- es our minds…
Read articleBefore our very eyes yet another humani- tarian catastrophe unfolds in East Congo. Many alarming reports from the region it- self prove this. Thematter-of-fact eyewit- ness account of an East Congolese priest who had joined villagers…
Read articleAccording to the official calendar, the Olympic Games took place for the first time in 776 BC in the Greek city of Olym- pia in the north-west of the Peloponnese – 3,000 years ago. The simple…
Read articleOn Sunday, April 21, 2024, our team visited two groups at the Bulengo IDP camps near Goma, North Kivu, including the Catholic Community. On our way back, we passed through the area known locally as “ku…
Read article17 Apr 2024 – For my first post on Political Therapy I am sharing this piece by the beloved Morton Deutsch, PhD, 1920 – 2017. It is short, clear and timely and reflects my intention for…
Read articleThe U.S. kept the U.N. Security Council from sending in troops to stop the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. 17 Apr 2024 – The most widespread and pernicious myth about the Rwandan Genocide may be that the US…
Read article‘I was very happy but of course that is not to say that I see a Nobel Peace Prize as something that is perfect.’ 20 Apr 2024 – A human rights activist and genocide scholar, newly…
Read articleMusic awakens and inspires the inex- haustible creativity of man. It creates mo- ments of happiness, brings people togeth- er, and enables them to better cope with life. Across all continents and cultures classical music does…
Read articleHaiti Action Committee is honored to publish this transcript of the talk given by Fanmi Lavalas Executive Committee Members Dr. Maryse Narcisse and Joel Edouard Pacha Vorbe on April 6, 2024 at Eastside Arts Alliance in…
Read article22 Mar 2024 – In recent past weeks, the situation in Haiti has drawn international attention due to reports of escalating violence. Various media outlets have brought to light the alarming uprising of gangs, some allegedly…
Read articleHaiti Action Committee – TRANSCEND Media Service 6 Apr 2024 – The immediate crisis in Haiti goes back to the 29 Feb 2004 coup against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and the imposition of occupation forces, first by…
Read articleTags: Africa, D.R. Congo, DRC, Genocide, Paul Kagame, Rwanda Hundreds of thousands of refugees poured into Congo after Paul Kagame seized power in Rwanda. Judi Rever risked her life to write the true story of the Rwandan Genocide. 10 Apr 2024 –…
Read articleDelivering aid is a dangerous business. Before the tragic assassination of the seven World Central Kitchen staff, a lot of aid workers have died while on mission. If I were younger, I might well have been…
Read articleToday, thirty years ago, I attended a Pan-African Movement conference in Kampala, Uganda. Later that night, as I prepared to go to sleep, I tuned in to the BBC news. I heard that a plane carrying…
Read articleFrom Ann Garrison – Black Agenda Report 3 Apr 2024 – The totalitarian state of Rwanda is guilty of many forms of transnational repression, including the lawfare exemplified in the case of Eric Nshimiye. Rwandan American…
Read articleThere is an exercise called Western Civilization, and a dramatic narrative at the center of that exercise with two persons in the key roles, Jesus and Judas. Easter times, now, are here to remind us of…
Read articleSabah, Libya, is an oasis town at the northern edge of the Sahara Desert. To stand at the edge of the town and look southward into the desert toward Niger is forbidding. The sand stretches past…
Read articleIT IS NOT ZUMA AND LAZINESS, IT IS POVERTY AND INEQUALITY! Nassoro Kitunda (Political Economy Analyst- Tanzania) Also, Assistant lecturer, in Unity of Sociology and Social work (Mwenge Catholic University-Tanzania). Email: nassorokitunda@gmail.com : Twitter: @nassorokitunda In…
Read articleArgentina’s libertarian president Javier Milei is under fire from his counterparts in the region for comments made during an interview with CNN Español. In response to his comments, wherein he called Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro a…
Read articleAfter occupying Al-Shifa Hospital for over two weeks, Israeli forces finally withdrew on April 1. Gaza’s largest hospital has been completely destroyed with a large number of bodies scattered all over and the building itself is…
Read articleIntroduction 15 Mar 2024 – It is natural to have questions about how this paper on transitional justice fits into the series of 56 articles. The author has already published 55 articles on transitional justice covering…
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