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Why Artificial Intelligence Must Be Stopped Now

Those advocating for artificial intelligence tout the...

We Need a Plan for the Transition to Renewable Energy

The transition to renewable energy is inevitable...

Gaza Is DR Congo, Gaza Is Haiti

How can I hold the knowledge of unspeakable horrors happening far away and not explode inside? How can I sit in my modest but comfortable home, refrigerator well stocked, knowing what unbearable suffering is being inflicted on my brothers and sisters in the human family...

With Genocide in Gaza, the Word ‘Never’ Has Been Stripped from ‘Never Again’

A Palestinian man holds a child as he mourns the death of twin babies Naeem and Wissam Abu Anza, killed in an overnight Israeli air strike, during their burial in Rafah in the...

African Stream

13 Mar 2024 – African Stream is an anti-war, anti-imperialist video and text website based in Nairobi, Kenya. I spoke to its founder, Ahmed Kaballo. Ann Garrison: I love African Stream. Can you...

Gaza Is DR Congo, Gaza Is Haiti

How can I hold the knowledge of unspeakable horrors happening far away and not explode inside? How can I sit in my modest but comfortable home, refrigerator well stocked, knowing what unbearable suffering is being inflicted...

Survivors Uncensored: Voices from Rwanda and the Rwandan Diaspora

Most reporting on the Rwandan 1994 atrocities was false and driven by the Clinton administration’s need to hide its culpability. The book Survivors Uncensored allows Rwandans to tell their own story. 21 Sep 2022...

Book Review: The Soul of Uganda Through Song by Michiel van Oosterhout

The Soul of Uganda Through Song by the Dutch journalist, music archivist and documentary filmmaker, Michiel van Oosterhout, is a lyrical telling of Uganda’s history in the period starting at independence in 1962 to...

Why Artificial Intelligence Must Be Stopped Now

Those advocating for artificial intelligence tout the huge benefits of using this technology. For instance, an article in CNN points out how AI is helping Princeton scientists solve “a key problem” with fusion energy. AI that can translate text to audio and audio to text is making information more accessible. Many digital tasks can be done faster using this technology. However, any advantages that AI may promise are eclipsed by the cataclysmic dangers of this controversial new technology. Humanity has a narrow chance to stop a technological revolution whose unintended negative consequences will vastly outweigh any short-term benefits. In the early 20th century, people (notably in the United States) could conceivably...

Why Artificial Intelligence Must Be Stopped Now

Those advocating for artificial intelligence tout the huge benefits of using this technology. For instance, an article in CNN points out how AI is...

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Transitional Justice (Part 56): Rohingya the Voiceless, Stateless Refugees

Introduction 15 Mar 2024 – It is natural to have questions about how this paper...

Investigations of Attacks on the Eritrean Diaspora Are Underway

February 17 Eritrean Independence Day Celebration in Charlotte, North Carolina. The event was attacked by violent protestors who threw bricks at police and set a tractor trailer on fire. Police made eight arrests. 28...

Leif Eiriksson Peace Award 2022 to Johan Galtung

From the Peace 2000 Institute an d Mirpuri Foundation The award was presented on 8 July 2022 by Thor Magnusson from the Peace 2000 Institute through the Mirpuri Foundation at the Lisbon Opera House, Portugal....

Transitional Justice (Part 56): Rohingya the Voiceless, Stateless Refugees

Introduction 15 Mar 2024 – It is natural to have questions about how this paper on transitional justice fits into...

Too Fast to Be a Woman

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/782302072" params="color=ff5500" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] When South African...

Charmant Mushaga: The refugee who has found stardom in Uganda

By Musinguzi Bamuturaki The gifted Congolese guitarist, singer-songwriter and band...

OVERLOAD, A Bullfrog Films

OVERLOAD reveals the increasing toxic burden on human health...

Let’s Stop Calling Cuba Unsafe By Christopher P. Baker

On January 18, 2018, Cuba was named “Safest Country for Tourism” at the 38th annual International Tourism Fair (FITUR), in Madrid, Spain. That’s no...

Experts warn Nyiragongo showing signs of imminent eruption as govt urges calm By: KAYIRANGA MASSAI

Nyiragongo volcano last erupted in 2002, causing havoc. (Net photo) Rwanda Red Cross has warned of a possible Nyiragongo volcano eruption...

African Creative Economy Conference 2014: call for volunteers continued and logo announced!

Arterial Network's 4th African Creative Economy Conference, organized in partnership with the associations Racines/ Arterial Network Morocco, will take place from the...

Ethiopia Applauded for Its Progressive Refugee Integration Law

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...

How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti ­and Built Six Homes

Even as the group has publicly celebrated its work, insider accounts detail a string of failures By Justin Elliott, ProPublica, and Laura Sullivan, NPR   THE NEIGHBORHOOD...

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