L’histoire du Maréchal Mobutu à l’aube du 24 avril
Aujourd’hui, la République démocratique Congo compte plus de 700 partis et 100 regroupements politiques, plus de 200 chaînes de télévision et de radio, et près…
Emperor Haile Selassie statue joins list of Africa’s troubled memorials
A statue of Ethiopia’s last emperor, Haile Selassie, at the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa. Hailu Wudineh Tsegaye / Shutterstock Martin Plaut, School of…
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I am not a criminal, I am an artist By MARIA DAÏF
The story of three Moroccan dancers who despite having valid Visas, were refused entry, locked up, and deported by the Dutch authorities. On January 10,…
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Sudanese Secret Police Asked to Identify ‘General of Death’ in Italy
In June 2016 an Eritrean man was arrested in Sudan and extradited to Italy after intelligence from Britain’s GCHQ and the National Crime Agency…
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ICRC HYPOCRISY IN MYANMAR AND THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Reading the sex scandals conducted by Oxfam personnel in Haiti I remembered past reports implicating UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic, but it also…
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Mali was one of the West African countries affected by the biggest Ebola outbreak ever recorded from 2014 to 2016. Shutterstock Shirin Ashraf, University of…
View More Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopesThe story of an alliance between two poets — one Cuban, one South African
Keorapetse Kgositsile. Oupa Nkosi/Mail & Guardian Cynthia Gabbay, Freie Universität Berlin and Karin Berkman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem It’s a little more than a year…
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DRC musicians, patronage networks and the possibility of change
Lexxus Legal is a hip-hop artist and at the forefront of the activist movement in the DRC. Facebook Thomas Salter, University of Edinburgh Popular musicians…
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Meanwhile, around the World
#572 | Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service Syria calls on our full attention, for a fresh look. Looking at what? The “reality of Syria”, the…
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Reprisals on Human Rights Defenders: Need for NGO Action
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service On 23 January 2019, the U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a statement listed States which had carried out reprisals…
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From Kabila to Tshisekedi and Peacefully! The Congo Holds Its Breath
Raïs Neza Boneza – TRANSCEND Media Service 25 Jan 2019 – Today at 2 p.m. the members of the constitutional Court sworn in the fifth President…
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The Trouble With Ethiopia’s Ethnic Federalism
Ethiopian army soldiers controlled protestors from the capital and those displaced by ethnic-based violence over the weekend in Burayu, as they demonstrated demanding justice from…
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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…
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