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East Congo – the perpetual humanitarian catastrophe continues:The never-ending war targets mainly the civilian population by Peter Küpfer

Before 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 fleeing to the town of Goma, the supposedly...

Reflections on the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024 by Dr rer. publ. Werner Wüthrich

According 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...

Visit to Bulengo IDP Camps: Addressing the Plight of Twa/Pygmies

On 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...

Reflections on the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024 by Dr rer. publ. Werner Wüthrich

According 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...

The unifying power of music: The American conductor Kent Nagano and his dream by Winfried Pogorzelski

Music 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...

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...

Visit to Bulengo IDP Camps: Addressing the Plight of Twa/Pygmies

On 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 bambuti,” which translates to “the area for Pygmies.” This visit aimed to understand the conditions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in these camps and others around Goma. As we explored, it became evident that the naming of specific areas after the people residing there could potentially stigmatize and increase discrimination against them. The Twa/Pygmies are located deep within the camp, at a point that is challenging to reach after an exhaustive tour of the...

Automated Murder: Israel’s ‘AI’ in Gaza by Patrick Lawrence and Cara Marianna*

“Technological change, while it helps hu- manity meet the challenges nature impos- es upon us, leads to a paradigm shift: It leaves us lesscapable,...

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East Congo – the perpetual humanitarian catastrophe continues:The never-ending war targets mainly the civilian population by Peter Küpfer

Before 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...

Fighting back again monetary colonialism by Farida Nabourema

An excellent animated short film that perfectly explains the monetary colonialism of the CFA franc realized by Frida Nbourema

Automated Murder: Israel’s ‘AI’ in Gaza by Patrick Lawrence and Cara Marianna*

“Technological change, while it helps hu- manity meet the challenges nature impos- es upon us, leads to a paradigm...

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...

THE YOUNG HANDS THAT FEED US

Apperead on 19 JUL 2019 An estimated 524,000 children work unimaginably long hours in America's grueling agricultural fields, and it's all perfectly legal. It was the...

Erosion of freedom: From Haiti to South Africa By Jacques Depelchin

Logo of Abahlali baseMjondolo movement (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Jacques Depelchin reflects on the ties that bind Haiti to South Africa and asks: "In a country where...

Norms, Analysis, Action: Our Tasks

  9 December was the 70th anniversary of the 1948 Genocide Convention. The Convention was written in the light of the events of the Second...

Freeing South Sudan’s captive women and girls: 128 down, thousands to go BY NYAGOAH TUT PUR

The current approaches to releasing women and girls who have been forced into armed groups is far from adequate. A woman who was detained by...

Ethiopia: Where Economic Progress and Human Rights Clash

  (Citizens for Global Solutions)— When you think of Ethiopia, images of starving children probably come to mind. But the East African nation...

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