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Conscientious objection led to real persecution: the sad report of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Eritrea

The situation that has affected Jehovah’s Witnesses in Eritrea for 30 years certainly deserves greater media coverage. The Eritrean government has in fact undertaken, unfortunately for decades now, the sad practice of imprisoning many faithful, including women and elderly people,…

CEHA’s virtual presentation on Zulu Culture: “A look from the stars”.

Zulu culture: “A look from the stars”. The Centre for Humanist Studies of the Americas (CEHA), with headquarters in Mendoza and activities in Colombia, Panama, Canary Islands, Dominican Republic and Dubai, among other regions, will hold its third Conference on…

Of Civil Disobedience

This is a citizen’s right. A right of defiance, of distrust towards a State and its institutions when we are convinced that our rights are being violated By Makhtar DIOUF | SENEPLUS.COM Civil disobedience, carried out by an individual or…

Coup d’état in Gabon : Another former French colony revolts in Africa

A faction of the army overthrew Gabon’s government on Wednesday morning, in another nationalist coup in a former French colony on the continent this year. By Pedro Aguiar The coup appears to have the support of the population. Images posted…

The plundering of Africa

Africa is back in the news and has become an area of high international tension. The memory of the Libyan war and the destruction of that country still lingers in the minds of its neighbours. The coup d’état in Niger…

Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh heads for Johannesburg, sees BRICS as big opportunity to balance West

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is prepared to participate at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa from August 22 to 24. The BRICS 2023 summit is the fifteenth upcoming annual BRICS summit, an international relations conference attended by the…

The Sixth BRICS Media Forum calls for strengthening voices of developing countries

The Sixth BRICS Media Forum kicked off Saturday in Johannesburg, South Africa, with a call to strengthen the voices of developing countries. About 200 representatives from around 100 media, think tanks and international organisations from some 30 countries held discussions…

Abdelfetah Mohamed, President of SOS MEDITERRANEE Italy: “The phenomenon of migration cannot be stopped, but must be faced together, without ideologies and exploitation”

In the last few days your ship Ocean Viking has carried out 15 rescue operations in the Mediterranean with the coordination of the Italian authorities, bringing on board a total of 623 migrants recovered from small boats in difficulty. Yet…

Pioneering women’s rights protocol in Africa achieves more in law than in reality

It promised to be the most defining, innovative and transformative protocol on African women’s rights. Specific in its approach, broad in its scope and unique in its comprehensive nature, covering issues such as HIV/AIDS, widows’ rights and access to property…

Potential complexity arising between France and Niger

In the wake of the seizure of power by General Abdourahamane Tchiani’s army in Niger on July 26th, a significant escalation in tensions has emerged between Niamey and its former colonial ruler, Paris. This situation has now reached a point…

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