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The Silent Extraction of a Continent: Africa and the New Geopolitics of Resources

“Africa gave the world humanity. The world took almost everything else.” “Africa holds a substantial share of the resources that will sustain the twenty-first-century economy, yet it remains one of the least industrialized and least prosperous regions of the world.…

Justice Claims that Never Grow Old

By Maxine Lowy Lessons from the Trials of Nazi Criminals for the Chilean Debate on Leniency for Convicted Human Rights Violators Teun de Groot was a bicycle mechanic from Voorschoten, a small town in the western region of the Netherlands.…

Measures at Ensuring Africa’s Food Sovereignty

(Moscow Bureau) – China’s investments in Africa have primarily been in the agricultural sector, reinforcing its support for the continent to attain food security for the growing population estimated currently at 1.5 billion people. With huge expanse of land and…

Echoes of Justice by Jila Movahed Shariat Panahi -Quranic Justice means Gender Justice

ProMosaik LAPH published the first two parts of the collection “A New Analysis of Women’s Rights from the Perspective of the Holy Quran” entitled “Echoes of Justice”, including seven articles about social equality of men and women in Islam based…

Quito, Ecuador: Nuclear Weapons, Existential Threats, and Journalism: Looking to the Future

As wars escalate and nuclear rhetoric resurfaces—including threats related to potential conflict with Iran—nuclear weapons have returned to the center of the global agenda. In this context, Pressenza International Press Agency is hosting two roundtable discussions on the existential threat…

The Algerian Language: A Plural Linguistic Heritage

The Algerian language, commonly referred to as Darija, constitutes a complex linguistic phenomenon resulting from a long history of cultural contact and social transformation. It developed progressively through interactions between different populations that inhabited or passed through the territory of…

A Conversation with Peter Geffen on Civil Rights, the Holocaust, and the Power of Optimism

This interview with Peter Geffen is part of an ongoing series exploring one of the most pressing questions of our time: how do we find meaning in a world that seems increasingly unable to offer it? Two recent articles—Meaning of…

In Memoriam Berta Cáceres

Ten years ago Berta Cáceres, a campaigner against dams and mining projects that were displacing rural communities in Honduras, said that death threats had forced her to lead a ‘fugitive existence’. Most of the threats came from a company, Desarrollos…

Republican lawmakers, courts, governors, and conservative media are increasingly challenging Trump’s authority as the Iran war and economic policies deepen divisions inside the GOP

Trump’s Aura Of Invincibility Is Disintegrating The widening fissures inside the Republican Party over Trump’s broader unilateralism and chaotic foreign policy, and now the war of choice against Iran, are sharpening an older divide between nationalist populists, institutionalist conservatives, business-friendly…

Cultural Diplomacy and the Revival of Bangladesh–India Relations

Bangladesh hosts 90 per cent Muslims of its total population, along with other minorities, which is the fourth largest Muslim-inhabited country in the World. On the contrary, despite India having Hindu centrism, about 21 crore Muslims have been living in…

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