Africa
Open letter from Archibishop Desmond Tutu to Aung San Suu Kyi
My dear Aung San Suu Kyi I am now elderly, decrepit and formally retired, but breaking my vow to remain silent on public affairs out of profound sadness about the plight of the Muslim minority in your country, the Rohingya. In my heart you are a dearly beloved younger sister. »
To Be a Nigerian Migrant in Italy
A Nigerian migrant, stairs at new comers at an old, local Roman bar. Extremely polite, he asks for money. If you offer to him to buy some food instead, he immediately accepts. Interviewed for IPS by Laurent Vercken, the young Nigerian migrant tells his story: originally from… »
London is cloaking environmental racism in respectability – but Zambian villagers are fighting back
By Amy Hall 3 August 2017 for openDemocracy Zambian villagers await a landmark judgement that could help hold British companies to account for their actions abroad. Over 1,800 people from farming and fishing communities near Chingola, Zambia are waiting to hear if… »
Kenya shows itself capable of holding a transparent election
Finally, after decades of post-independence dictatorships, the shameful rigging of presidential elections, and post-election violence in 2007 that led to 1200 people slaughtered and hundreds of thousands of internally displaced refugees, Kenya can hold its head high and say it now knows how to run a transparent election. Let’s be… »
Kenya: Women’s nonviolent protest attacked with stones as post-election tension increases
Today women and disabled people in Kenya’s largest slum, Kibera in Nairobi were attacked by stone-throwing hooligans as they peacefully protested against the police violence that they are facing. “When the police come, we cannot flee!” they complain. Tension has been growing in Kibera since Friday when the election results… »
Yemen: African Migrants Beaten, Starved, Sexually Violated by Criminal Groups
By Baher Kamal African migrants who arrive on Yemen’s shores –that’s if they are not forced into the sea to drown—risk to fall in the hands of criminal networks who hold them captive for several days to extort money in exchange for their “freedom,”… »
The Very Survival of Africa’s Indigenous Peoples ‘Seriously Threatened’
By Baher Kamal The cultures and very survival of indigenous peoples in Africa are seriously threatened. They are ignored, neglected and fall victims of land grabbing and land dispossession caused by extractive industries, agribusiness and other forms of business operations. These are some of the key… »
Kenyans take democracy into their own hands to prove free and fair elections
Twenty-four hours after Kenyans woke up to learn that Uhuru Kenyatta, son of the country’s first post-independence president, Jomo Kenyatta, had regained power and will continue as president until 2022, Kenya is still in a sense of heightened tension. Some violent incidents have been reported with two people killed in… »
Kenya votes to keep Uhuru Kenyatta in power; opposition disputes the results
With 92% of provisional results received, incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta looks on course to be returned to power with a 55% share of the vote, with opposition leader Raila Odinga trailing on 45%. Turn out has been high with over 70% of registered voters taking part. Although the election has… »
Junior Nzita, ex child soldier: defeat the evil with the good
The foundation „die schwelle“ in Bremen, Germany, has declared Junior Nzita to one of its laureates of the Bremen Peace Prize. Nzita is a former child soldier in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and today he is a honorary UN ambassador for the topic of child soldiers. He was… »
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
