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High-Tech vs. Humane Healthcare

A woman was being carried down the road in a bed. I have encountered some strange things in South… more

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Jacob Zuma: Sub-Saharan Populist

The anxiety over the selection of Jacob Zuma as president of South Africa obscures a significant milestone: For the… more

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Uncertainty in Sudan

What will the International Criminal Court's indictment of President Bashir mean for the future of Sudan?

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War Crimes and Double Standards

New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof--like many of his American colleagues--is applauding the International Criminal Court's arrest order… more

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Blue People, Yellowcake

A nomadic, West African people are threatened by lucrative uranium mining.

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Kenya’s Indy Media

While news reports across the world have displayed images of chaos shaking Kenya, an alternative media system driven by… more

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AFRICOM: Round One in a New Cold War?

Two dozen military bases in Africa will help the United States compete for influence with China in the otherwise forgotten continent

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Risking Everything for Europe

Industrial fishing off the African coast ruins livelihoods and sends fishermen on a perilous journey across desert and sea.

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Globalism with Combat Boots

The United States launched a deadly air attack against Somalia last February, using the war on terror as a… more

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Robben Island Singers

Let's go, let's go and fight; we don't know where we're going, but fight we must," sing Grant Shezi,… more

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No Cause For Celebration

A Toronto conference on AIDS disappoints activists.

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Arrest the Messenger

The government of Niger imprisons anti-slavery activist Ilguilas Weila

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Despairing for Darfur

Despite increasing coverage, the press has failed to impart the extent of the genocide

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Deathly Silence

The growing genocide in Darfur testifies to the world’s disgrace

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Oncoming Catastrophe

The United Nations’ continued inaction could lead to 1 million deaths in Sudan

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Genocide in Sudan

The United Nations suppresses its own report on ‘the world’s greatest humanitarian crisis’

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The Art of Law

South Africa President Thabo Mbeki will officially open Constitution Hill March 21—Human Rights Day—to coincide with his country’s 10th… more

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Biowar and the Apartheid Legacy

Just as the threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction now seems a neocon-concocted mirage, word has begun leaking… more

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Bakers Bargain

In Morocco, Reagan-era official wants to ignore international law

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