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Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 18 August 2023 Subject: World Humanitarian Day World Humanitarian Day was established in response to a brutal suicide bomb attack 20 years ago in Baghdad, ...

Marshall Square: An old in an astounding drama remembers the characters, the intrigue, the tension and the plot twist.

These are “Colonel’s Coups”—coups of ordinary people who have no other options—not “General’s Coups”—coups of the elites to stem the political advancement of the people.

On July 26, 2023, Niger’s presidential guard moved against the sitting president—Mohamed Bazoum—and conducted a coup d’état. A brief contest among the various

Rather than send troops in response to the coup, France and the U.S. seem to favor a “Rwanda” type solution applied in Mozambique earlier this year, writes Vijay Prashad. Only this time ECOWAS would apply force.     By Vijay Prashad Peoples Dispatch On July 26, Niger’s presidential guard

On July 26, 2023, Niger’s presidential guard moved against the sitting president—Mohamed Bazoum—and conducted a coup d’état. A brief contest among the various armed forces in the country ended with all the branches agreeing to the removal of Bazoum ...

Taxi mafia: The resistance to apartheid public transport may hold lessons for the recurring problem of taxi strikes and violence today.

Playwright Anthony Akerman traces the convergences and divergences between his life and that of AnnMarie Wolpe who sacrificed greatly for her husband’s anti-apartheid activism.

He urged women to reclaim the unbeatable spirit of heroines of the liberation struggle.

A road construction worker has been killed and another is fighting for his life after they were struck by a motorist who allegedly lost control of a vehicle on Durban's M4 Ruth First highway on Tuesday