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How are women doing afterwards two years of pandemic?

Before the end of March, REHUNO Health proposes a review of the current situation of women in the (almost) post-pandemic world. By Flavia Estevan We will begin this article by stating that, in general, women are poorer, suffering more violence,…

Illegally Imprisoned Venezuelan Diplomat Faces US Court Amid a Shifting Global Context

Alex Saab’s April 6 hearing takes place in the setting of a mercurial world situation, where events in Ukraine may have indirect bearing on his case and on the larger US economic war against Venezuela. By Roger D. Harris In…

Significance of Russian Officials and African Ambassadors Meetings on Russia-Ukraine Crisis

Russian diplomats at the Foreign Ministry have been stepping efforts to get first-hand blistering information on the Russia-Ukraine crisis, its primary causes and implications to African governments. By Kester Kenn Klomegah On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a…

Ukraine: General Assembly passes resolution demanding aid access, by large majority

The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly demanded civilian protection and humanitarian access in Ukraine on Thursday, while also criticizing Russia for creating a “dire” humanitarian situation resulting from its invasion exactly one month ago. During its 11th Emergency Special Session, 193 Member…

My Very Old Sister

I managed to get a government permission to visit the National Museum in Addis Ababa to see my very old sister, “Lucy”. It was only the partial skeleton of a woman about 3,2 million years old, dug out in 1974.…

The True Adventure of a 19-year-old North American Fighting in the Cuban Revolution with Fidel Castro

Book Review: Wild Green Oranges, by Bob Baldock. (Clapton Press, London, 2021, 238 pages) By Roger D. Harris Wild Green Oranges describes how author Bob Baldock dropped out of college and was at loose ends in 1958. Then he became…

Côte d’Ivoire ratifies UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

The Republic of Côte d’Ivoire deposited its instrument of ratification of the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on 23 March 2022. Côte d’Ivoire is the fifth West African country to ratify the TPNW, following Benin,…

The West’s Fanaticism Over Blaming ‘Evil’ Putin Misses the Point—and an Opportunity for a Lasting Peace

Pointing fingers won’t help—an attitude shift is what the world needs now. By Erika Schelby The old long war in Afghanistan has barely ended and already there is a new one, this time in Europe. Most governments, the media, and…

Small farmers and World Food Security: Change of Course at the United Nations and Open Letter to the FAO

A change in the definition of small farmers by the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) means that their share of global food production now appears to be a lot smaller than before. Civil society organisations and…

War and Refugees – From Bangladesh to Ukraine (And Corporate Media’s Hypocrisy)

How many wars have been fought in the world from March 1971 to December – from the time of Bangladesh’s bloody liberation war to March 2022, and how many millions of innocent people have had to leave their homeland and…

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