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30 Years After the Beginning of the End of Apartheid, Where is South Africa Going? Part I
February 11, 1990 the release of Nelson Mandela was announced. It was the beginning of the dismantling of the Apartheid system. The hopes for a change for the majority of the black population were high at the time. The reconciliation…
South African Leader Condemns Latest Surge of Violence Against Women
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network Calling it a “dark and shameful week,” South African president Cyril Ramaphosa denounced the latest surge in violence against women, including the murder of a woman eight months pregnant. “Gender-based violence thrives in a…
Citing ‘weight of history’, senior UN officials of African descent issue call to ‘go beyond and do more’ to end racism
A group of more than twenty senior leaders in the UN, who report directly to Secretary-General António Guterres, and who are African or of African descent, have put their names to a personal and hard-hitting statement published on Friday, expressing…
CASBAH OF ALGIERS is in Ruins: Bad Policies Applied to this Ancient City
Casbah of Algiers, commonly known as the Casbah (the citadel), one of the old cities of Algiers, capital of Algeria, of which it forms a historic district listed as World Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO since 1992 in Santa Fe,…
Preserve the Identity of Each Region and Its Autonomous Organizational Power, in a Federal Project in Algeria
Build a new vision of the future of each region, in a federal project, in order to ensure sufficient political, financial, administrative, constitutional and legislative autonomy, that is to say a large field of action administration and management the regions.…
Africa Can Still Be on the Top
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power Africa is suffering a double whammy after many years of success. The Coronavirus, while not taking down great numbers of people like in Europe, Asia and the Americas, has had a severe impact by curbing its…
Eritrean Refugees Sue EU for Abetting Forced Labour Back Home
A Dutch Foundation of Eritrean refugees, Foundation Human Rights for Eritreans, has filed a lawsuit in the Amsterdam court against the European Union (EU) for its role in financing a road building project in Eritrea that uses forced labour. The Netherlands is host…
North Africa: Algeria – Open letter to Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Human rights activist Rabah Arkam has written a letter to United Nations Secretary General António Guterres regarding unacceptable human rights violations in Algeria. The activist’s objective is to call for an end to the wave of arrests resulting from the…
FAO makes gains in the fight against Desert Locusts in East Africa and Yemen but threat of a food security crisis remains
Heavy rains favour reproduction, second wave of locusts expected during upcoming harvest The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, said today that significant gains had been made in the fight against the desert…
Idir: The Humility of the Shepherd Poet at the Service of Berber Humanist Values
On May 2, 2970 of the year Yennayer (Berber calendar, May 2, 2020 for the Christian calendar) a hero of our time flew to the stars. Idir, Hamid Cheriet, who so often contemplated the starry vault when he was a…
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