Oil And The New Cold War In Sudan: Independence Of South Sudan Shrouded In Skepticism
The independence of South Sudan on July 2011 has been welcomed by the international community as a sign of high possibility of ending the humanitarian crisis in the region. Even though, this is a big challenge for Khartoum (Nor...
“Out of sight, out of mind” – The Mentally Ill in African Countries in Crisis
A 13-year-old boy in Somalia has been tied to a stick for over ten years. An 8-year-old girl in Nigeria has been kept with high-risk inmates at the local prison for several months. A 26-year-old man in Kenya has been locked in ...
COP19: Can COP19 be the stepping stone to success in Paris?
The 11th of November marks the commencement of the 19th Conference of Parties session to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 9th session of members to the Kyoto Protocol. The COP moves to ...
How Significant is the Threat of Violence in Securing Peaceful Outcomes?
Amazingly, it was US Secretary of State John Kerry’s ‘gaffe’ that offered a temporary respite from the chemical weapons situation in Syria. However, it can be argued that warmongering across the pond was exactly w...
WATCH: Pagpag – Meal of the Day
Each evening we sit down for a meal. We rarely think about where our food comes from, how much it costs us or what we will do with our leftovers. As part of the Your WorldView Thought for Food season, independent filmmakers an...
On the Kingdoms of Spain
Last week in Madrid, Catalan politician Alfred Bosch stood before Spain’s Congress and asked for a moment of silence [es] for a man some in the Chamber don’t want to remember – Lluís Companys. In 1940, f...
