Bosco Ntaganda: No Coming Back
On one cold Parisian night, in the mid 1660s, the great French mathematician and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal jotted down a thought which, unwittingly done or not, would come to summarise well the principle infirmity be...
Violence Against Women on the Sidewalk
“You’ve got great legs, baby!” a 43-year-old man told Brittney, a 15-year-old girl, as she waited for the subway on her way to school in New York City, New York. Disgusted, she said, “Excuse me, you probably have a daug...
Should The UN Re-Impose A Full Arms Embargo On Somalia?
The U.N. Security Council has unanimously agreed to extend the partial lifting of the arms embargo on Somalia for eight months. Despite the fact that a recent confidential UN report has revealed that arms destined for the frag...
Pro-austerity VVD’s victory in Dutch elections hides the real winners of last night’s poll – a social democratic Europe
With over 96% of votes counted, the result of yesterday’s Dutch election sees Mark Rutte, leader of the right-wing Liberals (VVD), set to stay as Prime Minister. But the closely fought election left his party with only two mo...
The UN Creates an Aggressive Supranational Fighting Force
Amid very little fanfare on the part of international media, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously approved of an unprecedented addition to one of its missions. On March 28, delegates drafted Resolution 2098 (2...
A Choice Called ‘Pragaash’
“Valentine day. Do you know what is it ? Saint valentine had loved a young girl and had sex with her before married (ZINA) And that’s why UK government had hanged him on that day 14 february and since then the non believer ...
