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Hard Times in Swaziland

[twitter style=”horizontal” source=”@intlpolitical” float=”left”][fbshare type=”button”] “Hard times”. This is the title of English novelist, Charles Dickens’ book that was...

by Mark Mngomezulu

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Corruption. Corruption this, corruption that. It seems to be the ‘it’ word amongst most of our politicians in our beloved African continent. “We will fight against corruption,” they will shout at the top of their vices ...

by Mark Mngomezulu

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WATCH: ‘It’s The Eye Of The Society’ – Film Making In Kibera Slum

Here is a short film that I made about the work of Hot Sun Foundation, an organization based in Kibera Nairobi, the largest slum in Africa. Hot Sun Foundation draws on the imagination, creativity and passion of young people fro...

by Flo Carson

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Boko Haram: Please #BringBackOurGirls

This is going to be an extremely ambitious post. Boko Haram, please #BringBackOurGirls. Or, better still, let them go. Well, you most probably are aware that about 276 school girls in Nigeria were abducted by Boko Haramwho hav...

by Eunice Kilonzo

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Is South Africa the Odd BRIC Out?

The 5th Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Summit held in Durban kicks off today and there is a sense of anticipation in the air. The thought of the major emerging economies binding together to create a super...

by Kamleshan Pillay

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WATCH: Peace vs justice in Uganda

In December 2003, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda referred the situation concerning the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. With the cooperation of Ugandan authorities and i...

by Diana Naoum

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Nairobi Mall Attack Inspires Two Online Tools for Emergencies

On September 21, 2013, a group of suspected al-Shabab militants stormed Westgate mall in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, killing at least 61 people, six security personnel and injuring hundreds of innocent men, women and ...

by Ndesanjo Macha

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New Battles On The High Seas: Developing Trends In Global Piracy

The demise of Somali piracy In 2008, as warships and other naval vessels started to increase their presence in waters around the Horn of Africa and in the Indian Ocean, Somali pirates faced a dramatic change in the rules of the...

by Jens Presthus

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Bent Nigeria: Religion, Violence, And Boko Haram

“Brothers pulverised 21 armoured tanks. People were killed in their multitudes, bodies scattered all over…Had Allah allowed us to eat them we would have eaten them but we are not cannibals. This is a victory from Allah. The...

by Tamar Ziff

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Hard Times in Swaziland

The Fight Against Corruption

WATCH: ‘It’s The Eye Of The Society’ – Film Making In Kibera Slum

Boko Haram: Please #BringBackOurGirls

Is South Africa the Odd BRIC Out?

WATCH: Peace vs justice in Uganda

Nairobi Mall Attack Inspires Two Online Tools for Emergencies

New Battles On The High Seas: Developing Trends In Global Piracy

Bent Nigeria: Religion, Violence, And Boko Haram

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