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On February 17, large demonstrations rocked Paramaribo, the capital of the South American nation and former Dutch colony of Suriname. Thousands of people took to the…
On February 17, large demonstrations rocked Paramaribo, the capital of the South American nation and former Dutch colony of Suriname. Thousands of people took to the…
April 14 was an important date in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). My colleagues and I from across the spectrum of civil society…
Two significant statements released over the past two months have sounded the alarm on the state of medical care at the Guantánamo Bay detention centre.…
The evidence for the many benefits of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) – which teaches adolescents and young people about the cognitive, emotional, physical and social…
African leaders must not allow children to miss out on life-saving vaccinations. As we mark World Immunisation Week, UNICEF released last week The State of…
As climate activists, we are used to banging our heads against brick walls. Amid the need to rapidly move away from fossil fuels, deforestation and…
Economic summits in Washington, DC rarely provoke much interest on the streets of Khartoum or Karachi. The Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World…
On April 3, speaking to a delegation of members of parliament from more than 22 African countries, who had attended a conference on “family values…
As Muslims all around the world celebrated Eid with their families, I had a hard time getting into a festive mood. I was thousands of…
For almost two weeks now, vicious fighting has been going on in Sudan. Both sides of the conflict, the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid…
In East Africa, famine is once again looming. We have to act now to save lives. A person dies of hunger every 30 seconds in…
We never had a lot. But before last summer, most people living in my neighbourhood in Pakistan’s Sindh province got by, were safe and could…
Once upon a time, George W Bush – former governor of Texas, 43rd United States president and accused war criminal – made a worrying observation:…
As Muslim communities around the world celebrate Eid and the end of Ramadan, Palestinian Muslims in occupied East Jerusalem are reeling from yet another holy…
My life was shattered on September 14, 2014, when my son, Samer Reda Abdelfattah was seized by the Syrian regime. Samer was just 29 years…
Adam Smith wrote “corn is a necessary, silver is only a superfluity” to contrast the centrality of food when compared with more commercial indulgences. It’s…
“Dismay“. “Uproar“. “Turmoil”. French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent comments about how Europe should deal with China and avoid becoming a “vassal” of the United States have attracted…
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is hauntingly reminiscent of the conflict in Syria. As Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy remarked in a recent address, the lack…
Ramadan is a special time of year for Muslims around the world. It is a month that brings families, communities and entire countries together. For…
At the heart of Sudan’s ongoing tragedy lies a familiar travesty. For decades, countries in the Middle East have suffered from military coups carried out in the name of national salvation, pride and prosperity…