White-wing politics dominating US election spell trouble for the world | US Election 2024
With less than a fortnight to go till presidential elections are held in the United States, leading candidates are making their final appeals to the…
ICMD: A new tool to end impunity for those who violate the rules of war | Opinions
In August 1864, a small group of nations adopted a convention in Geneva, Switzerland aimed at ameliorating the condition of the wounded in war. The…
Greta Thunberg – still making all the right enemies | Gaza
Greta Thunberg makes all the right enemies. Thunberg likely understood that from the moment the then-15- year-old Swedish schoolgirl embarked on her silent, solitary protest…
Climate policies must not write off livestock | Climate Crisis
Livestock are a vital component of both the African food system and rural livelihoods. Africa has around 400 million cattle alone, and the livestock sector…
Israel has taken human shields to a whole new criminal level | Israel-Palestine conflict
The use of human shields in war is not a new phenomenon. Militaries have forced civilians to serve as human shields for centuries. Yet, despite this long…
For US universities, Arab and Muslim lives do not matter | Opinions
On October 7, the Tahrir Coalition, a union of pro-Palestinian organisations at the University of Michigan, posted on social media what it said was a…
Left unchecked, Lebanon’s displacement crisis could tear the country apart | Israel attacks Lebanon
Lebanon faces a threat just as destructive as the bombs raining down on its cities: a displacement crisis that risks tearing the country apart from…
Diego Garcia remains a dark British-American secret in the Indian Ocean | Opinions
When the governments of Mauritius and the United Kingdom issued a joint declaration at the beginning of this month that they had “reached an historic…
The Israeli ‘General’s Plan’ for northern Gaza is unlikely to succeed | Israel-Palestine conflict
On October 5, Israel launched a ground military operation, demanding the evacuation of Palestinians residing in Beit Hanoon, Beit Lahiya, Jabalia refugee camp, and Jabalia…
A sustainable global universal basic income can be done. Here is how | Business and Economy
In September, Pope Francis attended the World Meeting of Popular Movements, an initiative he launched 10 years ago as a platform for grassroots organisations to…
Zionist ‘safety patrols’ on campus have little concern for Jewish safety | Protests
Last academic year saw university students across North American campuses form Gaza solidarity encampments to protest Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians and their universities’ financial…