Launched in 2009 by the United Nations, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is a recent addition to western humanitarian discourse. The responsibility and capacity to act on [...]
By Bonnie Bates. We, the children of the Azawad What pleases us? The unity of the people We ask our people to let harmony reign We ask the children to work for freedom Our [...]
By Andriata Chironda. In November 2014, the government of Tanzania reportedly planned to sell large tracts of land to a private company which intends to convert the land [...]
By Natalie Hunter. On 11 April 2011, it became illegal in France for Muslim women to wear face-covering veils, as part of a broader law instating a ban on face-covering [...]
By Bonnie Bates. There is one main road that links northern Kenya with Ethiopia. With the arrival of the long rains season (March to May), this road becomes a deep muddy [...]
By Bonnie Bates. These are just some of the many remaining Nubian pyramids found in Meroë, located north of present-day Khartoum. Meroë was the last (of three) Kushite [...]
By Bonnie Bates. This is the burned-out headquarters of the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. It continues to stand as a monument to the popular revolution that [...]
By Bonnie Bates. Promoted as an early Christmas gift to the nation, on December 20, 2013, the Ugandan Parliament approved the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA). The AHA entrenched [...]
By Bonnie Bates. Standing atop the Aswan Dam, looking across Lake Nasser towards Sudan, it’s hard not to wonder what is lurking under the water of this man-make lake. [...]
By Bonnie Bates. Seventy-five children, one teacher and one teacher’s aide – a typical scene in Tanzanian schools. Kids are eager to learn and the teachers work [...]