The people smugglers
Smugglers are in most cases merely the “poor man’s” travel agent; a deregulated, brazen, relatively cheap and lucrative travel agency for refugees and people with no passports.
Politics
The Long History of the Garissa Attacks
April. The month of the long rains was upon us, and with its compulsive deluge flowed
Baltimore Blues
Rather than spending money to fix massive inequalities, the U.S. funds militarizing the police, incarcerating black youth, and state violence.
44 Years of Walking Past Cecil John Rhodes’ Statue
The Life and Times of Mr Peter Buckton, a worker at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
What’s at stake when Ethiopians vote on May 24th
The tragic but fleeting headlines about the plight of Ethiopian migrants in Libya, Yemen and South
Their parents are being told to ‘let it go’
In pictures: These are the faces of the Caravana 43 for the disappeared students of Ayotzinapa, Mexico.
Xenophobia and Border Imperialism
To seriously respond to xenophobic violence, start with the deconstruction of border politics and acknowledging the colonial inheritance the border represents between countries.
When Fatou Diome kicked European Union butt
Writer Fatou Diome: It's the representation that Europe does to the Other that feeds xenophobia.
The beautification of Stellenbosch University
The arrogance of apartheid-denialism at Stellenbosch University.
Why Are Colombian Teachers Protesting Their Government?
Colombian teachers resist neoliberalism's global project in education.
The problem with the word “genocide”
A century ago, Turkish forces slaughtered more than one million Armenian children, women, and men. This weekend,
To Africa’s Health
Will the new African Centers for Disease Control really be an African CDC?
Apartheid’s Revenge
The ethno-nationalism that marked apartheid’s dying days has now morphed into a malignant “nativism” that threatens post-apartheid democracy.
The first genocide of the 20th century
The language, methods, and scale of the Herero genocide remain shocking even in the aftermath of the horrors of the Holocaust.
The Kenyan version of the war on terror
Why the wall Kenya is building on its border with Somalia is a terrible idea.
Violent Legacies
How Gang Violence in El Salvador Grew (Helped by the U.S.).
Caravana 43
Resisting against the official version of what happened to the 43 Ayotzinapa students in Mexico in September 2014.
Never becoming fully South African
Like many other African states, South Africans discharge their anger at political failings on easy scapegoats: those they deem foreigners.
Photo of the Day: What value do we place on African lives?
Today for the first time since Mandela was freed, I am ashamed to be a South
Achille Mbembe writes about Xenophobic South Africa
Why has this country historically represented a “circle of death” for anything and anybody ‘African’?