Europe’s refugee colonialism
EU countries outsource their “migration problem” to mostly authoritarian or unstable regimes. 24 African countries already receive funding to “stem migration.”
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Documenting Tuberculosis
In 2009, 1.7 million people died from TB globally, including 380,000 people living with HIV. The majority of deaths were in Africa.
Jeffrey Gettleman, Our Man in Kenya
Is the New York Times' correspondent in East Africa, a journalist or just someone relaying stereotypes?
Dispatch from Berlin
“What is the difference between refugees and ‘normal’ citizens besides the fact that the former had to flee from their homes? There is none.”
Brave new world
As Western government enforce stricter policing of non-native bodies, who who are the activists who will stop them?
Israel calls them infiltrators
Meron Estefanos Meron speaks to us about her ongoing work with Eritrean refugees and migrants, many who live in Israel.
Escaping categorization
Ethiopian photographer Michael Tsegaye doesn't want to be pigeonholed. Neither does he want his country to be. So his art actively works against that.
Fact Checking Mandela
It’s unfortunate the New York Times Book Review handed the appraisal of three recent books about
Trouble at the Global Fund
As Brett pointed out at the end of 2011, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB
There’s something about “ghetto pranks”
Youtube “ghetto pranks" are meant to expose poor black people as "naturally" and irrationally angry.
A new scheme to end poverty
This is so cynical: let people in poor countries send money to nonprofits in rich countries.
Sudan in Berlin
"Berlin isn't Germany. Just like that website you write for—it's really its own country."