On safari
We are not just marking the end of 2019, but also the end of a momentous, if frustrating decade for building a more humane, caring future for Africans.
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Move Something
By Caitlin Chandler This World AIDS Day, rather than pay attention to celebrities who are “dying
Celebrating May Day: Trade unions as schools of democracy
At the heart of the protest movement in Sudan is a trade union. Proving again that democratic influence and change require collective participation and organization.
Masthead
…Video Producers Onesmus Karanja Tsogo Kupa Publisher Sean Jacobs Alumni Marissa Moorman Dan Magaziner Zachary Rosen
Do critiques of representation make a real difference?
The Rusty Radiator Awards is not a critique of existing power relations and stark global inequalities, but of representation.
Jeffrey Gettleman, Our Man in Kenya
Is the New York Times' correspondent in East Africa, a journalist or just someone relaying stereotypes?
Brave new world
As Western government enforce stricter policing of non-native bodies, who who are the activists who will stop them?
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.”
The world already has a refugee crisis
The media's focus on the European "refugee crisis" obscures the fact the bulk of refugees are in camps in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Does the Gates Foundation do more harm than good?
When you have as much money as the Gates Foundation, you can buy your way into some pretty powerful places.
Europe’s Eritrean “Problem”
Eritrean refugees — one of the largest groups seeking safety in Europe — have been a primary target of those wanting to close Europe’s borders.
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.”
Confessions of three humanitarians
Side-eyeing the UN for abusing its privilege and wasting financial resources on business class flights, and then secretly coveting becoming part of the UN.
The hierarchy of refugee stories
In sharp contrast to the coverage of Syrian refugees, Western media barely register the escalating Eritrean refugee crisis.
The first Kenyan mockumentary about NGO’s
"The Samaritans" explores the absurdities of the NGO world. The main characters work for "Aid for Aid," a fictitious NGO that “does nothing.”
Israel calls them infiltrators
Meron Estefanos Meron speaks to us about her ongoing work with Eritrean refugees and migrants, many who live in Israel.