From soil justice to social justice: How neglected Indigenous communities in US are using land to fight racism
A half-hour drive south of Gallup, New Mexico, the elevation rises and the sprawling desert turns to a hilly, mint green landscape covered in piñon trees and fields of wild sage – staple plants in Navajo traditional medicine and spirituality. Unlike many Native American tribes forced to resettle permanently in...
Somalia boosts its maritime capabilities with $3 million project for its police in capital Mogadishu
Somalia’s maritime capabilities received a major boost on March 30 with the inauguration of a new, state-of-the-art facility for the Somali Police Force (SPF) in the capital, Mogadishu, funded by the European Union and developed by the United Nations. “In recent years Somalia has expanded its maritime law enforcement capability,...
How black woman judge overcame Republican racist opposition to become first US Supreme Court justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court in a milestone for the United States and a victory for President Joe Biden, who made good on a campaign promise as he seeks to infuse the federal judiciary...
South Sudan’s president and deputy shake hands to reenergise ‘revitalised peace agreement’
Recent ‘revisit’ of the revitalised peace agreement signed between South Sudan President Salva Kiir and First Deputy President Riek Machar has given a fillip to hopes of free and fair elections, although a cloud of doubt still hangs over the possibility of the polls happening soon within the timeframe provided...
South Africa present wants outdated UN Security Council democratised to strip rich nations of veto power
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa this week told the country’s senior diplomats the current formation of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is “outdated and unrepresentative”. He told high commissioners, ambassadors and others representing South Africa abroad that the Russia-Ukraine conflict “exposed the inability of the UNSC in fulfilling its...
Marriage equality: Republicans are never happier than when bashing something they don’t understand
As the Supreme Court prepares to strike a blow against Roe v. Wade, it’s beginning to look like Republicans will make Obergefell v. Hodges their next target. Republicans are never happier than when they’re bashing something they don’t understand, so the party’s current genitals-obsessed transphobia is totally on-brand. Attacking the...
How Ethiopian rebels’ scepticism in government’s truce is killing innocent civilians in Tigray region
The response to the conflict in Ethiopia’s Afar region is constrained by a lack of funding and the limited presence of aid organisations, which are stretched across three conflict-hit northern regions where more than nine million people need assistance, relief organisations say. The need remains highest in Tigray, where no...
How Ethiopian rebels’ scepticism in government’s truce is killing innocent civilians
The response to the conflict in Ethiopia’s Afar region is constrained by a lack of funding and the limited presence of aid organisations, which are stretched across three conflict-hit northern regions where more than nine million people need assistance, relief organisations say. The need remains highest in Tigray, where no...
My brothers and sisters are dying: Inside the killing fields in Ethiopia’s Afar Triangle region
There is only one referral hospital in Ethiopia’s north-eastern Afar region, and its doctors are overwhelmed. Patients have been arriving with bullet wounds and blast injuries in recent weeks. A lack of beds means many end up on bare mattresses on the ground. “We don’t know who died and who...