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Human Rights Day 2011, and the rest

It was Human Rights Day on Saturday! Does that mean every other day of the year is a human rights

Nando’s ‘chicken’ out of spoof Last Dictator Standing advert

https://youtu.be/PYnL5oUePM8If you were Nando’s and you were receiving threats from Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF loyalists, would you have

How to Write About Africa

First appearing in 2005 in issue 92, Granta magazine published ‘The View from Africa’ – a collection of memoir and

Current and future costs: COP17

The cost for South Africa of hosting COP 17 will, it is estimated, amount to some 400 million rand (approx.

HIV & AIDS, 30 years on…

Today is World AIDS Day. It has been almost 30 years since HIV and AIDS was first recognised and diagnosed.

Cartoons from the Collective Desazkundea

Here is a selection of six thought provoking cartoons from the Collective Desazkundea’s flickr photostream – they are a group who

Aids-related deaths ‘down 21% from peak’, says UNAIDS

Aids-related deaths are at the lowest level since their 2005 peak, down 21%, figures from UNAIDS suggest. The data also

AllAfrica.com – Gaddafi, Food for Cartoonists

Source: https://allafrica.com/photoessay/Gaddafi-Food-for-Cartoonists/#photo

Global Study on Homicide

A new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) entitled the Global Study on Homicide, outlines

Child Soldiers

“Should child soldiers be prosecuted for their crimes?” “In modern day warfare, children, both girls and boys, are increasingly becoming