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Darfur is a right mess – but that does not absolve us.
(Opinions)
18-12-2007
by Ailbhe Darcy
Upon reading Not on Our Watch: The mission to end genocide in Darfur and Beyond (Don Cheadle and John Prendergast, Hyperion), I felt goaded to action. In fiercely, simplistically, motivational language, this book tells you that if people continue...
Devastation in Darfur
(Opinions)
16-11-2007
by Kayla
In rural Darfur, the western region of Sudan, about the size of France, there are several gullies at the bottom of a hill. Surrounding them are 14 bodies. They are innocent Africans whose only crime was not being Arab. They had been divided...
Does Slavery Still Persist?
(Opinions)
25-02-2004
by Timmy
In this modern world, is there anything like slavery? Most people would like to think not. That's because the word slavery conjures up horrific pictures of brutality and oppression. In the minds of many, such pictures belong to the past...
The Siege of Gaza and Solidarity
(Poetry)
12-12-2008
by Adham Tobail
Strip a small area, see the eyes of the world every day
The suffering there has been going on for years, a small prison isolated from the world
Children being killed every day
Youth lost their future
Hospitals without medicine
Schools...
The UN involvement (or lack thereof) in the 1994 Rwanda Genocide
(Opinions)
21-06-2004
by Erika Kneeland
In 1994 and the years leading up to it, Rwanda was involved in a civil war between its two major ethnicities, Hutu and Tutsi. The world was well aware of the situation, yet failed to react appropriately when the Hutu began deliberately and...
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