Sokari Ekine

Last Wednesday 26 January at approximately 2pm, David Kato was brutally murdered in his home outside Kampala. David was the advocacy and litigation officer for Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) who released the following statement on his murder:

Last Friday Tunisian dictator, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali who has ruled for the past 23 years, fled the country on 14 January following a popular uprising on the streets of Tunis and to a lesser extent in cyberland.

I recently returned from Haiti and thus the country is still very much in my thoughts. Also next week will mark the one-year anniversary of the earthquake, which killed over 250,000 and destroyed much of Port-au-Prince (the official figure, but I suspect the real number is much higher).

“I do not believe in the twentieth century myth that we are all helpless, that it’s out of our hands. It’s only out of our hands if we don’t want to pick it up”.

Thousands of words have been written about Haiti in the past 12 months, covering everything from the NGOisation of the country, the politics of humanitarian aid, endless questions and discussion on what happened to the millions of dollars donated by individuals and countries, the horrendous condi

My intention is to report from observations and interviews the struggle of these women, taking community organiser Rea Dol as my reference point and guide. Why Rea?

The Western Sahara conflict with Morocco is one of those almost forgotten conflicts. It is one that is an unbelievable 35 years old – and still the Moroccan government remains intransigent.

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Haiti is now approaching 11 months into the post-earthquake period, yet the country is still in ruins with some 1.5 million internally displaced people (IDPs) being forced to live in crowded unsanitary conditions.

Fundraising appeal for SOPUDEP (Society of Providence United for the Economic Development of Petion-Ville) in Port-au-Prince

Dear friends,