Governance

Activist Boniface Mwangi has done a great job of putting Uhuru Kenyatta’s latest remarks on security into perspective.

For the many thousands of tourists who fly into Israel/Palestine every year, landing in the modern Ben-Gurion airport in Tel Aviv marks the beginning of a great adventure in the “holy land.” But for members of the “African Heritage” delegation, flying into Ben-Gurion was fraught with tension and

“Random stops of people who are not suspected of having knowledge of any specific crime under investigation is not a ‘recognized policing reason,’ except for military police in occupied territories.” –

The Psalmist said, “I would have lost heart unless I had believed I would live to see the Lord`s goodness in the land of the living.” There is always hope as long as there is life. However, death happens, and we are all born to die.

Have we learned nothing? Thirty years ago, the Band-Aid video showed pop stars with 1980s hair raising funds for “Africa”. But it wasn’t for Africa, even though the resulting record featured a guitar in the shape of a continent.

The process of investigating and prosecuting serious international crimes is complex, imperfect and still a work in progress.

“South Africa is achieving a sizable reduction in poverty and inequality through its fiscal tools.” This was the main

INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT

In a recent pamphlet written by /The Rules collective, the bold declaration was made that we are living under the global rule of a One Party Planet – the neoliberal party.

Three years ago, in late October 2011, the world witnessed the final defeat of the Libyan Jamahiriya - the name by which the Libyan state was known until overthrown in 2011, meaning literally the ‘state of the masses’ - in the face of a massive onslaught from NATO, its regional allies and local c