Anne Sexton Renaissance woman
When you are a manic-depressive, you are married to the unction of your fears. Up and down your moods will go....
Happy 70th birthday, UN Charter!
On October 24th, 2015 the United Nations and its charter will be 70 years old. However, it was before October, more specifically on June...
Ecoregions as Geopolitical Subregions
According to WWF (World Wildlife Foundation), an ecoregion is a “large unit of land or water containing a geographically distinct assemblage of species, natural...
Hypocrisy is not a four letter word
A South African court banned the President of Sudan Omar Al-Bashir from leaving the country after he had come to attend the African Union...
Tackling inequality is key to the post-MDGs development agenda
Fairness and equal opportunity are vital to rich and developing countries alike, warns Jan Vandemoortele, who was among the architects of the UN’s Millennium...
A Brave New World
There is power and justice in everything that we read until we give our perspective the permission to see it as thus. ...
Impotent leadership at the United Nations
The United Nations, an organization of governments created in 1945 following World War II, was meant to foster international cooperation between members and prevent...
Lost in Translation
African writers’ stories have often been fragmented in Africa since Nelson Mandela was released from prison. They have often not been told, put into...
African Cinema
Television, films and churches formed a large part of the origins of my writing when I was younger. My childhood was not as bleak...
Why Europe must back a technology-neutral energy policy
Some observers believe the Europe 2020 package, coupled with the economic showdown, is bringing the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions under control. Bryony Worthington disagrees...