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‘Europe Must Take Responsibility for Refugee Crisis, Which It Created!’ blared President Jacob Zuma from the front-page a few days ago. For once shower-head Zuma is right.

“At the moment the king regards us as people who want to destroy the country, but once we have talked with him he will know what the people want”, says president of the People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO), Mario Masuku.

After apartheid, the new Constitution (1996), and then the Prevention of Illegal Eviction [PIE"> Act (1998) gave some protection to people occupying land without the permission of the state or the capitalists.

Syriza (or the Coalition of the Radical Left) won the Greek referendum of the 5 July 2015, on the basis of an unequivocal anti-austerity political platform.

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is holding its tenth Ministerial Conference (MC10) in Nairobi from 15 to 18 December. This is the first of six blogs I intend to write before the conference.

All societies – from the smallest communities to the largest nations – need leaders. Leaders are essential to their societies for a wide variety of reasons, such as: to regulate disputes, to oversee economic and social actions and decisions, and to promote social cohesion.

We have this tragic misperception that humanity is predisposed to violence.

The truth is that humanity is predisposed to peace. The default position for humanity is that of conscientious objector to war and violence.

Hungarian officials have again threatened migrants from the Middle East, Africa and Asia with imprisonment if they continue to cross their borders or refuse to abide by repressive treatment.

Kenya outlawed Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in 2011. Despite this, 21% of Kenyan women are circumcised today. The Demographic Health Survey of Kenya found that FGM among 15-49 year old women declined from 37% in 1998 to 27% in 2009, which shows how slowly this culture is changing.

Black Lives Matter: A call to Pan-African unity – Justice for Emmanuel!

Marsha Coleman-Adebayo