Human Security

Used in Nairobi's lucrative 'begging industry', Tanzanian children are transported through major bus routes, such as the Tanzania Namanga route, to Kenya's capital, Nairobi. The journey can take up to nine hours.

Recently, I published an article commemorating the 47th anniversary of the launch of the largely British-orchestrated and managed Nigerian-state military invasion of Igboland, Biafra (

The contemporary Egyptian Revolution commenced after a popular uprising on January 25, 2011, whereby millions of protesters from diverse socio-economic, political and religious backgrounds demanded the overthrow of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

I have argued variously that without the very determined British military, diplomatic and political support to the Nigerian state right from the outset, the Igbo genocide, this foundational genocide of post-(European)conquest Africa, would probably not have occurred. [1]

IN THIS ISSUE

STOP PRESS: Pakistan extends refugee status for Afghans
STOP PRESS: UNHCR Africa Bureau announces only three states to implement Cessation Clause for Rwandan refugees
STOP PRESS: Choucha closes

News on Countries of Origin and Asylum

For more than two decades the United States and other Western European imperialist states have been escalating their military intervention in Africa and other geo-political regions of the world.

I continue to be amazed at the ease with which the dividing line is blurred between what is real and what is fiction in the reporting on Syria by the Western media. The press in the U.S.

On May 14, the 17 human rights activists participated in an “Occupy Parliament” protest against the newly inaugurated Parliamentarians’ demand for salary increases and subsequent threat to disband the Salaries and Remuneration Commission – a constitutionally mandated commission to set and periodi

1. THE OAU AND 50 YEARS OF PEACE BUILDING