Ameyo Adadevoh: That we may truly remember her

Adewale Stephen
Sep 09, 2014

One of the saddest things about the Ebola outbreak in parts of Africa is the infection and death of medical personnel courageously responding to this horrific public health emergency. In Nigeria, two women medical professionals died in this way. They should always be remembered and celebrated

A life well lived: Tribute to Comrade Vuyisa Qunta

Nelvis Qekema
Sep 11, 2014

Che Guevara might well have had Qunta in mind when he declared that: “I don’t care if I fall, as long as someone else picks up my gun and keeps on shooting”.

CAMPAIGNER - WEST AFRICA - Francophone

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Sep 04, 2014
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The mobile revolution. Geopolitical power shifts. A radically altered global economy. The world is changing, and so is the way that people fight for their rights. In order to be effective, Amnesty International’s (AI) International Secretariat needs to change how we work. That’s why we’ve opened a regional office in Dakar. And why we need your research expertise with us on the ground.

2014 African Grantmakers Network assembly - Accra, Ghana

Contributor
Aug 07, 2014

The African Grantmakers Network (AGN) invites you to the Third Biennial Assembly to be held in Accra, Ghana on 17th - 19th November 2014 and hosted by the African Women's Development Fund (AWDF). It will bring together leaders in philanthropy to discuss actions that will contribute to and sustain the growth of African economies through philanthropy development.

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Urgent call from Gaza civil society: Act now!

Contributor
Jul 16, 2014

Numerous Palestinian civil society organisations are calling on people and nations of the world to demand and end to the orgy of brutal violence conducted by the Israeli government in Gaza. Without international pressure, Israel will continue the massacres

Researcher - Southern Africa (Lusophone)

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Jul 14, 2014
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The mobile revolution. Geopolitical power shifts. A radically altered global economy. The world is changing, and so is the way that people fight for their rights. In order to be effective, Amnesty International’s (AI) International Secretariat needs to change how we work. That’s why our Southern Africa Regional Office needs your research expertise with us on the ground.

Campaigner – Southern Africa (Lusophone Countries)

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Jul 15, 2014
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The mobile revolution. Geopolitical power shifts. A radically altered global economy. The world is changing, and so is the way that people fight for their rights. In order to be effective, Amnesty International’s (AI) International Secretariat needs to change how we work. That’s why we’ve opened a hub in Johannesburg. And why we need your campaigning expertise with us on the ground.

Regional Advocacy Coordinator – Africa

Contributor
Jul 02, 2014
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For more than 50 years, we’ve been campaigning for human rights, wherever justice, freedom and truth are denied. We’ve reshaped policies, challenged governments and taken corporations to task. And in doing so, we’ve changed thousands of lives for the better.

African migrants in the Middle East and North Africa: Separate line of theorizing needed

Kelsey P. Norman
Jun 26, 2014
FT

How African migrants in the two regions are treated is determined by a number of factors, which should be examined for comprehensive understanding, including the domestic political and economic conditions in the host state, relations between neighbouring countries and the sending state, and relations between the migrants and the local population

General Gordon Baker, Jr.: Pioneer in African American working class resistance

Abayomi Azikiwe
Jun 19, 2014

The lessons of the struggles waged by General Baker and his comrades must be taken into consideration in the present battle in the US over jobs, income, pensions and public assets

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