Rwanda
An aid worker’s diary: Returning to Goma
During the recent conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, I was evacuated along with other World Vision colleagues to Gisenyi, Rwanda a town just two kilometers across the border.
By Aimee Manimani | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 12 December 2012 at 3:06 pm
Odd Future’s true legacy
Odd Future have done me a favour. I was watching “Rella”, the new video by the Californian rap outfit, and there it was, at 1:22: a smack delivered to a woman’s face so hard that her head snapped to one side.
By Musa Okwonga | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 22 February 2012 at 10:29 am
Syria: Something must be done
I am no foreign policy expert, and so until now I have refrained from writing anything about Syria. Until now, I have instead confined myself to tweeting my simultaneous senses of frustration, helplessness and anguish about the situation, whilst faithfully following those on Twitter whom I have deemed better placed, either emotionally or intellectually, to comment on this crisis than I. (I have included here a list of Twitter accounts – some contentious, all compelling – that I have found indispensable to my embryonic understanding of what is going on.)
By Musa Okwonga | The Foreign Desk | Wednesday, 8 February 2012 at 4:33 pm
Crimes against humanity and international law: Justice without borders?
Whatever one might feel about the injustices of the world, no one should be under any illusion that international law can bring either peace or justice to anyone.
By Dr Tara McCormack | Battle of Ideas, Eagle Eye | Tuesday, 26 October 2010 at 6:00 am
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