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Media and Critical Reporting of Traditional Medicine Claims in Africa

June 25, 2015 Global Author

African traditional medicine is widely perceived as a form of voodoo medicine, as a survival of some stone age pre-modern illiterate formation that still functions and fulfils medical purposes for Africans. This is, at least, how many anthropologists have viewed the subject. They have argued that African traditional medicine is unlike 'western medicine', and then go on to establish how... Read More

Child marriage: jeopardising Africa’s future

June 16, 2015 Global Author

Child marriage is still a reality for millions of girls across Africa. The African continent is home to 15 out of the 20 countries with the world’s highest rates of child marriage. Worldwide, approximately 15 million girls every year are married before they reach the age of 18. That is the equivalent of the entire population of Zimbabwe or Mali.... Read More

Jacob Zuma Welcomes Omar al-Bashir of Sudan despite pleas from ICC

June 14, 2015 Global Author

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has called on South Africa to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir who is in the country for an African Union (AU) summit. Mr. Bashir is wanted for war crimes over the conflict in Darfur. An ICC statement said South Africa should "spare no effort" in detaining him. But instead he was welcomed by South African... Read More

Fade to black: Requiem for Malawi rebel with a cause Raphael Tenthani

May 25, 2015 Global Author

He was more than a luminary in Malawi journalism and had the gravitas to pen eloquent criticisms of the government and its policies. Friends and enemies alike had to admit that Raphael Tenthani was one of a kind. Ralph’s Muckraking on Sunday column spoke for the little man who was mostly denied a seat at the table. Like a tenacious... Read More

African organisations under pressure to sharpen skills retention and employee engagement

May 22, 2015 Global Author

Businesses across major African economies such as Kenya and Nigeria are coming under increasing pressure to align their strategies for retaining talent, compensating employees and engaging with their workforces with good international practices. That’s according to Gerhard Hartman, Head of Department for Sage HR & Payroll’s International Division, who says that African companies are facing stiffer competition for skills as... Read More

‘UBUNTU’ means Africa must take the lead when dealing with Ebola

May 7, 2015 Global Author

07 May 2015: The concept of ‘Ubuntu’ should be applied to the ethical treatment of Ebola - and other neglected tropical diseases – in order to change the way that African countries respond to the disease. This is according to Professor Thaddeus Metz, Humanities Research Professor, University of Johannesburg. Prof Metz interprets the word ‘Ubuntu’ – which means humanity to... Read More

Malawi Speaker challenges African Parliamentarians for laws curbing graft in the continent

May 6, 2015 Global Author

Malawi’s National Assembly Speaker, Richard Msowoya has urged African Members of Parliament (MPs) to drastically formulate laws to deal with graft in the continent which has seen huge loses of money that could have been used to uplift poor people’s lives. The appeal comes amid net economic outflows in African countries which according to “Financial Africa’s Post -2015 Development study”,... Read More

Open Letter to the African Commission Regarding the Xenophobic Attacks in South Africa

April 27, 2015 Global Author

Dear Chair and Commissioners of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, We, the undersigned civil society organisations, write to you as concerned organisations and citizens of the African continent to raise concern about the xenophobic attacks currently occurring, mainly against African foreign nationals, in the Republic of South Africa. We come to you, as the body responsible for... Read More

If only we saw Albinos for the Human beings they really are

February 7, 2015 Global AuthorAlbinism, Albino, Malawi Albinos, Malawi Human Rights, Patricia Kaliati, Rituals

A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members—Mahatma Gandhi A society founded on ill principles of life is doomed; that built on blatant disregard for decency is crooked; and that whose survival depends on the sacrifice of innocent souls’ freedom is jinxed. It appears, from simple observations of life, that nature favors the upright—those that have... Read More

The Destabilization of Africa and the Role of “Shadowy Islamists”. From Benghazi to Boko Haram

January 26, 2015 Global Authorafrica, Boko Haram, Nigeria

This article was first published by Black Agenda Report on May 14, 2014 and by Global Research on May 16, 2014. You can’t understand the threat posed to Nigeria by Boko Haram, or the ghastly destruction of Syria over the past three years, outside the context of “the vicious NATO obliteration of the state of Libya.” One huge crime begets... Read More

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