What has happened? The French government has embarked upon a unilateral military “intervention” in the west African country of Mali to halt the advance of Islamic militants – AQIM – who have taken control of over two-thirds of the Mali’s northern region. The 750 French military personnel – soon to be increased to 2500 – have [...]
Tag Archives: Afrika
Disaster-Porn and the White Man’s Burden: Rethinking the Image of Aid to Africa?
Last month’s spoof Radi-Aid video mocked western aid campaigns, but in an era of fleeting digital media consumption does the video tell the true story of aid in Africa, or fall victim to its own success? Norwegians are suffering in the bleak cold of winter and are in desperate need of your radiators in order [...]
One Author’s Story: Books Banned In Sudan As Agencies Predict Repeat of Darfur Genocide
Fairplanet talks to Sudanese author Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin as violence increases in Southern Kordofan, and political oppression belies continuing tensions under regime responsible for 2003 genocide. “I could not forget my people in Darfur and write ‘love stories’ while millions of them are suffering and being killed”… [...]
Briefing: Humanitarian disaster looming in DRC as rebels take city of Goma
In a region that has seen more than five million conflict deaths over the last twenty years, UN peacekeepers can only look on as Rwandan backed M23 Rebels overrun the city of Goma. What has happened? On Wednesday 20th November, a group of fighters known as the M23 Rebels overwhelmed the Congolese state army to [...]
Clothing donations: Where do they really go?
“Should I put unwanted clothes of mine in a second-hand clothes container?” Whether you have grown out of or fallen out of love with items in your wardrobe, this is a question many people ask themselves. For a long time, second-hand clothing containers were a popular way for Westerners to dispose of old garments in [...]
Four Women Raped Every Five Minutes – Who Remembers Kony 2012?
Abducted young girls are initiated into a life in which their worth is defined by their sexual subservience to men. The young girls abducted by Joseph Kony are the mothers of Africa’s future, and the systematic crimes committed by his forces jeopardise their sexual and psychological health, their fertility, education, ability to enter into normal [...]
Flüchtlingsrechte in Seenot!
Jedes Jahr treten Tausende Menschen auf der Flucht vor Verfolgung, Folter und anderen Misshandlungen auf nicht hochseetüchtigen Booten die gefährliche Überfahrt über das Mittelmeer an, um von Nord- und Westafrika nach Europa zu gelangen. Viele von ihnen fliehen vor Konflikten. Andere versuchen, der extremen Armut in ihren Herkunftsländern zu entkommen. Allen gemein ist jedoch, dass sie sich [...]
Child Death Toll Highest in Sudanese Refugee Emergency
Storms and floods set to worsen conditions, as malnutrition, diarrhoea and malaria plague 100,000 refugees fleeing conflict in Blue Nile region. After decades of ethnic and political violence between northern and southern Sudan, the 2011 separation of the region into two countries was meant to herald a few first tentative steps on the road to peaceful [...]
Stealing from children: $46m of education aid goes missing in Kenya
Children and young people in Kenya continue to suffer, as tens of millions of dollars go missing from the country’s education budget. The education of children in the developing world is not only a matter of future employment and economic success; for these children, education is integral to both health and survival. Schools often [...]
Landgrabbing: Wir brauchen Regeln
Stell dir vor, Du bekommst die Nachricht, dass Dein Haus zwangsgeräumt wird. Man sagt Dir, Du hast kein Recht mehr dort zu wohnen, wo Du jahrelang zu Hause warst. Und wenn Du Dich weigerst zu gehen, wirst Du gewaltsam von einem Schlägertrupp vertrieben.
Ist der Klimawandel schuld?
Am Horn von Afrika wütet die schlimmste Hungersnot seit Jahrzehnten. 12 Millionen Menschen in der Grenzregion von Somalia, Kenia und Äthiopien sind betroffen. Ist jetzt der Klimawandel die Ursache für die Katastrophe?
Hungersnot in Ostafrika
Warum reagiert die Welt immer erst, wenn es zu spät ist? Die Dürrekatastrophe im Norden Kenias und der Hunger in Somalia waren schon lange absehbar, aber erst jetzt erreichen uns wieder die Bilder von apathischen Kindern und ausgemergelten Müttern. Wir veröffentlichen eine Liste von Organisationen, die zu Spenden aufrufen.
