As the Durban II antiracism conference plenary sessions near conclusion, the U.S. delegation continues to attempt to change the agenda. The first conference elicited strong back lash from the United States and Israel, with Israel and some members of Congress encouraging the United States not to participate in this year’s events. During a State Department […]
Respected and beloved Africanist and human rights campaigner Alison Des Forges died last week in the plane crash near Buffalo. Best known for her indefatigable work on Rwanda, Des Forges not only is one of the foremost experts in the world on that country’s 1994 genocide, but she continued to reveal the complexities of that […]
The Boston Globe has a story about a partnership between a prominent Boston AIDS doctor, Bruce Walker, and an unexpected partnership he has formed in South Africa. As important as government and international action is in addressing Africa’s HIV-AIDS epidemic, it is important to remember that these sorts of partnerships in the scientific and medical […]
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China’s trade unions to help 10 million migrant workers In a new effort to ease the negative effects of an increasingly severe economic slowdown China’s trade unions announced to extend their help on 10 million migrant workers unable to find employment. The unions’ help, which was previously reserved for local workers with residence permits only, […]
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s attempts of tying a Gaza truce deal to the return of abducted IDF soldier Gilad Shalit has created dissent both within Israel and from Hamas. The National Security Cabinet debated a measure to continue the blockade on Gaza until the release of Shalit, while Israeli protesters declared that Olmert continues […]
Olivier Roy. That’s right Olivier Roy was at UCSD’s Political Science Department today and I was able to sneak in and listen to his lecture and Q & A. Mr. Roy, a Frenchman, is one of the most distinguished Western scholars of Islam. He has studied and worked for the United Nations and French foreign […]
A pretty good case can be made for South Africa representing the epicenter of the sporting universe right now. The country and the world are gearing up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and while Bafana Bafana just lost rather unceremoniously to Peru, South Africa’s national team had been riding a five-game winning streak, giving […]
Even as some observers find rays of hope in Zimbabwe’s new coalition government, which took power yesterday, yet another bizarre story plays out that makes one wonder just how earnest Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF are about sharing with the Movement for Democratic Change. Last week Zimbabwean police arrested an MDC official, Roy Bennett, on gun […]
The negotiations about the possibility of negotiations between Sudan’s leaders and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), Darfur’s largest rebel organization, have gone about as well as can be expected, assuming you know enough to keep expectations low. One of the problems is that while JEM is crucial to any peace prospects, its presence at […]
China eases Hukou restrictions for college graduates Faced with surging numbers of unemployed college graduates China has asked its municipalities to ease the Hukou restrictions for non-local college graduates. The Hukou system is a left-over restriction from the Cultural Revolution that allowed the Chinese government to control for migration and settlement of its population. The […]
Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman may recommend the formation of a Likud-Kadima-Yisrael Beiteinu coalition later this week amidst concerns that an ultra-right coaltion would not appropriately represent the Israeli people and respond to foreign criticisms. Another article questions the working relationship between a Likud-led or Kadiam-led coalirion with the United States, declaring a right wing […]
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