Avaaz (a bold new campaigning organisation with over 3 million members worldwide) is collecting a million messages of congratulation to display on a wall in the heart of Washington DC, in the hope that the site will become a focus for US media reporting on global reactions to Obama’s election success. Add your own voice here. [...]
Ahuna Eziakonwa, UN OCHA, speaking at the seminar.
Through the African Union’s Constitutive Act of 2000, African leaders recognised the responsibility of the AU to intervene in the internal affairs of its member states to protect citizens during humanitarian crises. It is worth remembering that many prominent Africans have contributed to developing the responsibility to protect [...]
Here is somebody who can give us hope. Since New Year’s Day, Kenyan environmental and womens rights activist, parliamentarian and Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai has made a series of powerful statements about the ongoing crisis in her country.
On the Green Belt Movement’s website, she helps to explain what is happening by reminding us [...]