This is the Biggest Uprising Against Mugabe in a DecadeIt started as a viral video. Now, it’s the biggest challenge to Mugabe’s rule in a decade. “Organisers of a...
The World’s Newest Country Turns Five and There’s Not Much to CelebrateOn July 9, South Sudan commemorates its 5th independence day. And I say “commemorates” and not “celebrates” because there is...
Congress Passes Worthwhile Initiative (For Real)Obama’s Feed the Future program becomes law. “In a rare act of bipartisanship, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the...
Health Care on the Go for Namibia’s NomadsOne of the big innovations of the new Sustainable Development Goals is that they seek to totally eliminate (as opposed to...
A Disturbing Look Inside the ISIS Sex Slave TradeThis is an intense investigative report by a team of AP reporters that offers a look inside the economics and...
A Rare Israeli Trip to Africa. A Truly Bizarre SpeechIt’s also worth noting that Netanyahu’s brother was killed in Operation Entebbe. “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Uganda on...
For the first time, LGBT rights will be formally institutionalized into the human rights mechanisms of the United NationsThe UN Human Rights Council today voted in a hotly contested decision to create a new “independent expert” to probe...
A Big Step from the UN on Global LGBT RightsThe NGO community was ecstatic the outcome of this vote. “The UN Human Rights Council today voted in a hotly...
The International Development Implications of BrexitBoth the European Union and the United Kingdom are important players in international development, in fact the EU is the...
