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Written by Khurram Aziz
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 Israelis call it the second Lebanon war. Those thirty four days of fierce fighting left the mighty Israeli army demoralised and searching for answers. The government appointed Winograd Commission, chaired by retired judge Eliyahu Winograd, has yet to produce its final analysis into the war. However, the preliminary report is a damning assessment of a country unleashing extreme military violence in the region. |
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Written by Keith Harmon Snow
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 The "four-day war" that rocked Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo from March 22-26, 2007 was called a "cleaning" by insiders. The realities behind the scenes remain cloaked by the international media and world institutions, and the big losers, yet again, are the Congolese people. This is the inside story. |
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Written by Robin Lloyd
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 I’ve just read two books by two people who care passionately about Africa and the AIDS pandemic that has swept and is sweeping the continent. The first, by Canadian diplomat and humanitarian Stephen Lewis is entitled Race Against Time: Searching for Hope in AIDS-Ravaged Africa. The second, by Canadian journalist Stephanie Nolen is 28 Stories of Aids in Africa.
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Written by Benjamin Dangl
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 Pinochet and Videla |
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Written by Rene Wadlow
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 Holden Roberto |
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Written by Global Justice Ecology Project
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 An overwhelming majority of governments, including Norway, Sweden, Germany and Indonesia expressed serious concerns about the risks of large-scale production of biofuels to forests, ecosystems, indigenous peoples and local communities at a meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) in Paris in early July [1]. |
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Written by Benjamin Dangl
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 Two soldiers in Paraguay stand in front of a camera. One of them holds an automatic weapon. John Lennon’s "Imagine" plays in the background. This Orwellian juxtaposition of war and peace is from a new video posted online by US soldiers stationed in Paraguay. The video footage and other military activity in this heart of the continent represent a new style of militarism in Latin America. |
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Written by Rene Wadlow
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 While specialists have always recognized that hunger is a complex issue and that underdevelopment cannot be measured by the number of hungry, the poster image of the underfed child has always served to draw attention to a new crisis, or a new refugee flow. |
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Written by Ezekiel Pajibo and Emira Woods
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 Just two months after U.S. aerial bombardments began in Somalia, the Bush administration solidified its militaristic engagement with Africa. In February 2007, the Department of Defense announced the creation of a new U.S. Africa Command infrastructure, code name AFRICOM, to “coordinate all U.S. military and security interests throughout the continent.” |
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Written by Amnesty International
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Within weeks, the United Nations General Assembly must make a decision on the long awaited and urgently needed UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Take action and sign this petition now! |
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