Uganda recently passed an anti-gay law described by United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk as “probably among the worst of its kind in the world.” Anyone engaging in gay sex can be imprisoned for life. Even attempting to have gay sex can earn seven years behind bars. Homosexual acts
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Views from the Beltline: Africa’s anti-gay madness—the Christian connection
Uganda recently passed an anti-gay law described by United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk as “probably among the worst of its kind in the world.” Anyone engaging in gay sex can be imprisoned for life. Even attempting to have gay sex can earn seven years behind bars. Homosexual acts
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Idea of Precolonial Africa is Vacuous and Wrong – Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
This is a lens shattering essay by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò who asks us to put aside our current demarcations of African history – Precolonial, Colonial, and Post-Colonial because they obfuscate the rich tapestry that is the history of Africa. “When ‘precolonial’ is used for describing African ideas, processes, institutions
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Renee Graham writes that the elimination of masking protections as a matter of privileged people’s comfort in the midst of a pandemic that endangers everybody shows how painfully cruel and selfish much of the U.S. (like Canada) has become. – Phil Tank is
Continue readingKersplebedeb: A Black Panther Love Story – Charlotte & Pete O’Neal
March 2020: Charlotte and Pete O’Neal at their home in the Arusha region of northern Tanzania. (Photograph by Jaclynn Ashly)This article is mirrored from https://www.newframe.com/part-one-a-black-panther-love-story/. Part one Charlotte and Pete O’Neal fled the United States when he was targeted as a member of the Black Panther Party. Part one of
Continue readingThings Are Good: Africa Free of Wild Polio
We can deal with diseases, viruses, and other health ills through collective efforts. This week it’s been announced that the entire continent of Africa is free of polio spreading in the wild. After decades of working to eradicate it, people can now rest easy. There was no single solution that
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Raptors President embraces bloodstained dictator
Paul Kagame with Masai Ujiri at the NBA Africa Summit (Flickr) Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri claims to be an ambassador for Africa, but his embrace of the most bloodstained African leader makes a mockery of any pan-Africanist pretenses. On July 26 Ujiri traveled to Kigali to visit Rwandan president
Continue readingThings Are Good: The State of Energy in Africa
A panel at Collision Conference today looked at the state of the energy grid in Africa. The panellists are involved in bringing sustainable energy solutions to the continent in various ways. The artist Akon has founded Akoin to help people better deal with currency complications throughout the continent. The profits
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: A First Victory for the Sudanese Revolution
Omar al Bashir, the 30-year long dictator of Sudan, the perpetrator of the massacre of hundreds of thousands of civilians in the Darfour and South Sudan wars, the enemy of the working class and the poor of Sudan, the ally of the Muslim Brothers (the Ihwan), the collaborator of Recep
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Zimbabwe: Capitalist Crisis + Ultra-Neoliberal Policy = “Mugabesque” Authoritarianism
Photo by Zinyange Auntony Once again, a formidable burst of state brutality against Zimbabwe’s citizenry has left at least a dozen corpses, scores of serious injuries, mass arrests, Internet suspension and a furious citizenry. The 14-17 January nationwide protests were called by trade unions against an unprecedented fuel price hike,
Continue readingThings Are Good: African Development Bank is Going Green
Banks have a reputation for being too greedy for the good of anyone outside themselves; however, some banks are thinking in the long term. The African Development Bank has announced a partnership with Green Climate Fund to push renewable energy and resilient systems. They figure that Africa is the best
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: African aid can’t keep up with stolen wealth
Photo by hdptcar The question gets asked often: How can Africa be so poor when it receives so much aid? The answer is simple. The world economic system sucks more out of the continent than it puts in. And tax evasion by Canadian firms plays a significant role in this
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Africa Wants Trump Given the Boot
African states attending COP23, the UN climate summit in Bonn, want America’s delegation turfed out. From Deutshe Welle. The Panafrican Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) represents a coalition of civil society organizations from diverse backgrounds across Africa. Secretary General of PACJA, Mithika Mwenda, told DW that part of the organization’s mission
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: The U.S. military is conducting secret missions all over Africa
Photo by US Army Africa U.S. troops are now conducting 3,500 exercises, programs, and engagements per year, an average of nearly 10 missions per day, on the African continent, according to the U.S. military’s top commander for Africa, General Thomas Waldhauser. The latest numbers, which the Pentagon confirmed to VICE
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: The role of NGOs in Africa: are they a force for good?
Some critics argue that the neo-liberal policies advanced by powerful non-governmental organizations, NGOs, limit states’ influence and sovereignty while benefiting NGOs. In Africa, NGOs also place Africans at the mercy of donors. The post The role of NGOs in Africa: are they a force for good? appeared first on The
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Returning to the Home that is No More There
Photo by Daniel A. Anderson/University Co/Random House Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (b. 1938), a Kenyan writer, is one of the most prominent African anti-colonial authors. He lived during the British colonial rule in Kenya, and was very young when he experienced the destruction of the village in which he was born,
Continue readingThings Are Good: Renewables Had a Record Year in 2016
Renewable energy production is growing more every year and 2016 was no exception to that growth. In 2016 capacity of renewables increased by 8.7% and for the first time solar growth outpaced wind energy. Unsurprisingly the majority of the growth occurred in Asia seeing 58% of global growth happening in
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Will BC’s climate plan be BC’s latest fudge-it budget?
Thursday, July 14, 2016
BC’s Climate Leadership Plan is missing in action. Originally …
Continue readingThings Are Good: AU Passport Launches for Government Workers
The African Union has announced that a significant step has been made to creating free movement between borders. That significant step is a special passport for government officials and head of state who need to travel between countries. The passport is only useful for a small group of people but it shows that the AU […]
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Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Does Kenya’s Climate Change Act lead the way for climate lawsuits?
Thursday, July 14, 2016
It might seem a bit odd for Environmental Law Alert (based in BC, Canada) …
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