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A delegation from the government of Cameroon is appearing this week before the 54th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to delve into human rights conditions in Cameroon and to respond to questions. Continue Reading
When Maine-based filmmaker Regis Tremblay started digging into the history of the protest against the South Korean government’s construction of a naval base in the tiny village of Gangjeong on scenic Jeju Island, he interviewed Charles Hanley, former Associated Press reporter and co-author of the war crime expose Bridge at No Gun Ri, who told him “you have no idea the magnitude of the issues you are getting into here.”
This month, the Lao Minnesotan blog Little Laos on the Prairie turns two, and what a ride it’s been.
A continuing resolution which re-opens the federal government was passed along with a debt ceiling increase that keeps everything hummin’ along until February. It’s good news, at least until the next manufactured crisis comes. We can’t be sure what kind of economic damaged was done in the 16 day shutdown until … well, until the workers in the government that tabulate this stuff get back to work. Continue Reading
The first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind. Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world.”-Norman Borlaug
World Food Day 2013 was yesterday, October 16. Sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations the day sheds light on the global status and issues related to hunger. The World Food Day website (http://www.worldfooddayusa.org) serves as an excellent resource on the facts – statistics, organizations involved in reducing world hunger, events, background materials readily accessible to those who want to know more or to teach others. Focus of the day is on progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals to which 189 nations around the world agreed after the 2000 Millennium Summit. First among the eight agreed-upon goals was to “eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.” (http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/mdgoverview/) Continue Reading
What does it take for international markets to panic? With the debt ceiling due to be hit in a little more than a week, the short answer is that the “full faith and credit of the United States” is still worth quite a lot. We’re only starting to see the first signs of a panic as an auction of 1-month TBills sold at a net rate of 0.355%. If that doesn’t impress you, it’s worth noting that it was one third that a week ago. Continue Reading
I’m sorry, but saying that the Green Revolution saved millions of lives is unscientific. Continue Reading
In this episode, Julia is joined by Ramla Bile to discuss the recent terrorist attack at Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, its effects on the Somali community in Minnesota, and on media responsibility in covering these issues. [Audio below]
Al-Shabab’s assault on Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, exemplifies the behavior of a cornered animal — it lashes out when threatened. The tragic paradox of last week’s attack is that recent security gains against Al-Shabab in Somalia have caused the organization to pursue soft targets abroad.