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'This Attack Clearly Could Constitute a War Crime,' Says UN Envoy After at Least 44 Killed in Bombing of Libyan Migrant Detention Center

Libya

Sudan's Pro-Democracy Opposition Urges 'Total Civil Disobedience' After Soldiers Massacre 35 People at Peaceful Sit-In

Julia Conley, staff writer

"This is a critical point in our revolution. The military council has chosen escalation and confrontation…Now the situation is us or them; there is no other way."

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Latest 'Wake-Up Call' of Climate Emergency as Historic Cyclone Hits Still Reeling Mozambique

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

People stand on top of a broken bridge

As aid groups call for global assistance, campaigner says unfolding disaster "...

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'A Model of Hope for the World': 25 Years After Rwandan Genocide, Film Shows Journey Toward Justice and Healing

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Camera Kids still

Three orphans turned professional photographers interview survivors and...

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Beira, Mozambique

'Everything Is Destroyed': 90% of Mozambique Port City Wrecked by Tropical Cyclone Idai

Demanding End to Trump's Devastating Budget Cuts, US Aid Workers Protest First Lady's Photo-Op in Malawi

Fueled by Floods, Storms, and Drought Made Worse by Climate Crisis, Global Hunger Levels Rise for Third Straight Year

MQ-9 Reaper

With New Niger Drone Base, Trump's CIA Poised for Expanded African Footprint: NYT

South African Officials Among Many Denouncing Trump's "Disgusting" White Supremacist Talking Point on Land Reforms

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As Trump Rolls Back Barriers, Big-Game Hunters—Including Rich GOP Donors—Granted Dozens of Permits for Lion "Trophies"

After Calling Practice 'A Horror Show,' Trump Reverses Ban on Animal Trophy Imports

South African business leader Bonang Mohale, left, wrote an open letter urging World Economic Forum attendees who oppose President Donald Trump's reported comments about African countries, to walk out of his speech there on Friday.

To Protest Racist Comments and Policies, Walkout Planned for Trump's Davos Speech

World Leaders Denounce Trump's "Reprehensible and Racist" Insults

Conservation Groups Slam Trump's 'Reprehensible' Reversal on Elephant Trophies Ban

Rick Perry

'Inexcusable': Rick Perry Pushes Fossil Fuel Expansion to Fight Sexual Assault

Sen. Lindsey Graham 'Didn't Know' About Niger? He Should Read More Nick Turse

Further

The Peace Mothers

From Fambul Tok - family talk - a short film on the efforts of the extraordinary women of Sierre Leone to heal their communities, one village at a time, after a devastating decade-long civil war. A happy and peaceful Mother's Day.

Newswire

Greenpeace

Response to Devastation of Cyclone Idai

Survival International

Letters Implicate WWF in Illegal Land Grab and Human Rights Abuses

Amnesty International - USA

Up to 100 Civilians Shot and Burnt Alive as UN Peacekeepers Leave Posts in Alindao

Amnesty International - USA

Cameroon: 70 Schoolchildren Taken in Mass Abduction Must Be Freed

Oil Change International

Report: Public Finance for Energy in Africa Focuses on Fossil Fuels, as Key Energy Access Solutions Are Left Behind

Amnesty International

UN Committee Tells Cameroon To Put An End To Torture By Security Forces In The Fight Against Boko Haram

Views

Timothy Wise

Agroecology as Innovation

Celina della Croce

98.3% of Ghana's Gold Remains in the Hands of Multinational Corporations

Léonce Ndikumana

Africa Must Raise Taxes to Better Fight Climate Change

Rebecca Gordon

Autocrats and Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa

Jonathan Cohen and Kavita Ramdas

Our First Amendment Rights Are Under Assault With the Global Gag Rule

Christian Addai-Poku and Michael Galant

Education Privatizers Have Gone Global. So Must We If We Want to Stop Them

C. Cora True-Frost

What Have We Learned From the Rwandan Genocide?

Sonali Kolhatkar

Boeing Values Profits Over Lives—By Design

Gerry Condon

The Wall, The Endless War, and the Troops Who Pay

Vijay Prashad

Empire in Decline, Really? The American War Machine Continues to Grow