NOVANEWS By almariam South Africa, 1960 On March 21, 1960, exactly 56 years ago today, a crowd estimated at five thousand (according to apartheid police 20 thousand, inflated to justify their extreme response) gathered in front […]
NOVANEWS Cora Currier The author explores Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp, through nine of its inhabitants, portraying them with complexity and compassion, while also critiquing the counterterror policies that have done little, he argues, […]
NOVANEWS Join the Call for a Feminist UN Secretary-General in 2016! The Women’s Major Group is launching the call below and would like to invite widespread participation. Please share widely with your networks. Please access the Google […]
NOVANEWS Taona E. Mwanyisa It is hoped that the use of this technology will enhance inclusiveness and transparency of the voters’ roll thus contributing to a credible election in Zimbabwe. BVR will give rise to […]
NOVANEWS John O. Kakonge Key stakeholders – governments, donors and the private sector – must change their attitudes to O&M and ensure that its requirements are factored into all projects, so as to help ensure […]
NOVANEWS Subsidised white capitalists, radical scholars and oppressed activists are amongst those who “must not be named” Patrick Bond Despite abundant evidence of pro-corporate bias, the Bank endorses the government’s “sound policy” on redistribution because […]
NOVANEWS Odomaro Mubangizi It is the final week to Uganda’s fiercely contested elections. President Museveni looks set to extend his 30-year rule. The campaign period has been grueling and deeply divisive. Museveni and his challengers […]
NOVANEWS Horace G. Campbel For 30 years, the Ugandan leader who is poised to extend his rule in next week’s elections has presided over a militarized regime supported by the West. The citizens desperately need […]
NOVANEWS By Graham Peebles Division and fear are the age-old tools of tyrants; unity and peaceful coordinated action the most powerful weapons against Frightened and downtrodden for so long, there are positive signs that the Ethiopian people […]
NOVANEWS American Herald Tribune It seems that Nigerians have to fear not only the extremist group Boko Haram, but also official soldiers who have proved to carry out extrajudicial killings, where the soldiers act as […]