The Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe died on March 21. Achebe as a novelist, professor of African literature in US universities and editor of cultural journals was an important figure in the efforts to share African culture with others and to advance the multiple currents of contemporary African life.
Since March 2012, Mali has been effectively divided into two roughly equal halves. As the conflict unfolds, what will happen next is unknown. One knows how an armed conflict starts but rarely how it might end.
We need to place an emphasis on the universality of violence against women, and the ways in which the broader system of domination based on subordination and inequality are inter-related.
The late August Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Tehran brought together the leading representatives of some 120 States confirming the importance of the Islamic Republic of Iran as president of the non-Aligned Movement for the next three years. Each State brought its own issues, seeking support.
With Iran taking over the three-year term of the presidency of the Non-Aligned Movement (N.A.M.) at the end of August 2012, the question arises: does the Non-Aligned Movement still matter in world politics and how will Iran use the presidency?
With increasing violence in Syria highlighted by the killing of the Defense elite on July 18, 2012 and a stalemated UN diplomatic effort, the question of the possibility of good faith negotiations between Bashar al-Assad and members of the Syrian oppositions is crucial.
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