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Kenyan migrant workers gather on January 11 at their country's consulate in Beirut to demand repatriation / credit: Middle East Eye / Matt Kynaston

Kenyan Women Speak Out About Kafala Exploitation in Gulf States

Shadrack Omuka December 1, 2022 Shadrack Omuka

As many as 89 Kenyan domestic workers have been killed in Saudi Arabia over the past two years. That's why former domestic workers warn others about traveling to the Gulf countries to work under the Kafala system. But change may be on the horizon with government officials discussing ways to mitigate migrant worker abuse and exploitation. Shadrack Omuka reports from Kenya.

Protesters from the Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development rallying on Energy Day, November 15, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, where COP27, the annual global climate conference, is taking place / credit: Twitter / AsianPeoplesMvt

COP 27: Weighty Presence of Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Raises Alarm

Sandipan Talukdar November 15, 2022 Sandipan Talukdar

Environmental activists and researchers say fossil-fuel lobbyists being granted access to policymaking processes poses the threat of slowing down climate action, Sandipan Talukdar reports for Peoples Dispatch.

Maasai In Tanzania Face Eviction As Government Makes Room for Trophy Hunting

Charles Wachira May 17, 2022 Charles Wachira

The Tanzanian government had planned to lease the 1,500 square kilometers of Maasai ancestral land to Otterlo Business Corporation, which a group of Dubai royal families own, according to petitioners. But after evictions in 2009, 2013 and 2017, the Maasai sought legal recourse, reports Charles Wachira.

A Saharawi refugee camp in the Tindouf province of Algeria / credit: European Commission DG ECHO

Morocco Drives a War in Western Sahara for Its Phosphates

Vijay Prashad January 24, 2022 Vijay Prashad

Pressure from the United States is going to ensure that the only realistic outcome of negotiations is continued Moroccan control of Western Sahara. All parties involved in the conflict are readying for battle. Far from peace, the Abraham Accords are going to accelerate a return to war in this part of Africa, writes Vijay Prashad.

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