Creative protest through film and media are forming a common language for a dialogue on migrants' rights, breaking their silence with one collective voice.
A noted blogger was once asked to describe music by a certain Ethiopian musician after hearing it for the first time. He explained his first reaction ...
Ikal Angelei receives the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize today. She is defending the interests of 500,000 poor indigenous people against a destructive hydropower dam, and has successfully taken on many of the world's biggest dam builders and financiers.
Africans want capital investment, access to global markets, and to be treated as self-sufficient players, not victims in need of continual rescue by their former colonizers. That is the respectful, tough-love attitude that will raise all boats on the African continent.
The Brazilian "model" is one of balance -- between economic discipline and social solidarity, efficiency and equity, markets and people. That's worth imitating in Africa.
There are another 364 days of the year where mem and women have to take action. This is not the time to be complacent; this is a time for us all to be concerned.
When he's not busy bringing us great movies, Hugh Jackman is bringing all that's good to every morning. Laughing Man, the lovechild of an international bromance is home to coffee, tea, chocolates and gifts from determined communities globally.
Every year, more than 2.5 million children globally die due to hunger and malnutrition. The exciting news is that this crisis is solvable. I saw that firsthand last week on a trip to Ethiopia.
Access to family planning and other reproductive health services safeguard the lives of women and their children and promote families that are emotionally and economically healthy.
The US population is wealthier, older, less fertile and more influenced by immigration than the other countries projected to experience major population growth, so why is the U.S. population is expected to grow much more than other wealthy countries?
By coming to Israel, the Ethiopian Jewish community was able to realize their ancient religious traditions which centered around the land of Israel and their return to the holy land.
As a result of their potential responsibilities and liabilities, donors have undertaken assessments of the villagization program and determined that the relocations were voluntary. Human Rights Watch's field-based research and interviews with residents, however, indicates that the moves have been coerced.
Many of us dream of making a positive difference in the world. But few are willing, especially if that willingness constitutes leaving our homes, friends, relatives, our nation.
In Nigeria, the world's fifth-largest oil exporter, children and families continue to go hungry in many areas of the country.
Annie Gersh (third from left) with some of her fellow Girl Up Teen Advisors at the "Unite for Girls Tour" in San Francisco. Photo courtesy of Annie ...
Even though being denied entrance after their long journey, the Coptic Christians from Eritrea and Ethiopia sang louder, kept smiling and celebrated near to one of the holiest place in their religion.