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They Go to Die

Kolleen Bouchane | Posted 09.30.2012 | Impact
Read More: South Africa, Gold Mining, Mining, Sadc, Tb, Tuberculosis, Action, Civil Society, TB and Mining, South African Development Community, Impact News
Kolleen Bouchane

Mr. and Mrs. Mkoko are one of four families in the film They Go to Die -- Mr. Mkoko, who was present at the screening, is the only one of four miners who has survived the hardships resulting from his time in the mines.

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Palestine, Al-Qaeda, Recinciliation Talks, Sarkozy, Moussavi, Choudhry, France, Netanyahu, Iran, Sadc, Hamas, Zardari, Choudry, S-300, Detains, Pyongyang, Cheney, Nato, Madagascar, Aids, South Korea, Israel, Water Forum, Gilad Shalit, Ravalomanana, Yemen, Bush, Pakistan, North Korea, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Rearmament, US, Khatami, Pope Benedict, Gilani, Rice, Medvedev, Rajoelina, Moscow, Condoms, Foreign Affairs Roundup, Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup, Sana'A, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Quagmire of the year: Hamas-Israel There is an endless amount of news this week dealing with Israelis and P...

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Madagascar's New President: The Opposite of Barack Obama

Olivier Kamanda | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Andry Rajeolina, Au, Sadc, African Union, Marc Ravalomanana, Military Coup, South African Development Community, Madagascar, World News
Olivier Kamanda

Tuesday, President Marc Ravalomanana resigned after a military coup. That may not sound extraordinary, but the details of this coup and its aftermath are particularly embarrassing:

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Life in a Time of Cholera: Crisis in Zimbabwe

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Zimbabwe Peace Project, Cholera Epidemic, Zanu-Pf, Human Rights Watch, United Nations, Operation Clean Out the Filth, Who, Limpopo Province, Southern African Development Community, Harare, Movement for Democratic Change, Mdc, Cholera Zimbabwe, Vhembe District, Sadc, Cholera, African Union, World Health Organization, Physicians for Human Rights, Public Health, Robert Mugabe, Operation Murambatsvina, Beitbridge, Bulawayo, World News
Arlene M. Roberts

When does denial of health care amount to a human rights violation? Zimbabwe is facing a humanitarian crisis. The cause of the crisis is a political one.

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I won't eat while Zimbabwe starves

Kumi Naidoo | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: South Africa, Hunger Strike, Morgan Tsvangarai Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Violence, Sadc, Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe, Fasting, Freedom, Zimbabwe Elections, Campaign, Civil Society, Zimbabwe Presidential Election, ZImbabwe Crisis, World News
Kumi Naidoo

On Wednesday, I chose to have my last meal for 21 days. I will only drink water, in solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe, who are being forced to fast involuntarily.

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