Africa

Fighting Repression with Love: The Traumatic Effects on Women who Speak Out

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Instead of addressing the issues that the women are protesting about, the government has responded by using brutal force and attacking anybody who engages in peaceful demonstrations and protests, even peaceful ones.

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"Z" is for Zimbabwe: Silence & Turmoil as a Country Potentially Unravels

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Authors: Bill Fletcher Jr.

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Colleagues of mine in Zimbabwe were jailed and tortured by the Mugabe administration, but I was expected by pro-Mugabe activists in the USA to say nothing, and indeed, to deny everything.

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The Zimbabwe We Want

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Zimbabwe needs a new national vision to restore our self-confidence, dignity, and hope.

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A Declaration by Zimbabwe Civil Society

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We observe with great concern the continued abuse of executive and military powers to subvert the expressed will of the people.

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We Cannot Be But As God Has Made Us: Desmond Tutu Receives Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Award

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Authors: Desmond Tutu

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How tragic that our church, the Episcopal Church, should be so obsessed with this particular issue of human sexuality, at a time when God's children all over are facing massive, massive problems.

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Action Alert: Debt Relief in Africa

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Whisperings of Truth: A Pastoral Letter from The Friends Church of Kenya

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Refusal to fight with weapons is not surrender -- we are not passive when threatened by the greedy, the cruel, the tyrant, and the unjust.

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No Justice, No Peace: Listening to the Youth

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Authors: Malesi Kinaro

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The poor and the youth of this nation must be given a say -- not a token!

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A Kenyan Epiphany

Authors: Raymond Downing

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What is being revealed is the fragility of Western political and economic "solutions" for Africa.

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The Work Begins: A Conversation with Quaker Kenyan Peacemakers

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What changes can we make so that Kenyans can promise each other, "Never again"?

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