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Macy Gray was a guest on our show this week to enthuse over her two young bull breeds Trigga and Weezy, both of which were left behind in America.
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Before a pioneering series of documentaries under the banner Why Poverty? is released globally, we ask experts how they would alleviate the plight of the destitute
'Focus on the concrete steps we can take now'
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Directors of films in the forthcoming BBC series Why Poverty? explain how they tackled the subject and what it taught them
Are US billionaires destroying the American Dream? Can large-scale agricultural development have a positive effect in Africa? Are Bono and Bob Geldof actually doing any good? And can the history of human poverty over 10,000 years be told in less than 60 minutes? These and many other questions are being posed in a new series of documentaries and short films entitled Why Poverty? launching on Monday night on BBC1. The series, which will be screened in 180 countries including India, Zimbabwe and Brazil, aims to kick-start a global debate in the hope of addressing a broader question: why, in the 21st century, do a billion people live in poverty?
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By Louise Arbour, Special to CNN Editor's note: Louise Arbour is President of the International Crisis Group. The views expressed are her own. When U.S. President Barack Obama visits Myanmar in the next few days, he will encounter a country undergoing one of the most dramatic - and positive - transitions in recent memory, but one [...]
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Ahmed Jabari was the commander of Hamas' military wing - the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades. He was born in Gaza city in 1960, and was a former member of Fatah. He left Fatah and joined Hamas, later becoming its military leader. He is a father of 14, and was responsible for the kidnap of Israeli soldier Gilad [...]
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Dear Kabissa Member in Nigeria,
I have been invited to the eNigeria Summit taking place in Abuja this week from 20-22 November. My program is very full during the week but I would very much like to take the opportunity to reconnect with old friends and Kabissa members who are in the area.
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Eight out of the 99 polling stations in the Kasena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region, comprising 3000 people would not be able to vote in the December 7 Presidential and Parliamentary elections.
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Andrew Erickson, associate professor in the Strategic Research Department at the US Naval War College, and Austin Strange, a researcher at the China Maritime Studies Institute of the Strategic Research Department, collaborated on an article in the Spring/Summer 2012 issue of the Harvard Asia Quarterly on China's role in combating Somali piracy and its implications for wider naval involvement.
The authors concluded that "on balance, Beijing's experience in the Gulf of Aden has been positive thus far. China's strategic interests may continue to impel the PLAN to make more substantive contributions to non--traditional maritime stability. ... Chinese and American interests overseas will intersect in the 21st century more so than ever before, making substantive cooperation between the two sides ...
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To Israel, Gaza stands in for Iran as an attack surrogate.
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British opposition to the death penalty calls into question £12m donation toward drugs policing
The UK's decision to give millions of pounds to help Pakistan fight drug trafficking - an offence that carries the death penalty - has been thrown into question after the country resumed executions last week.
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The Arab League is meeting at its headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss Gaza - and netizens aren't holding their breath or being optimistic about a strong reaction. Sultan AlQassemi tweets: "Live update from Arab League meeting on Gaza aggression by Israel: We will not tolerate blah blah! We must stand with blah blah bah."
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Here at Enough, we often swap emails with interesting articles and feature stories that we come across in our favorite publications and on our favorite websites. We wanted to share some of these stories with you as part of our effort to keep you up to date on what you need to know in the world of anti-genocide and crimes against humanity work.
Foreign Policy's Turtle Bay blogger Colum Lynch covers the election of the United States to the U.N. Human Rights Council, asking, "Does the U.S. deserve its new seat?" and quoting several human rights defenders who were relieved by the selection.
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Jeremy Weate writes in African Arguments:
...the NGO sector in Africa has become a thriving cottage industry. Just as evangelical churches have mushroomed since the dark days of a structurally adjusted 1980s, so too has the NGO sector. In both cases, an opt-out from state failure is on offer: just as you must provision your own security, water and electricity to address practical living needs in many African situations, so too can you opt out of earthly citizenship altogether, via donor-assistance from Monday to Friday and worship on the weekend.On their pernicious effects
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Up to 40 school children were killed in Egypt on Saturday when the bus they were travelling in collided with a train in a city south of Cairo, the state news agency reported.
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This show is made up entirely of amateur images. We've seen time and time again how images captured by ordinary citizens then uploaded onto the Web can change history, or at least shift the balance of power. This week, we take a look back at some of those moments.
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