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Kenya, the country that opened this year by spilling blood based on the bedroom squabbles between now President Mwai Kibaki and prime minister Raila Odinga, is set to end the year with another bedroom squabble - this time between the Kenyan Press and the MP's.

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Tomorrow, December 10, 2008 marks the 60^th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since 1948 much has changed in the world: colonialism, by definition a systemic abuse of human rights, has largely been thrown into the dustbin of history although its grotesque legacies remain, while war, another unmitigated assault on human rights, and its aftermath continue to scar various parts of the world.

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The effects of the deepening global financial crisis and economic recession are now spreading and ravaging all sectors including higher education.  read more »

The tragedy of Zimbabwe continues with no immediate end in sight. On this site there have been several commentaries on the Zimbabwean crisis. In this commentary the distinguished Ugandan scholar, Mahmood Mamdani, offers his thoughts on the origins and trajectory of the crisis that seek to challenge conventional interpretations of what is at stake in this embattled postliberation nation. PT Zeleza, Editor, The Zeleza Post

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Canada rarely makes international news, thanks in part to its location and status as a middle power sandwiched between the contemporary superpower to the South, the United States, and the superpower of a bygone era, the United Kingdom to the East across the Atlantic, the two countries whose imperial images Canada often defines its identity against.  read more »