MagkaSama Team

Edwidge Danticat reacts to Trump’s ‘Shithole countries’ remark targeting Africa, Haiti

Last month we published two articles reacting to the disparaging words made by Donald Trump on Haiti: Cholera outbreak in Haiti: Multimillion-dollar UN fund blocked and Our Country (Haiti) Deserves Your Respect, Not Your Pity – By Paul Altidor. Now Edwidge Danticat reacts to...

Tunisie : Quand la crise économique et sociale pousse les tunisiens dans la rue

Depuis plusieurs jours, les tunisiens sont dans la rue. La situation économique et sociale est difficile, et la Tunisie doit encore faire face à de nombreux problèmes dans un pays où 30 % des jeunes sont sans emploi. Dans un tweet envoyé en début de semaine par Max Dana qui...

12th Annual Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival (Jan. 20 to Jan. 27, 2018)

There are many great Jazz music festivals around the world, among them is the Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival. The non-profit organization Haiti Jazz Foundation was founded in March 2007 by composer, singer and percussionist Joel Widmaier, they work all the year to preserve...

Support Ensaf Haidar and take action for Saudi blogger Raif Badawi!

Ensaf Haidar, wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, was in France over the weekend. As you know, we have been supporting his husband for years, advocating for his release and rallying for his freedom. Last week we tweeted about taking action and we also sent a Newsletter to our...

Conférence de Pierre Henry (France terre d’asile) organisée par La Chaîne de l’Espoir le 15 janvier 2018

Comme vous le savez déjà si vous nous lisez régulièrement et si vous êtes abonné à notre Newsletter, La Chaîne de l’Espoir organise des conférences mensuelles ouvertes à tous : les Lundis de La Chaîne. Ces rendez-vous se tiennent au siège de l’association (Paris 14ème) et...

Belgian government at risk of collapse over Sudan migrants scandal, deportations and torture

Every year, hundred of thousands of refugees and migrants are willing to risk their lives in Mediterranean or Sahara, or risk freezing to death in snowy Alps to reach France (read our post in French: Situation des migrants en France : les actions de La Cimade et les mots de Raphaël...

Letters to Deputy Secretary of State and to Congress regarding the Sudan Regime

Last week, Act for Sudan published two letters: one to Deputy Secretary of State: Humanitarian Aid for the People of Sudan, the other one to Congress: Ongoing Human Rights and International Law Violations by the Sudan Regime. Extract from the first letter addressed to Mr. John J....

Anti-government protests in Iran: at least a dozen people dead

On Tuesday, in our post about the child rapes and murders in Kavumu (RDC) we mentioned a tweet by Max Dana from Januray 1st saying she was concerned by the dire and preoccupying situation in Iran. The biggest unrest to strike the country in almost a decade since post-election unrest in...

Kavumu: Child Rapes and Murders Declared Crimes Against Humanity in Landmark Case

The first retweet of 2018 we made is a tweet from our founder Max Dana in which she mentioned the events in Congo: As a new year starts, I'm very concerned by the dire situation of so many people, here and abroad. Current events in #Iran and #DRC are preoccupying. Hard to wish an...

‘Our Country (Haiti) Deserves Your Respect, Not Your Pity’ – By Paul Altidor

Two weeks ago we posted an article on Haiti after the cholera outbreak and its consequences: Cholera outbreak in Haiti: Multimillion-dollar UN fund blocked. In that post we referred to the article by Miami Herald Correspondant Jacqueline Charles: On eve of high-level U.N. Haiti visit,...