MagkaSama Team

Syria : Deadly air strikes hit two Aleppo hospitals

The last 10 days have been deadly in Aleppo. Syrian forces and Russia are intensifying their bombings and hundreds of people have been killed. Hospitals, clinics, ambulances, medical staff and rescue teams have been hit by airstrikes and the civilian death toll climbed. Last week a...

Join the Team UNICEF World Run on October, 9th!

Team UNICEF World Run is a connected and universal charity race to help vulnerable children around the world with one goal: help UNICEF to save, protect and educate children. On 9th October, wherever you are, run 10 km alone or with your team at a time of your choice, and challenge...

Sudan: No Justice for Protester Killings

In September 2013 we covered #SudanRevolts, a wave of anti-austerity protests triggered by the critical economic situation in Sudan, when the government lifted its fuel and cooking gas subsidies to bring its budget under control. More than 200 hundred people (protesters, civilians) were...

Congo: Up to 50 killed after anti-Kabila demonstration in Kinshasa

Joseph Kabila has served as president of the Democratic Republic of Congo since 2001, after his father, Laurent-Désiré Kabilla was assassinated. In 2005, a new post-war constitution has been voted, and occording to it, a presidential election must be held every five years, with a...

Reporters Without Borders: ‘When you kill journalists, you kill information’

The organization’s letter start with a strong sentence: ‘When you kill journalists, you kill more than the information they fought to report. You kill the power of the people to know the truth, to speak up, to fight for a better world.‘ Right now RSF/RWB is leading a...

The Sentry: ‘In South Sudan, war crimes shouldn’t pay’

Yesterday The Sentry‘s 2-year investigation revealed networks fueling one of the world’s deadliest conflict zones implicating President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar, international banks, arms dealers, multinational oil and mining companies. We live-tweeted the...

Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies by Calestous Juma

In February we mentioned the new book by Calestous Juma: Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies on Twitter and we shared the information of its release in our Newsletter. As introduced on this page, the book explains the roots of resistance to new technologies...

The Heart of Nuba, a movie on the inspiring story of Dr. Tom Catena

As you may already know if you read our Newsletter, we are supporting The Heart of Nuba, an incredible movie by Kenneth Carlson and a few days ago we had a screening with Max Dana and Members. As usual, it was followed by a discussion....

Raif Badawi: A day of action for the Saudi Arabian blogger

Writer, activist and creator of the website Free Saudi Liberals Raif Badawi was arrested four years ago, and yesterday was a day of action for the Saudi Arabian blogger. Events were planned in Canada but also in Europe, in London and Oslo. There is a weekly London Protest protest outside...

Raif Badawi: Meeting with Ensaf Haidar at Amnesty France for the release of her book

Yesterday we were at Amnesty International France headquarters in Paris to meet with Ensaf Haidar, the wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi who was sentenced in 2014 to 10 years behind bars, 1,000 lashes, a 10-year travel ban, and a lifetime ban from appearing in the media....