MagkaSama Team

Robert Mugabe: the missing diamond revenues and the elections

In our Top Stories / Must read post published last Sunday, we mentioned the fact that a Kimberley Process loophole was raising concern. And Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe may be pretty much concerned about it. In an article published on NorthJersey.com, Zimbabwe Parliament committee...

Chimpanzees May Finally Gain Full Protection under the Endangered Species Act

A victory? Maybe. John R. Platt writes about a long-in-place loophole that exempted captive-bred chimpanzees from the full protections of the Endangered Species Act; itmay finally be closed, Dan Ashe, director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), announced on June 11. The federal...

Turkish Prime Minister’s Words Will Only Exacerbate Violence

As anti-government protests spread in Turkey, Amnesty International warns that Turkish Prime Minister’s words will only exacerbate violence. We can read on the article: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced in a televised speech on Tuesday that he would no longer...

How Joseph Kony Funds His Army

On April, Amnesty USA wrote: ‘Joseph Kony Was Here’. From our Top Stories: While international justice has seen many milestones over the last months, including the surrender of “The Terminator” Bosco Ntaganda, one of the most well known fugitives from the International...

Illegal logging in Congo, Kimberley Process, IMF, Child and Forced Marriage

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: Illegal logging 'ravaging DR Congo forests', CPJ rejects Egyptian ruling against civil society, Kimberley Process Loophole Raises Concern, IMF admits: we failed to realise the damage austerity would do to Greece, Child and...

Join our One Million Bones Discussion Group tomorrow!

Last week we published an article about the One Million Bones initiative: on June 8, one million handmade human bones, created by students, artists, and activists will be laid on the National Mall as a symbolic mass grave and visible petition for bold action towards an end to genocide and...

Ethiopia: Journalist Eskinder Nega vows to keep fighting

Last month, we published an article dedicated to Eskinder Nega: Free Ethiopian Journalist Eskinder Nega. This week, we read that The Independent has seen a defiant letter smuggled out of jail by a man who pines for democracy. The article by Jim Armitage explains: ‘An Ethiopian...

Tiananmen Square online searches censored by Chinese authorities

On Tiananmen Square 24th Anniversary, Chinese Communist party authorities, fearing a threat to their legitimacy, forbid open discussion of the so-called “June 4th incident” in the country’s media and on its internet. Jonathan Kaiman wirtes in his article posted on The...

Japan’s post-Fukushima solar boom

An article published on the online version of Australian newspaper The Age explains how Japan is boosting applications for solar installations across the country: ‘Domestic shipments of solar cells and modules in Japan leapt by their most in at least 30 years last fiscal year as...

Support the Enough Food For Everyone IF campaign!

‘The world produces enough food for everyone, but more than three million children die every year because they can’t get enough to eat. The food system is broken. In 2013, we need our leaders to do four important things to fix it. IF they take these steps, it will change the...