Libya: Seize Chance to Protect Women’s Rights

HRW: (Tripoli) – Libyan authorities should seize a historic opportunity to promote and protect women’s rights as the country transitions from four decades of dictatorship, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The parliament, government, and other bodies should ensure that women can participate actively and equally […]

Alphonse de Lamartine

Epigraph “If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and outstanding results are the  three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in  modern history with Muhammad?” Alphonse de Lamartine, Foreign Minister of  France, in his book History of Turkey From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump […]

Leaders open landmark AU summit in Ethiopia

Meeting to mark African bloc’s 50th jubilee expected to call for dropping of ICC charges against Kenyan leader. Dozens of African leaders met in the Ethiopian capital to mark 50 years since the founding of the African Union, a continentwide organisation that helped liberate Africa from colonial masters and which […]