Tag Archives: Eastern Europe

Exiling the ‘illegal African immigrant’

April 5, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

by Herman Grech The media is largely responsible for fuelling racist and xenophobic sentiments. Yes, I’m the first to admit it. Some news organisations have been responsible for driving racist stereotypes of African migrants, often without realising it. Some years … read more »

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Ethiopia, Kenya, I.coast, Gabon and Sierra Leone elected members of UN Human Rights Council

November 12, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Voting in the General Assembly to elect 18 members of the UN Human Rights Council. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas The General Assembly today elected 18 countries to serve on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) for a period of three … read more »

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Eggs from beautiful Eastern Europeans, sperm from wealthy Westerners and embryos implanted in desperate women

May 5, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Above a cheap mobile phone shop in a chaotic street in north Delhi, there is a grimy apartment whose peeling walls are decorated with photographs of adoring mothers nursing their babies. The woman cooing at her child in the biggest … read more »

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