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Writing to heal: Toronto survivors of Holocaust and Rwandan genocide tell their stories

April 13, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By: Aaron Niles Ryerson University held an event on Monday honouring both Holocaust Remembrance Day and Rwanda Genocide Memorial Day. Presented by the Azrieli Foundation, a Jewish philanthropy organization,”Write to Heal” brought survivors of the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide to … read more »

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Somalis in Kenya hounded by security forces, refugee policy

December 26, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Exiled Somali journalists living in Nairobi were struck with disbelief this week when daily newspapers published a statement by the Department of Refugee Affairs ordering all Somali refugees to move to refugee camps. “The refugees, particularly those living in urban … read more »

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Poll: Israel as Unpopular as Terror States Iran, North Korea

May 23, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Among the findingsof a new international survey, commissioned by the BBC and performed by an outfit called Globescan, is that the four least popular countries in the world, or at least in the 22 countries surveyed, are Pakistan, Iran, North … read more »

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Rather than tell me of African Independence, Tell me of her De-Colonisation – Part 2

May 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Rather than tell me of African independence, Tell me of her DECOLONIZATION! rather than tell me to celebrate some independence, Rather tell me when we would celebrate her DECOLONIZATION! We were colonised, right? Yes! That is a fact!And have we … read more »

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The Left’s Defense of Nazi Günter Grass

April 12, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Günter Grass has been transformed overnight into the poster boy of Neo-Nazis, leftist anti-Semites, and jihadists from all around the world.  This is of course thanks to his “poem,” in which he proclaims Israel a far worse danger to world … read more »

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When the World Did Nothing

March 1, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

y wife and I just saw the film “In Darkness,” which tells the true story of a Polish man who saved a dozen Jewish men, women and children from the Nazis by hiding them for 14 months in sewers. The … read more »

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The State of the World’s Children

February 28, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Over one billion children now live in the world’s cities. Many of these do not enjoy the benefits of schooling or healthcare and instead are born into endemic cycles of poverty, harsh living conditions, violence and slums at best or … read more »

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‘Urinegate’ Spurs Anti-American Hysterics

January 18, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Anti-Americanism is, of course, as European as Apfelstrudel. But over the last few years it’s rollercoastered like the stock market. The invasion of Iraq sent it skyrocketing. It was muted somewhat by the election of a black man as President … read more »

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