Pambazuka News 594: Shadow wars, plunder, identity and resistance

The UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences, controversially endowed by Equatorial Guinea, was finally awarded in Paris 17 July, after years of wrangling and postponements. The three prize winners - from Egypt, Mexico and South Africa - each received US$100,000 from Equatorial Guinea's vice president, Ignacio Milam Tang, amid speculation about whether the country's dictatorial president, and the prize's original funder, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, wou...read more

Reporters Without Borders has voiced its support for the one-day strike planned by Mali’s media, when radio stations will suspend broadcasting and no newspapers will be printed. In a show of solidarity, the organization issues a call for an end to the constant media freedom violations of the past four months.

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Just prior to the deportations, xenophobic manifestations of Israel’s imperative to retain its Jewish majority were clear.

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Muslims have always enjoyed religious freedom like other believers – until recently. Now they are fighting to reclaim their rights.

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Thousands of textile workers have achieved a landmark victory for precarious and informal workers in Pakistan.

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