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Are the UN Refugee and Migration Agencies a Good Match? Are the UN Refugee and Migration Agencies a Good Match? - PassBlue

Can the UN merge the refugee agency with the migration agency?
Our essay on a popular topic amid UN reform (yes, it's happening)
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Habemus papam: Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost takes name of Leo XIV The challenges for the Catholic Church in Chicago, where Robert Prevost grew up, are a microcosm of the gargantuan challenges facing the worldwide Catholic Church that the new Pope Leo XIV must addres...

Who is Pope Leo XIV? We've got you covered. bit.ly/4kdywDG

As a white Afrikaner, I can claim asylum in Trump’s America. What an absurdity | Max du Preez We are not victims, there is no genocide. This rhetoric shows that the US administration doesn’t understand my thriving country, says Max du Preez, founding editor of the Vrye Weekblad newspaper

‘Most of us, even those who deeply resent our government and its policies, regard ourselves as pale-skinned Africans. We passionately love our expressive, earthy language, #Afrikaans, that is only spoken here and in neighbouring Namibia. ‘ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Christoph Heusgen: Ex-Chef der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz kritisiert Annalena Baerbocks Nominierung für Uno-Job Die scheidende Außenministerin soll einen Job bei der Uno übernehmen, dafür könnte eine andere deutsche Diplomatin leer ausgehen. Der frühere MSC-Chef Heusgen zeigt sich verärgert, Baerbock sei ein »Auslaufmodell«.

Die scheidende Außenministerin soll einen Job bei der Uno übernehmen, dafür könnte eine andere deutsche Diplomatin leer ausgehen. Der frühere MSC-Chef Heusgen zeigt sich verärgert, Baerbock sei ein »Auslaufmodell«.

From the archive: On fountain pens and lessons from Athol Fugard On 11 June this year (2022), the playwright Athol Fugard turns 90. Since the 1960s, he’s been an influential presence in the South African theatrical landscape. His plays – many of which gave a voice ...

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A lovely tribute by playwright Anthony Akerman to his fellow #SouthAfrican playwright Athol Fugard who died this week. His moving plays of human suffering during the apartheid era remain etched in my mind.

This is not just breaking a taboo on a day where the Bundestag was supposed to remember the Holocaust, it will backfire for the Conservatives as the pandering to the far right has backfired for the Tories in Britain.

A huge victory for the AfD. A dark day for Germany.

Why do people never learn.

Remembrance Culture in Germany Holocaust Remembrance Day

A few thoughts on #remembrance culture in #Germany on #Holocaust Remembrance Day. I appreciate the “Herinnerungskultur” (culture of remembering) and the way the #Holocaust is still remembered in many German #schools
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Comment: You won't break them Breyten Breytenbach: A leading South African writer's passionate open letter to Ariel Sharon.

This open letter, written in 2002 by the Afrikaans poet Breyten
#Breytenbach who died this morning, to Israel's Ariel Sharon after he visited the Palestinian Territories has indeed stood the test of time. "You won"t break them," comparing it to #apartheid www.theguardian.com/world/2002/a...

RIP Breyten Breytenbach - the best wordsmith in Afrikaans - passionate, dwars, difficult and charming at the same time. The words will live on forever.

Le grand poète sud-africain Breyten Breytenbach, qui a passé sept ans en prison pour son opposition à l’apartheid, est mort à l’âge de 85 ans. Il avait été libéré grâce à l’intervention de François Mitterrand en 1982, et avait rejoint sa famille en France 1/7

How SA men are changing the course of American democracy What do figures like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, David Sacks, Joel Pollak and Patrick Soon-Shiong have in common? They are public figures of considerable power and influence in the US – who all spent some...

An insightful article highlighting how the long shadow of #apartheid #southafrica has also reached #US politics. "Public figures of considerable power & influence in the US – who spent some part of their formative years in apartheid #SouthAfrica." #ElonMusk

www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024...

A new start. High time to move on.