By About one year ago Abiy Ahmed, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, travelled to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize 2019. The committee honoured him with the award “for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with
By ▶︎ Interviewing Engineers Without Borders
The Perspective Pod had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Siri and Nafis from Engineers WIthout Borders (EWB) chapter in Lund. This student driven organisation mission is: “Through humanitarian engineering, we engage, inspire and unite people to build a sustainable future.” In the episode we talk about the
Addressing Anti-Colonial Amnesia and Disregard: The Forgotten Soldiers of An Empire
During WWII, Britain mobilised a huge, now-forgotten, army of African soldiers from its colonies on the continent to fight against the Axis powers (Nazi Germany, Italy and Japan). These African soldiers were wrenched from their homes by colonial conscription laws, fought bravely and well during the Second World War. But
The real figures behind the Sudanese Revolution
“We are oppressed at home, oppressed on the street, at university, at work, on public transport,” Wifaq Quraishi (protestor) said. “All of these things made the girls go out to demonstrate on the street.” The Sudanese Revolution was all over the news in 2019 and many different media platforms covered
Massive Locust Swarms threatens Mass Starvation in East Africa
Following the record temperatures and devastating regional flooding of 2019, a desert locust infestation unlike anything that has been seen in seventy years has descended on Kenya. Massive swarms of billions of locusts are currently threatening to wipe out huge swaths of agriculture in the country, as well as in
An exhausting December for Libya – foreign interferences and unsuccessful diplomacies
Since its beginning in April 2019, the Libyan civil war has torn an entire State, damaging the wealth of a nation that, in 2015, was the sixth biggest economy in the African continent. The conflict, which is between the official Government of National Accord (GNA), held by Fayez Al-Sarraj, and
The Journey Of Our Donated Clothes
Picture of Duombasie landfill in Ghana / On Flickr by Linda Strande The display of endless racks with an unimaginable amount of differently coloured clothing is symbolic to the fast fashion of the West today. However, this dreamy image yield endless hills of dirty and torn clothing in many African
The Kung Fu Masters of Uganda
Alan Hofmanis at San Sebastian Horror and fantasy Film Festival / Picture: CC Bad Black (Wakaliwood): Alan Ssali Hofmanis Imagine yourself travelling down a dirt road into a slum, where electricity and plumbing is unreliable, outside the capital of Uganda. One might picture a place where people have a hard
Youth Unemployment In Africa: A Ticking Time Bomb, Or A Window Of Opportunity For Entrepreneurship?
Africa is bustling with the energy of young people managing businesses everywhere. At least that is the impression you get. When spending time in any town or city, you can see young traders try to flaunt their goods along the road, selling everything from bottles of water to phone credits.
▶︎ The Plundering Of Africa’s Last Colony
Western Sahara has been occupied by neighboring Morocco for more than 40 years. The territory is known as Africa’s last remaining colony. Reports document huge human rights violations by Morocco in the occupied territories. At the same time, the EU and Morocco are to make a fisheries agreement including fish