African Diaspora’s programme of action: economic cooperation
The following paper was submitted to the African Diaspora’s Technical Committee of Experts, which met in Pretoria, South Africa, on February 21st, 2011. Preamble Following the report the rapporteur...
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London Riots: a youthful underclass
Chalk Farm became one more of some unlikely places to be targeted by violent street protesters in the last few days. It was also the scene of yet one more of those senseless killings of young people...
View ArticleRiots: The People, the State and the Media
Prof. Gus John gave the keynote address at the Media and the Riots Conference’s Big Debate event on Saturday, November 26th, 2011, at the London College of Communication. The full text of his speech: I...
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Boris J. youth violence strategy: ‘sabotaged’ and ‘a shambles’
Boris Johnson’s undertaking to get to grips with knife and youth crime was one of the most welcome of his pledges during the last mayoral campaign. Since moving in to City Hall he’s put time and...
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Kuku launches book, ‘Remaking the Niger-Delta’
The following article was published by Checkout Magazine on September 22nd 2012 The special adviser to the President of Nigeria on Niger Delta and Chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Hon...
View ArticleCEN releases its annual report
Communities Empowerment Network (CEN) has spent another year supporting vulnerable children and their often bewildered parents in the face of institutional practices in schooling that are often...
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David Cameron tries being ‘cruel to be kind’
It was truly stomach churning to hear David Cameron on Monday 22 October 2012 unctuously setting out his government’s revised law and order agenda for dealing with the presence of knives and guns on...
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‘The university professor is always white’
“Empty Seats” by Benson Kua (Flickr – BY-SA 2.0) Rachel Williams’ disturbing feature (‘The university professor is always white’) comes at a time when this government is hell bent on removing the...
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