Posted on 11 February 2011 by admin
Halifa Sallah. Credit: courtesy of Freedom Newspaper.
Ebrima Sillah interviews HALIFA SALLAH, researcher and sociologist
DAKAR, Feb 11 (TerraViva) – The final two days of the World Social Forum are devoted to working out shared positions on a range of issues. Academics taking part in a parallel forum organised by the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, have been discussing the nature of social movements, liberation and how to achieve “the sovereignty of the people”. Continue Reading
Posted on 08 February 2011 by admin
By Thandi Winston
Dacar, Senegal, 8/2/2011 (IPS/TerraViva) – A Revolução do Jasmin na TunÃsia e o levante popular para derrubar três décadas de governo do presidente egÃpcio Hosni Mubarak motivaram delegações no Fórum Social Mundial que acontece em Dacar, no Senegal. Continue Reading
Posted on 08 February 2011 by admin
Activists in Dakar are drawing inspiration from the uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere. Crédito: Abdullah Vawda/IPS TerraViva
By Thandi Winston
DAKAR, Feb 7 (TerraViva) – Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution and the popular uprising poised to overthrow three decades of rule by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak have galvanised and inspired delegates at the World Social Forum taking place in Dakar, Senegal. Continue Reading
Posted on 06 February 2011 by admin
By Rosebell Kagumire*
KAMPALA, Feb 6 (TerraViva) – Most people in Uganda fall into one of two categories – those that fear the regime and those that fear life after the regime. Continue Reading
