For a long time, successive German governments have sought to avoid taking responsibility for the genocide of the Herero and Nama of South-West Africa, now Namibia, in 1904-1908. We have in previous articles examined the various untenable arguments that were advanced by German governments to reject this historic cruelty and responsibility. (1)nThe attempt to deny…

"On July 16th, governments adopted the Outcome of the Third Conference on Financing for Development, held in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), called the “Action Ababa Action Agenda” (AAAA or the “Outcome”). In a collective and sharp statement in response, civil society said that the conference “lost the opportunity to tackle the structural injustices in the current…

"Der Westen hat in Addis Abeba kompromisslos auf dem ökonomischen und finanzpolitischen Status Quo beharrt. Das ist der Weg in den Abgrund." Die Tageszeitung berichtet über die enttäuschenden Ergebnissen der UN-Konferenz zur Entwicklungsfinanzierung, die von 20. bis 23 Juli 2015 in Addis Abeba stattgefunden hat. Mehr hier.nMehr Informationen zur Post-2015 Agenda, hier.