We cannot afford to disregard international law

Shannon Ebrahim - The Global Eye|Published

The US is basically showing a middle finger to the UN system that has painstakingly attempted to maintain international peace and security.

Tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia playing out in Africa

Shannon Ebrahim - The Global Eye|Published

The competition for influence in Africa has become a political proxy battle between the countries competing for hegemonic influence in the Middle East

Boris Johnson is the new face of neo-colonialism

Shannon Ebrahim - The Global Eye|Published

Britain's new prime minister Boris Johnson has literally dismissed the negative legacy of Britain?s colonial past to the point of calling Africa a blot.

SA gears up to enter brave new world of 5G

Shannon Ebrahim - The Global Eye|Published

President Ramaphosa is right when he says that to address poverty, inequality and unemployment, SA will need to leapfrog into the 4th industrial revolution.

Ethiopia must contain the demons of ethno-nationalism

Shannon Ebrahim - The Global Eye|Published

Unprecedented high-level assassinations have shaken Africa?s oldest independent state.

The battle for democracy in Sudan

Shannon Ebrahim - The Global Eye|Published

The brutal onslaught of Sudan's military rulers against civilian protesters is part of a blueprint designed by Arab monarchies to crush democracy movements.

Africa's dearth of revolutionary spirit

Shannon Ebrahim - The Global Eye|Published

Chequebook diplomacy has become the order of the day and the human rights of those who have languished for decades in refugee camps are forgotten.

#InternationalWomensDay: Solidarity with Leyla Guven

Shannon Ebrahim - The Global Eye|Published

A Kurdish parliamentary representative?s protest hunger strike may well end in her death

Military intervention in Venezuela sets a dangerous precedent

Shannon Ebrahim - The Global Eye|Published

A successful overthrow of the Maduro government will empower the Trump administration to pursue this model of regime change elsewhere in the world.

The Palestinian struggle is far from sold out

Shannon Ebrahim - The Global Eye|Published

The ANC has sided with the balance of forces worldwide that are outraged at Israel?s continued violation of international law and UN resolutions.

Oil turns wheels of US travel ban

Shannon Ebrahim - The Global Eye|Published

Former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, now the US secretary of state, has gotten his revenge for Chad's royalties demand and the hefty fine imposed

Trump can't lecture Cuba on human rights

Shannon Ebrahim - The Global Eye|Published

The US maintains an illegal military base in Cuba at which it has perpetrated some of the worst human rights abuses imaginable.