When rape is a requirement of military service

A nightmare awaits young women doing compulsory military training in Eritrea, reports Xavier La Canna.
The roundup is particularly worrisome for the parents of the young girls who have heard gruesome stories of abuse and rape by military officers in whose care they entrusted their daughters.

Why prejudice should not win

By  Dr Abdulhamid Imran. So as black African Muslims where do we fit into John keegan’s prejudiced picture of the world? (The Age, 9/10). 

The Sad Plunge in Melbourne !

By Dr. Abdulhamid Imran. It was the last Friday of 2000 when suddenly a trip fate had dramatically changed.  The bus carrying about 57 Eritreans was destined to a holiday resort, a camp area about 2-hour drive from Melbourne, Australia.  Instead, the bus rolled down a ravine, about 200 m deep.