Savo Heleta is the author of Not My Turn to Die: Memoirs of a Broken Childhood in Bosnia (AMACOM, March 2008). He is a postgraduate student in Conflict Transformation and Management at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
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When Real Snipers Fire
Hillary is a tired and sleep-deprived human being. Please forgive her “misspeaking.”
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Some People (Europeans) Matter More Than Others (Africans)
Poor Africans and their suffering simply don’t matter.
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Hillary’s Lies: Darfur, Rwanda, Bosnia
Politicians lie. That’s a fact. Sometimes they get found out.
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Why Would Anybody Care About Darfur?
Why would anybody care about Darfur? It’s a poor and remote region in Africa.
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War. Any Time, Any Place - This is What Happened to Me in Bosnia
War can happen in your country, too — wherever you live. Any time, any place.
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Zimbabwe’s Madman, Witches, Prostitutes, and Two-headed Creatures
Many in poverty-striken Zimbabwe have nothing to lose, and fighting for their human dignity should not come as a surprise.
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South Africa: Destroying Nelson Mandela’s Dream
What about Nelson Mandela’s dream of building a society in which all South Africans would live in freedom and prosperity?
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Darfur: Those Calling it Genocide Are Legally Obliged To Stop It
We live in a world where only self-interests of powerful countries can stop the large-scale exterminations of human beings.
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