Author: The Speaker Editors

In this captivating first hand account of the situation in South Sudan’s IDP camps, South Sudanese Assistant Director for Information and Media at the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, Afayoa Richard Metaloro, details the actuality of life in the camps, their problems, and some of the measures currently being taken and proposed as solutions for the gender based violence and other issues … Read more

Montana State University environmental scientists have found conclusive evidence that hailstones originate in biological material. MSU researcher Alex Michaud turned travesty into understanding by peeling back the onionlike layers of the crystalline compositions he collected from the Bozeman and two other Rocky Mountain hailstorms, and the results promise to increase our understanding of the role of aerosol particles in atmospheric condensation and, as … Read more

Every once in a while you hear about acts of selflessness. They are one time acts of compassion and putting others before yourself. One such story of selflessness that has spanned over 40 years started when David McCallion’s Grandfather gave him his Princess Mary tin and belt. That became a lifelong passion, and now David McCallion is the … Read more

The Ferguson shooting continues to incite rage and chaos as the decision for or against indictment of the police officer charged in the shooting of Michael Brown began. Police officials fear that if the jury decides in favor of the suspected police officer, this will trigger the people protesting against the alleged killing of Michael Brown to more violence in … Read more

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, facing a return to fighting in East Ukraine after a seventh Russian convoy days ago refortified the Russians and pro-Russians fighting Ukraine in and around Donetsk, has stated that Ukraine is now ready for total war with the Russians. “We are prepared for a scenario of total war, said Poroshenko in … Read more

History is usually written by the winners, not by the losers, and the way in which the history of slavery has been represented, for the most part, is as abolition, the triumph of abolition. So we’re trying to think again about that way of writing the history and put the whole slavery business and the … Read more

Prime Minister Beslan Butba of the Republic of Abkhazia was assaulted while travelling with his family Wednesday. The vehicle in which the leader of the disputed state was travelling in was blocked in traffic, and Butba was beaten by two men before escaping. Butba was travelling in a vehicle with his family in Sukhumi, a city in western … Read more

Not just reactive concern, but also proactive measures by security management could be a face-saver for the US Secret Service. White House security has been under the scanner for quite some time now. With the recent case of Omar Gonzalez leaping over the White House wall and reaching deep into the premises, the spate of trespassers breaching … Read more

A Tibetan protester who attempted to self immolate to draw attention to the plight of Tibet and Tibetans under Chinese rule has provided a statement about the situation in Tibet. In his statement, the unidentified man explains the experience of Tibetans under Chinese rule. The testimony was translated by Tibet Watch and reported on by … Read more

New understanding has been gained into how densities within populations can affect outcomes for the species as a whole. Answers to how species populations can be manipulated to increase and properly manage fish yields, better eliminate unwanted pests, and other species-wide effects have been demonstrated by Princeton University researcher Anieke van Leeuwen and two European colleagues … Read more

[BRIEF] At the APEC summit meeting Tuesday, US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a brief conversation while the other leaders were waiting for the two statesmen to arrive for photographs, ITAR-TASS reported. After the first working session of the summit, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders went out for a collective photo, … Read more

Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis, Egypt’s most dangerous terrorist organisation, has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State via a Twitter account associated with the group, on Monday morning. In an audio clip tweeted by @4Ansar_B_Almqds, the Islamist group based in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula expressed their support of IS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi and the IS campaign to establish … Read more