Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa - particularly the 'forgotten emergencies' in poor countries or regions with little strategic or material appeal.

If we have loved well while we were alive, there is life after death here-our love will go on for generations.

Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor; they are here for what they get out of our cheap and abundant labor, and they should know that they are buttressing one of the most vicious systems.

We worshipped in the temple of cutthroat competition, and so some cooked the books, because the treasure is so great.

We so desperately long for all of us to learn that we are meant for one another. We are meant for complementarity. The Syrians are members of our family.

A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.

People united in pursuit of a righteous cause are unstoppable