Just Focus

Archive for October, 2003

Life under the Taleban

By Amina Lafaraie. This is her story of how her family were forced to hide from the Taleban in the city of Kabul in Afghanistan.

New Zealand is my second home now

Before escaping to New Zealand, Amina Lafaraie, 16, and her family were forced to hide from the Taleban in the city of Kabul in Afghanistan. This is her story of her experience. Amina talks to Paul Zoubkov about her life in New Zealand and memories of Kabul and the recent war in Afghanistan.

Conflict and War

The pain and suffering of war continues and the world never seems to learn.
But violent conflict can and must be stopped. Everybody needs to work together to achieve a just world peace.

Wars as an act of…

By Paul Zoubkov and the Global Focus Advisory Group. Wars from colonisation, wars as a profit and war in the hands of the media.

Reducing conflict and building peace

By the Global Focus Youth Advisory Team. 10 ways you can build peace

A case study: The Solomon Islands

By Amanda Edwards. In 1998 ethnic tension erupted between the local inhabitants of Guadalcanal Island and the more recent arrivals from the neighbouring island of Malaita.

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