The First Shot at an East African Community The three countries of East Africa - Kenya, Tanzania (which is a union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar), and Uganda - were administered as one unit under the East African Common Services. When granting them independence, the British expected that these countries would eventually integrate into one political union, as had happened to Tanganyika and Zanzibar.

Many may not know, but the United Nations is the creator of some of the worst “reality TV” of all time. This is The Gordian Magazine’s review of United Nations events as if they were reality TV.

Do you love writing a good pitch? Would your friends describe you as confident? Want to get involved with UN-aligned and help us with our media work? We think you might be a great fit for our new open position: PR Manager. Apply now!

Legalising drugs would make drug use safer, but the bigger impact of moving to a regulated drug market is that it would defy racism, reduce chaos and violence and make us wealthier.

During her internship with UN-aligned, Jihan Al-Assad was asked to write about her life inside the refugee camp in Lebanon. Her experiences, along with those of other refugees are published in a new series titled Diaries from Refugee Camps.

Do you enjoy a good puzzle? Would your friends describe you as creative? Want to get involved with UN-aligned but don’t have too much spare time? We think you might be a great fit for our new and unique open position: Puzzle Creator. We at UN-aligned spread our message of fairness and equality through many platforms including our Newsletter, monthly publication ‘The Gordian’ and social media. Although the United Nations may be in a sorry state, it’s not all doom and gloom and we like to drop in interactive quizzes to The Gordian for our readers. Until now we’ve been using multiple choice quizzes, you can see an example here.

Society is a raft made from the wreckage of our dreams and fears. Space is limited and we struggle to keep aboard, scrambling for the middle ground so we do not have to witness those sacrificed at the rim: pushed, or slipping, or just unable to grab a hold.

Apart from the hackneyed pleas to resolve the differences and a blunt reassertion of the facts there were no enlightened solutions aimed at finding ways of de-escalating the Ukraine crisis.

From a messy closet to the freezing cold of Helsinki, hosts Ruby Goldenberg and Ariana Yekrangi show their commitment as they recap the events of January 2022 for the Gordian Monthly Recap.

Quickly catch up with everything you may have missed last monty!

A short month, but an issue brimming with provoking reads. In this issue of The Gordian, we invite you to look at events from a different perspective, whether it is a step away from our rigid notions regarding sex, or challenging our unquestioning reverence to the United Nations. This issue contains more exclusive reports by, our Art Editor, Carla Pietrobattista, our literary editor, Alex Liberto, our ex-virtual intern Jihan Al-Assad; and other UN-aligneders, namely, Partho Pratim Chatterjee, Jonna Lappalainen, Ruby Goldenberg and Kennedy Karanja. The editors are Adrian Liberto and Ariana Yekrangi.

Participating members in this UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine attempt their best with this bland, shallow and awkwardly structured meeting, which can be characterised in 6 words: “Too late”, “nothing new” and “bad directing”.

Mutilating the sexual organs of a child, circumcision, in the name of culture, religion or dubious preventative medical claims is outrageous and a blatant breach of the child’s human rights.