Hiraak, certainly, Marib tribes, and even the Houthis are fighting for self-governance and seats at the negotiating table rather than control of the central government.
My own recent travels to India have left me convinced that the most important forces combating poverty there today are those activists who are fighting for better local governance.
So, to support the Egyptians fighting for justice and good governance, I am establishing Belady in the United States.
"In Rivers State everybody is fighting for the soul of governance in the state, and you need everything everything to get it," says Professor Chiedu Mafiana, a director at the National Universities Commission.
They are fighting for their right to self-governance, in opposition to outside interests and the bearers of undisclosed dark money who seek to strip their sovereignty away from them.
And Canada's aboriginal communities, known as First Nations, have been fighting for greater control of resources and governance.
We should fight hard to support programs that improve global health AND governance and transparency -- fighting for funds needed to save lives and at the same time to build robust systems and checks and balances needed to guaranty their effective use.
The next day you sign, and work starts … so, the choice for Africa is: do I want to have a road next year, or do I want to stay for two years discussing about human rights and governance before we can even talk about the road?" She is careful to reiterate the need for good governance and human rights: "I have, in fact, spent my life fighting for that.
"Today, after fighting for our freedom and developing our continent we are being prescribed a new religion – democracy, human rights and good governance," he said.
