Left Parties, Movements and Trade Unions from around the world condemn the Zambian’s govt’s repression of…
Category: AFRICA
FIVE DAYS ON THE RIVER NILE
TRAVELOGUE By Wale Okediran We were still having Lunch in her cavernous and lovely restaurant when…
NUMSA secures 7% wage increase at Eskom
15 June 2023Press statementThe National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has signed the wage…
Ben Kalu Becomes Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives
Ben Kalu has been Elected as the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representative. The lawmaker…
How love for Amala saved me from Abacha’s killers in Cotonou – Freedom Fighter Tinubu
That June 12 was Democracy Day in Nigeria may no longer be news to most people.…
Akpabio emerges as Senate President of 10th NASS
By Kingsley Okoye Abuja: Sen. Godswill Akpabio (APC-Akwa Ibom) has been sworn in as the Senate…
Communist Party of Swaziland to Launch Campaign for Release of Its Member Mvuselelo Mkhabela and Other Political Prisoners
The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) is set to launch a “Break the Chains” campaign to…
LGBTQ+ Ugandans Face Deadly Threat as “Anti-Homosexuality Act” Signed Into Law
By Global News Service Credit Line: from the Peoples Dispatch / Globetrotter News Service On May…
People’s Health Tribunal Finds Shell and Total Energy Guilty of Harming African Communities
A panel of environmental and human rights activists acted as judges in a People’s Health Tribunal…
Sudanese Army and Rapid Support Forces Extend Fragile Ceasefire by Five Days
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to extend a…
Labour directs workers to shut shipping operations, begin nationwide strike Monday
Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has directed workers to shut down all operations of shipping…
‘Nigeria only OPEC member that imports 95% of refined petroleum for domestic use’
Nigeria is the only member country of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) that imports…
Fuel Subsidy Removal: Do Not Dare The People – NLC Warns Tinubu
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has expressed outrage at the pronouncement of Bola Ahmed Tinubu removing…
Tinubu backtracks, says subsidy removal won’t take immediate effect
Tinubu backtracks, says subsidy removal won’t take immediate effect By Emma Ogbuehi Contrary to his unequivocal…
Ghana Should Consider Joining the BRICS Organization
By: Natogmah Issahaku Ghana needs to stand up and be counted among nations and should make…
Fighting Between Sudanese Army and RSF Has Disastrous Impact in Darfur as Hundreds of Thousands Are Displaced
Over 700,000 people have been internally displaced in Sudan since April 15, when an armed conflict…
”AFRICA IS WHERE HOPE RESIDES” – 2023 AFRICA DAY STATEMENT BY HE JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA
I have been participating in a number of activities put together by the Korea-Africa Foundation to…
ICC: Europe’s lapdog in a theatre of the absurd, By Owei Lakemfa
The ICC has neither independence nor self-esteem, and certainly does not command the respect, even of…
“Women Peasant are Women: Understanding violence against rural women in Eastern and Southern Africa”
UNAC and La Via Campesina Southern and Eastern Africa (LVC SEAf) proceeded on Friday morning, March…
Why returning the Benin Bronzes is so complicated
Debate is raging over the long-term security of the priceless antiquities, writes Richard Assheton At the…
Shell wins UK Supreme Court case on 2011 oil spill off Nigerian coast
LONDON : The UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that it was too late for a…
Malawi’s Rastafarian children return to school after ban on dreadlocks is lifted
Schools told to honour court order as families seek compensation and training for pupils who missed…
MINISTRY OF TERRITORIAL ADMINISTRATION AND DECENTRALIZATION, REPUBLIC OF MALI
Colonel Abdoulaye MAIGA
Decent Work for all Nursing Personnel, Now!
Nurses provide some of society’s most vital health and care services. This past year has seen…
Battered, occupied, exploited, but the Saharawi remain unbowed.
President Brahim Ghali of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic By Owei Lakemfa I got word that…
The Unfairness of Remanding Suspects With Ex parte Orders in Nigeria
By: Douglas Ogbankwa Esq. @ douglasogbankwa@gmail.com The Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, brought about a…
True Africa Unmasked: Kwesi Pratt Jnr Unveils Truths on The Point, CGTN
Dive into a riveting one-on-one interview as Kwesi Pratt Jnr, a renowned journalist, and founder of…
Nigeria, Africa’s giant advancing backward
By Owei Lakemfa Census is very serious business as it requires the general mobilisation of the…
My democracy is not your democracy
By Owei Lakemfa WE were gathered. Some intellectuals, social activists, journalists, serving and retired diplomats. The…
Obaro Ikime: The intellectual as hostage
Ikime By Owei Lakemfa General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, the Dean of Coups in Nigeria, finally staged…
Ghana’s debt structuring should be “sad lesson” for African countries – Dr Okonjo-Iweala
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), says Ghana’s debt structuring…