The West Africa Peoples Organization (WAPO), an “anti-imperialist network that promotes regional unity across West Africa,”…
Category: AFRICA
The World Bank and the BRICS Bank Have New Leaders and Different Outlooks
By Vijay Prashad In late February 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden announced that the United States…
Inside the Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights in Africa
By Efemia Chela The National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) gained a historic win…
South Africa’s opposition party vows to ‘protect’ Putin from ICC arrest
The ICC, which South Africa is a signatory to, has accused Mr Putin of war crimes,…
Multinational Companies Control Food Supply in Africa & Benefit From Increasing Prices, Report Says
In recent years, food prices in several African countries have surged to unprecedented levels, mainly attributed…
June Milne obituary; Bluestocking publisher who served as a devoted editorial assistant to the controversial Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/june-milne-obituary-sdt5l78nb June Milne with Kwame Nkrumah in Conakry, Guinea, in 1970. He settled there after the…
Slavery is a central and indisputable fact of the nation’s past. But our failure to remember what really happened is more than mere forgetfulness
Slightly tucked away from Manchester’s main thoroughfares, in a quiet square that bears his name, there…
SADR-Venezuela: 11 cooperation agreements signed in different sectors
Caracas, 22 March 2023 (SPS) – The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and Venezuela signed eleven…
Representation of the Frente POLISARIO at the United Nations
By Dr Sidi M. Omar [New York, 11 March 2023]: The permanent representative of the occupying…
They Sell the Needy For a Pair of Shoes; By Owei Lakemfa
I WOKE up at the weekend to a letter by Professor Ibrahim Adamu Yakasai of the Bayero…
Challenges of a new African ocean and continent, By Owei Lakemfa
Obviously there are advantages, such as landlocked Zambia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo…
A nation where everyone is oppressed
By Owei Lakemfa Nigerians have the next 70 days to survive a regime that has chastised…
Ghana and Zambia’s debt restructurings going in ‘diverging directions’ – Citi
DEBT restructuring programmes in Ghana and Zambia are going in ‘diverging directions’ due to Zambia’s larger…
Representation of the Frente POLISARIO at the United Nations
Representation of the Frente POLISARIO at the United Nations PRESS RELEASE [New York, 11 March 2023]: …
West African people’s movements call for greater unity as France announces military ‘reorganization’
The West Africa Peoples Organisation has welcomed the proposal for greater collaboration between Burkina Faso, Mali,…
New details point to CIA role in Mandela’s arrest
New details being published Monday by TIME.com appear to strengthen claims that the CIA helped South Africa’s racist…
The French are going, but the war in the Sahel continues
Understand the historical roots of the ongoing war in the Sahel and what lies ahead with…
Nigerian Elections – Eight Issues Young People Want the New Govt to Address
By Tope Shola Akinyetun As Nigeria prepares for the 25 February presidential elections, it’s interesting to…
South Africa calls for Israel to be classified an Apartheid State
Of course for many Sou’Africans, the narrative of the Palestinian people’s struggle does evoke experiences of…
AI – Tshisekedi and Kagame clash over M23 at African Union
Paul Kagame, Rwanda President left and Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi right https://www.africaintelligence.com/central-africa/2023/02/23/tshisekedi-and-kagame-clash-over-m23-at-african-union,109916559-art At the recent session…
WOULD ANGOLA RESPOND TO CUBA’S OIL NEEDS?
WOULD ANGOLA RESPOND TO CUBA’S OIL NEEDS? Cuba is facing oil supply crisis thus affecting domestic…
The long struggle for Sahrawi national rights
Much of the media is ignoring Morocco’s breach of a 1991 ceasefire with a military incursion…
Address by Nkosi ZMD Mandela, MP on the occasion of the visit to the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic on Tuesday 7th February 2023
Address by Nkosi ZMD Mandela, MP on the occasion of the visit to the Sahrawi refugee…
High-profile lawsuit against Meta can be heard in Kenya, Nairobi court rules
Decision on case of ex-Facebook moderator, who claims the work left him with PTSD, hailed as…
In the dark alleys of human trafficking, By Owei Lakemfa
The French Embassy’s Deputy Head of Mission, Olivier Chatelais, regretted that, annually, hundreds of Nigerian women…
Descendants of Namibia’s genocide victims call on Germany to ‘stop hiding’
Herero and Nama people demand direct talks and take Namibian government to court for accepting reparations…
Mali-Burkina Faso Federation; We Are Considering A Federation Today.
In relations between the two countries, Ouagadougou’s wish remains the realisation of a Mali-Burkina Faso federation.…
China tells US to fix its own debt problems after Yellen Africa remarks
BY EDITORIAL STAFF Janet Yellen with Zambian President Hichilema AFTER US Treasury Secretary (finance minister) Janet Yellen called…
The return of heroic Ana Montes
By Owei Lakemfa ANA Belen Montes returned. Captured spies are usually killed, imprisoned for life without…
Burkina Faso ejects French troops
France originally entered the Sahel to allegedly prevent the southern movement of jihadist elements strengthened by…
The Sixteenth Congress of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro
Political StatementThe sixteenth Congress of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río…
Ukraine–Nigeria: Reign of grand illusionists, By Owei Lakemfa
I consider Zelensky, who made the request, an uninformed propagandist and illusionist. ByOwei Lakemfa Does Ambassador…
The Afe Babalola testimonies
By Owei Lakemfa A lot of hope has been placed on the February 25, 2023 general…
Pope Benedict: Shaped and Dislocated By History; By Owei Lakemfa
THE youthful Father Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, later, Pope Benedict XVI, was a brilliant theologian and academic who,…