Category: AFRICA
Secretary Antony J. Blinken and South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor at a Joint Press Availability
During Tony Blinken visit to South Africa, he and the South African Foreign Minister, Naledi Pandor,…
Update on Rwandan woman facing jail term over ‘shameful dressing’
Liliane Mugabekazi, a 24-year-old woman arrested in Rwanda for “shameful dressing”, has been granted bail. Harrison…
South Africa: the Politics of Death
Lindokuhle Mnguni speaking outside the home of Nokuthula Mabaso on the morning after she was assassinated,…
The Buharian Contributions To Industrial Relations Praxis
LECTURERS in our public universities are so absorbed in their national strike which is in the…
How Ghana Surrendered its Independence To The US.
By Owei Lakemfa GHANA, the shining Black Star which in 1957 lit the way to independence…
ESSAY: Women in Prison: How We Are, Assata Shakur, 1978
Assata Shakur exposes the conditions faced by incarcerated Black women in a powerful 1978 essay. On…
NUMSA WANTS THE NPA TO DENY NOKUTHULA MABASO’S KILLERS BAIL
11 August 2022Press statement The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) stands in solidarity…
Manufacturing consent: How the United States has penetrated South African media
By Ajit Singh, Roscoe Palm In recent weeks, South African public discourse has been focused on concerns about…
Revealed: UK ran cold war dirty tricks campaign to smear Kenya’s first vice-president
Special unit spread fake news about leftist politician, Oginga Odinga, seen as threat to British interests…
Why Kenya’s presidential election is important
KENYANS vote Tuesday to choose a successor to President Uhuru Kenyatta. The race is close and could go…
‘It’s an illusion of choice’: why young Kenyans are boycotting the election
As presidential elections approach, engagement appears low among under-35s – but some see staying away from…
Searching for what is not missing
By Owei Lakemfa We live in a baffling world in which many leaders believe that their…
Liberia: A dream deferred, By Owei Lakemfa
The bulk of the Americo-Liberians created a different identity, refusing to integrate the locals, just as…
Compaore And The Verdict Of History
Once in a while providence provides us the privilege of convergence when the Christian season of…
Dissidents face rising threat from spyware sold to autocratic regimes, U.S. committee hears
For the daughter of a Rwandan dissident, it was one of the most horrifying moments of…
Morocco’s Hidden Repression
Shrinking Space for Dissent, Independent Journalism Toward the end of his reign, Morocco’s King Hassan II…
Mali blasts Macron and France over ‘neocolonial’ attitude as relations deteriorate
MALI’S army-led government on Sunday urged French President Emmanuel Macron to abandon his ‘neocolonial and patronising’…
FBI ATTACK ON THE AFRICAN PEOPLE’S SOCIALIST PARTY.
The Black Alliance for Peace Condemns FBI Attack on the African People’s Socialist PartyThe Black Alliance…
Social change does not descend from heaven, By Owei Lakemfa
The time has come for African countries to transform their colonial economies into independent economies. Comrade…
Financial Inclusion In Nigeria Grew To 45 Percent In 2021 – World Bank
According to a report by the World Bank titled “The Global Findex Database 2021: Financial Inclusion, Digital Payments,…
Central African Republic, The First To Legally Adopt Bitcoin In Africa, Rolls Out Sango Coin Cryptocurrency
Central African Republic (CAR), the first African country to adopt Bitcoin as a legal tender has launched an…
DRC journalist Joseph Kazadi remains behind bars after release of US reporter Nicolas Niarchos
July 20, 2022 4:36 PM EDT New York, July 20, 2022 – Authorities in the Democratic…
Oil Blocks in Gorilla Sanctuary Added to Expanded Congo Auction
Dan Gertler’s former Lake Albert blocks also up for tender Ministry adds three gas blocks on…
More countries knocking on BRICS’ door a sign the world needs fairer governance than West-dominated one
BRICS, a grouping of major emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa –…
Mali Authorities Arrest Nearly 50 Soldiers From Ivory Coast
Malian authorities arrested nearly 50 soldiers from Ivory Coast who came to Mali to work for…
Paul Kagame to seek fourth term as president of Rwanda
Rwanda’s leader, who has been in power for two decades, has said he would consider remaining…
José dos Santos, who led Marxist Angola to crony capitalism, dies
He was president of Angola from 1979 to 2017, then retired from public life to a…
The United States extends its military reach into Zambia
Vijay Prashad speaks with Dr. Fred M’membe of the Socialist Party about the reach and impact…
Women with children in UK face deportation to Nigeria and Ghana
Human rights campaigners raise range of safety concerns over planned removal of people on Home Office…
The Ill-treatment of migrants by Morocco is a deliberate policy of systematic crimes against humanity
Around 2000 African migrants, from a number of unidentified African countries, tried last Friday 24th June 2022,…
Ghana pays lowest salaries, sells petrol dearest and runs highest inflation in Africa
Ghana is about the most expensive country to live in in Africa. This is because, while…
The Makhzen Police of Morocco with the complicity of the Government of Spain committed a genocide against African immigrants
Yesterday, the Makhzen police of Morocco with the complicity of the government of Spain committed a…