Melilla (Spain) 25 June 2022 (SPS) – The Moroccan authorities committed grave violations against African citizens as…
Category: AFRICA
Belgium returns remains of assassinated Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba but what about justice?
Belgium has returned a gold crowned tooth of Patrice Lumumba to his family. However, activists point…
African presidents shun Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the African Union (AU) via videoconference. A meeting finally held behind…
Bloomberg: Congo’s M23 Rebels Plan to Take Trading Hub Goma, UN Report Says
By Michael J. Kavanagh (Bloomberg) — M23 rebels plan to take over the trading hub of…
Long Live the legacy of Dr. Walter Rodney 
All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (A-APRP) Today marks 42 years since our beloved Dr. Walter Rodney was…
Burkina Faso: dozens more bodies found after militant attack
Burkina Faso says 29 more bodies have been found following a massacre by Islamic extremists, raising the…
‘The Lancet’ journal rejects papers that don’t acknowledge African researchers
Respected global medical journal The Lancet will continue to reject papers with data from Africa that fail to…
Algeria suspends Spain co-operation over W.Sahara dispute
Algeria said Wednesday it was suspending a decades-old co-operation treaty with Spain, after Madrid backed the…
The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain’s Colonial Legacy Hardcover – 25 Aug. 2022
by Philippe Sands (Author), Martin Rowson (Illustrator) Pre-order Price Guarantee. Details After the Second World War, new international rules heralded an…
Rwanda accused of stalking, harassing and threatening exiles in US
African state that signed deal with UK to host asylum seekers perpetrates ‘transnational repression’, Freedom House…
Africa, the Collateral Victim of a Distant Conflict: The Twenty-Second Newsletter (2022)
Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 25 May 2022, Africa…
Africa Is on the Move
by Vijay Prashad Topics: History Imperialism Movements Revolutions Places: Africa Patrice Lumumba (left) and Kwame Nkrumah. Credit: @seroke_jaki Vijay Prashad is the director of…
Malawi investigating former diplomats for allegedly selling state properties
THE Malawi government is investigating some of its former diplomats who served the country’s embassies in…
Shireen Abu-Akleh’s murder is a reflection of Palestine’s ongoing Nakba, writes Suraya Dadoo
On 15 May, Palestinians commemorated the Nakba, or “catastrophe” – the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in…
How did Israel end up with AU observer status?
For at least the next year, Israel will continue to have observer status at the Africa…
Kenya petitions royal family for reparations over colonial atrocities as government declines meeting
More than 100,000 citizens of Kenya have petitioned the British royal family for an apology and reparations following “brutal” atrocities committed during the colonial period.…
President of Togo to mediate in Mali crisis
THE President of Togo has agreed to mediate in Mali, where the military junta is under…
US COLONIZATION OF AFRICA.
The US has military operations [outposts] in 53 countries out of 54 on the African continent.…
ZIMBABWE SURROUNDED BY US ARMY, AS ZAMBIA AGREES TO AFRICOMM BASE.
ZIMBABWE SURROUNDED BY US ARMY, AS ZAMBIA AGREES TO AFRICOMM BASE. Hachilema, the President of Zambia…
Nigeria, Ghana to deploy GMO crops
Nigeria and Ghana have commenced the consumption of first genetically modified BT cowpea with a view…
Report finds failures in due diligence of African ‘conflict minerals’ used in computers and cellphones
Many of the world’s computers and cellphones are likely to be tainted by “conflict minerals” from…
Paul Rusesabagina: Hotel Rwanda hero’s family files $400m US lawsuit
The family of Paul Rusesabagina, the subject of Oscar-nominated film Hotel Rwanda, have filed a $400m…
The financialisation of malaria in Africa: Burkina Faso, rogue capital & GM /gene drive mosquitoes
his paper seeks to understand the financialisation of malaria as a vehicle for rogue capital in a context…
Seventy-Three Million People Lose Partial Access to Mobile Phone Networks in Nigeria For Not Having Digital ID
As the World Bank drives the implementation of digital ID programs across the Global South, including…
Report finds failures in due diligence of African ‘conflict minerals’ used in computers and cellphones
Many of the world’s computers and cellphones are likely to be tainted by “conflict minerals” from…
ONLY CRIMINAL LEADERS GIVE TAX BREAKS IN MINING
By NewsMakers RWANDAN President Paul Kagame says it is a worst form of criminality, for any…
Samora Machel, an incisive military man and political figure, fought against the Portuguese FASCIST NAZI
colonizer invaders for the independence of Mozambique and became the country’s first president. Machel was born…
What Is behind Spain’s Changing Position on Western Sahara?
he president of the Spanish government Pedro Sánchez flew to Morocco on Thursday, April 7, to…
Africa-Confidential: Zelensky wants African audience
14th April 2022Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked to address the African Union as part of…
Somalia PM orders expulsion of AU envoy
OMALIA’S feuding leaders were locked in a new dispute on Thursday after the prime minister ordered…
Burkina Faso sets up local panels to talk to jihadists
Damiba, 41, took power at the end of January after two days of mutinies in several…
Ritualists Now Target Bald Men, Believe Their Heads Contain Gold – Police Warns Men With Bald Hair
Ritualists Now Target Bald Men, Believe Their Heads Contain Gold – Police Warns Men With Bald…
Burkina Faso’s ex-president Compaore handed life sentence in absentia over Sankara murder
By Thiam Ndiaga OUAGADOUGOU, April 6 (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaore was sentenced in…