James April and his friend, Basil February, were among the first Coloured people to join the…
Category: AFRICA
Netherlands was a leading power at the time of Mercantile capitalism some 400 years ago
Netherlands was a leading power at the time of Mercantile capitalism some 400 years ago. It…
AU cannot preserve its unity without full compliance with its Constitutive Act
Addis Ababa, 6 February 2022 (SPS) – President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polsario…
Kenya pushes Western Sahara issue back on AU agenda
A man poses with a Western Saharan flag as he takes part in a demonstration in…
The foundation of global capitalism.
This Black History Month we remember, Samora Machel, revolutionary socialist independence leader against Portuguese colonialism and…
Time For A French Reality Check In Africa
Against the background of the recent military takeover in Mali and Burkina-Faso and the ill-feelings directed…
Burkina Faso coup: latest sign of a rise in the ballot box being traded for bullets
When news broke that soldiers had mutinied in Burkina Faso, it was hardly surprising. Burkina Faso’s…
Chart of the week: Three decades of coups in Africa
Chart of the week: Three decades of coups in Africa 15 current world leaders assumed power…
How Amílcar Cabral shaped Paulo Freire’s pedagogy
Frantz Fanon’s influence on Paulo Freire’s thought is well known, but the Brazilian educator also drew…
African politics: Return of the military, By Jibrin Ibrahim
The time has come for Africans to reopen the debate on the best pathways to deepening…
Check out the Profile of soldier who led Burkina Faso coup: Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
Often times when a coup is announced, it is the end of an era for usually…
Burkina Faso Military Says It Has Seized Power And Overthrown President Roch Kaboré
The military in Burkina Faso says it has seized power and overthrown President Roch Kaboré. The announcement was made…
Beyond the Pandemic: Trade and Investment Prospects in Africa
Written by Ingrid Asensio Ramos The COVID-19 pandemic, which swept across the globe in 2019 and…
Coup underway in Burkina Faso, president detained by military – RFI
Mutinous soldiers have seized power in Burkina Faso President Kabore has been arrested and sent to…
BIDEN’S DANGEROUS REFUSAL TO REVERSE TRUMP’S WESTERN SAHARA POLICY
In his final weeks in office, President Donald Trump stunned the international community in formally recognizing…
New sanctions risk plunging the people of Mali further into a humanitarian crisis
New sanctions against Mali could have a devastating impact on the country, where one in three…
Covid kills poor as rich get richer – report
Oxfam says that the poor have died from vaccine inequality and a lack of access to…
France backs regional sanctions against Mali as junta calls for protests
The Malian leader of a coup last August, Col. Assimi Goita, who has overthrown two presidents…
Hundreds rally in Bamako in support of Mali opposition movement
Supporters of Mali’s M5 opposition movement staged a rally on Friday, with the group poised to…
Sierra Leone: Long awaited White Paper on Constitutional Review released
The Sierra Leone government has released the much-anticipated White Paper on the review of the 1991…
Burkina – Attempted coup d’etat, “a Lieutenant- Colonel and several other soldiers arrested”…
URGENT #Burkina – Attempted coup d’etat, “a Lieutenant- Colonel and several other soldiers arrested”, (Jeune Afrique)…
Mali opposition rejects election delay in new transition plan
Coalition representing several political parties opposes five-year proposed extension to democratic transition period A MAJOR coalition…
REUTERS -Niger police seize more than 200 kg of cocaine from mayor’s truck
REUTERS – Niger police seize more than 200 kg of cocaine from mayor’s truck NIAMEY, Jan…
Why I had no choice but to spurn Tony Blair Desmond Tutu
I couldn’t sit with someone who justified the invasion of Iraq with a lie Sun 2…
Kenya and South African airlines to merge into a Pan-African airline – Uhuru Kenyatta
Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta has announced that, the national airline of his country and that of…
Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt constitute half of Africa’s $2.7trn economy
IN 2021, the economies of three countries – Nigeria, South Africa, and Egypt – make up…
Tanzania signs $1.9bn railway contract with Turkish firm
TANZANIA on Tuesday signed a contract with Turkish firm Yapi Merkezi to build a 368 km…
South Africa court halts Shell seismic survey plan
Environmentalists hailed the court’s decision to suspend the scheme, which entails using seismic shockwaves that bounce…
Ethiopia unhappy as US ends its duty-free access
The US stopped Ethiopia’s eligibility for the trade benefits despite pleas by a few US legislators…
In Africa, rescuing the languages that western tech ignores
American tech giants don’t have a great track record of making their language technology work well…
God Is Not a Christian: By Desmond Tutu, Contributor
God Is Not a ChristianBy Desmond Tutu, ContributorArchbishop Emeritus of Cape Town06/01/2011 09:58pm EDT | Updated…
$500 million spent annually to keep piracy at bay in the Gulf of Guinea
Financial sums lost through ransoms are a small share of the total costs suffered by African…
Mali launches forum on return to civil rule
MALI’S military-dominated government on Monday launched a four-day national forum on returning the country to civilian…
Desmond Tutu: South Africa anti-apartheid hero dies aged 90
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has…