Category: AFRICA
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…
African Development Bank signs MoU with ECOWAS for $3.56 million grant to develop West Africa’s pharma industry
Editorial Staff The project’s total cost is $3.77 million, to which the ECOWAS Commission will provide…
World Cup 2022: West African rivals battle for Qatar
Mention Nigeria v Ghana and two things spring to mind for many – a rivalry that…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ANC STATEMENT ON THE 34th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF CUITO CUANAVALE OF 1988
25 MARCH 2022 ANC STATEMENT ON THE 34th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF CUITO CUANAVALE OF…
SMG: TRIBUTE TO COMRADE AMOS CLAUDIUS SAWYER
The Socialist Movement of Ghana mourns the passing of His Excellency President Amos Claudius Sawyer on…
Pan African Heritage World launches first digital museum
Pan African Heritage World launches first digital museum The Pan African Heritage World Museum, being constructed…
Communiqué of the first strategic meeting of the Pan-African Network of Solidarity with Palestine
Dakar, Senegal – March 12, 2022 The Pan African Palestine Solidarity Network (PASN) concluded its first…
PAN-AFRICAN PALESTINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK; MEDIA STATEMENT: AFRICAN ACTIVISTS GATHER IN DAKAR TO MOBILISE FOR PALESTINE
MEDIA STATEMENT: AFRICAN ACTIVISTS GATHER IN DAKAR TO MOBILISE FOR PALESTINE 9 March 2022 For immediate…
Nigeria says will not ‘tolerate’ recruitment of Nigerians into Ukraine’s army
THE Nigerian government said on Monday it would not ‘tolerate’ the recruitment of Nigerians into the…
Letter of Frente POLISARIO Representative at the United Nations
H.E. Mr António Guterres Secretary-General of the United Nations United Nations, New York New York, 1…
On yesterday’s Constitutional Court judgement in the case of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies v Bongani Masuku.
Constitutional Court: Anti-Zionism Is Not Anti-Semitism The Constitutional Court yesterday, Wednesday 16 February, made an important…
PLEASE LISTEN TO PUTIN
As an African you should, because listening to Putin should remind you of how the Europeans…
China opens party school in Africa to teach its model to continent’s officials
Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Leadership School in Tanzania was built and funded to the tune of US$40…
Nkrumahism as an Ideological Embodiment of Leftist Thought Within the African World By Dr. Michael W. Williams
Nkrumahism as an Ideological Embodiment of Leftist Thought Within the African WorldBy Dr. Michael W. Williams…
MINISTRY OF TERRITORIAL ADMINISTRATION AND DECENTRALIZATION…
REPUBLIC OF MALI One People – One Goal – One Faith COMMUNIQUE N°019 OF THE GOVERNMENT…
The Government urges our valiant national armed and security…
In view of these repeated breaches of the defense agreements, the Government invites the French authorities…