Category: AFRICA
Burkina Faso: Prime Minister and cabinet resign from office
The Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, Paul Kaba Thieba, has resigned from office along with his…
Ivory Coast’s Cashew Processors Driven Into Bankruptcy By Asian Competition
A worker checks the cashew nut bags at a warehouse, amid the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19)…
The French, the UN and the Ivory Coast
With the violent overthrow of democratically elected President Gbagbo, Ivory Coast has reverted to its old…
GBAGBO IN TOWN
Former President of La Cote d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo arrives in Accra this morning to take part…
and The Pandemic’s True Death Toll
Dear Editor, Re: Africa and The Pandemic’s True Death Toll I read with disgust the Economist Twitter…
THE ROLE OF EDUCATION UNDER CAPITALISM
SISI AFRIKA There were things I did when I was a teacher I am not proud…
Women and Pan-Africanism
Hakim Adi https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.013.559 Published online: 23 May 2019 Summary Women played a central role in the development…
Uphold the Tradition of Always Standing Together And Jointly Build a China-Africa Community With a Shared Future in the New Era
Keynote Speech by H.E. Xi Jinping President of the People’s Republic of China At the Opening…
Making sense of Wole Soyinka’s difficult and brilliant new novel
A new novel by celebrated Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka – Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People…
GLOBALink | Connecting Africa to the world
As the saying goes, “Access to roads will enable all sectors of the economy to prosper.”…
Joint Communiqué on the occasion of the State Visit of HE Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya, to South Africa, from 22nd-24th November, 2021
Joint Communiqué on the occasion of the State Visit of HE Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the…
RICH APPETITES: HOW BIG PHILANTHROPY IS SHAPING THE FUTURE OF FOOD IN AFRICA
A short film series https://www.richappetitesfilm.com/ If you haven’t watched it yet, make sure to check out…
Polisario chief announces ‘escalation’ in W.Sahara
The head of the Western Sahara independence movement, the Polisario Front, said on Friday it had…
SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FOR MISS SA PAGEANT
MEDIA STATEMENTSunday, 14 November 2021 The South African government withdraws its support and that of South…
Ghana, Tanzania, Ethiopia and 30 others are on the World Bank’s heavily indebted poor countries’ list
Poorest countries in Africa in 2021 The heavily indebted poor countries’ list is a joint initiative…
SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FOR MISS SA PAGEANT
MEDIA STATEMENTSunday, 14 November 2021 The South African government withdraws its support and that of South…
Rise and fall of Ethiopia’s TPLF – from rebels to rulers and back
Bloody offensive aims to eliminate Tigray People’s Liberation Front, which dominated for nearly 30 years Ethiopian…
Tigray’s War Against Ethiopia Isn’t About Autonomy. It’s About Economic Power.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is fighting the country’s revanchist old regime, which is intent on recapturing…
Abiy Ahmed: From peace prize winner to warrior ruler
Ethiopian PM’s aim to control the Horn of Africa scares his neighbours and the US The…
Sahara’s forgotten fighters threaten full-scale war
Two ageing soldiers lie in a foxhole waiting for the artillery to open fire on the…
An unjust transition Energy, colonialism and extractivism in occupied Western Sahara
Joanna Allan, Hamza Lakhal and Mahmoud Lemaadel The multiple ecological crises provoked by human activities are…
The CIA Undermined Postcolonial Africa From the Start
US president John F. Kennedy meets with Mobutu Sese Seko, the commander-in-chief of the Congolese armed…
Things are heating up in Western Sahara
The tea was highly caffeinated, but the mood was dour. As the night wore on, the sound…
Sierra Leone gets first cocoa factory
Sierra Leone opened its first cocoa processing factory in a bid to bring profits from the…
DECOLONIZATION REQUIRES A NEW ECONOMICS
On October 15, 1968, the government of Jamaica banned a 26-year-old history professor from reentering the…
Ethiopian PM urges citizens to fight as rebels advance towards capital
Two rebel groups fighting Ethiopia’s government claimed to have taken a string of strategic towns as…
LAURANT GBAGBO’S SPEECH
Dear friends!Dear comrades!I would like first of all acknowledge the diplomats present and thank themfor honoring…
Democratic Republic of Congo president in Israel for first time since 1985
Félix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo is visiting Israel, the first for a…
BREAKING NEWS: Coup d’état Hits Sudan, Prime Minister under house arrest
Several members of Sudan’s transitional government have been arrested in their homes amid reports of a…
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Heroine of the Nigerian Motherland
Ransome-Kuti (1900-1978), a leading anti-colonial activist and women’s organiser, left an important radical legacy which should…
‘Israel will undermine AU solidarity’
Mohammad Hassan Goodarzi Last month, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced that it had joined the African…
LAURENT GBABO RE-IGNITES NKRUMAH’S VISION
By Kwesi Pratt, Jnr. Laurent Gbabo, former President of La Cote d’ Ivoire is on the…
Foreign Ministers and Foreign Ministry Twitter handles
October 2021 Foreign Ministers and Foreign Ministry Twitter handles Southern Africa Country Name Twitter …