Category: AFRICA
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 …
Battle heats up as Africa rallies against Israel’s AU observer
As a modern-day colonial power, Israel offends the anti-colonial spirit of the African Union (AU) and…
Burkina Faso opens trial on 1987 Sankara assassination
Ex-president among 14 who face charges in killing of former leader Thomas Sankara 34 years ago.…
Kagame must be stopped
For anyone paying attention to what is happening in Rwanda, President Paul Kamage’s actions come as…
Int’l Community Must Stop Morocco’s Occupation Of Western Sahara – Envoy
The Ambassador of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara) to Nigeria, Brahim Salem Buseif, has…
Mali accuses France of training ‘terrorists’ in the country
France intervened in Mali in 2013 after armed rebels seized control of the north the previous…
#EndBlockadeAgainstCuba: We Must Not Tire, We Cannot Be Defeated Says NMSC
RESENTATION BY THE NIGERIA MOVEMENT TO THE AFRICA 2021 VIRTUAL CONTINENTAL CONFERENCE OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA …
Guinea ex leader Alpha Conde rented private jet cost 20 million euros; unpaid jet owner threatens
It seems the quality of leadership in Africa is a disrespect to this generation and it…
Algeria closes airspace to French military planes
According to French newspaper Le Figaro in France no longer has the right to fly over Algerian territory…
Ghana’s Socialist Movement: A revolutionary experiment in communication
By Phillyp Mikell*From the MST webpage Between July 31 and August 1, the Congress of the…
BREAKING: Court annuls EU deals in occupied Western Sahara
Photo: Polisario’s representative to Europe, Oubi Bachir, with Manuel Devers from Polisario’s legal team. The press release…
Rwanda: The mysterious deaths of political opponents
DW has put together a list of mysterious deaths and disappearances of people critical of Rwanda’s…
Paul Kagame Celebrated ‘Hotel Rwanda’—Until Its Hero Criticized Him
Rwanda’s president once welcomed the Hollywood film. His recent attacks on the movie and its protagonist…
A Trinidadian, George Padmore was born Malcolm Ivan Meredith Nurse.
A Trinidadian, George Padmore was born Malcolm Ivan Meredith Nurse. He was educated at New York…
Zambian president hailed for his ‘lean’ travel team
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema is earning some praise online for travelling with a “lean team” for…