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Category: AFRICA
Opinion: Morocco’s jailed journalists deserve the Biden administration’s attention
ONE OF the more awkward foreign policy problems inherited by the Biden administration is President Donald…
DRC to return AstraZeneca vaccines to Unicef
The Democratic Republic of Congo says it will return to the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef)…
Will Israel Be Able To Silence Palestine with a Seat in the African Union?
Ghana is the latest African nation to support Israel for a spot at the African Union (AU). The Israeli…
Why Did Washington Let a Stolen Election Stand in the Congo?
If the Biden administration wants to advance democracy around the world, it needs to fix U.S.…
Paul Rusesabagina was called a hero after ‘Hotel Rwanda,’ now he’s accused of terrorism
“Are you going to allow my father to die in jail?” Hotel Rwanda’ hero stands trial…
Reversing Course on Western Sahara Serves US National Interests
The former Trump administration’s persistent pattern of violating international law has put the United States on…
Revolutionary African Leaders, Assassinations & Coups D’etats, a Historical Perspective
Heres the link to part one which Ldr Mbandaka shares from his wealth of knowledge setting…
The White House is reviewing Western Sahara recognition. Here’s what’s at stake
In brokering a deal between Israel and Morocco, the U.S. became the first Western nation to…
MINURSO: Closed Consultations on Western Sahara
Tomorrow (21 April), Security Council members are expected to hold closed videoconference (VTC) consultations on Western…
Africa’s Magufuli Problem
By Arthur Kobina Kennedy Tanzania’s President, John Magufuli, died on March 17th, after a short illness.…
Burkina Faso ex-president Compaoré to face trial over Thomas Sankara murder
The exiled former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, is to be tried in absentia for the…
Kenyan Court Postpones Trial Of Communist Party Members For Second Time
The trial of the 12 members of the Communist Party of Kenya (CPK) who were arrested…
Death Toll From Armed Clashes In Sudan’s West Darfur State Rises To 132
By Pavan Kulkarni At least 132 people were killed and 208 wounded in the armed communal clashes which…
Invasive giant African snails seized at JFK Airport, CBP officials say
Customs officials agents found a load of giant African snails — known as one of the…
Nkrumah – The Cancer of Betrayal
Released On: 06 Sep 2000Available for over a year ‘Forward ever, backward never’. Exploring the life and…
Siemens Gamesa responds to concerns relating to wind power projects in the Moroccan-occupied territories of Western Sahara
On the occasion of Siemens Gamesa’s Annual General Meeting 2021, the Association of Ethical Shareholders Germany…
Ocean Dead Zones Swirl Off Africa, Threatening Coastlines with Mass Fish Kills
The world ocean is now a region of expanding oxygen-deprived dead zones. It’s an upshot of…
Today We Honor The Revolutionary Militant Josina Muthemba Machel
Today we honor the revolutionary militant Josina Muthemba Machel. She was part of the leadership of…
Western Sahara demands UN seat, blasts France and Spain
Western Sahara’s foreign minister Mohamed Salem Ould Salek on Monday demanded a UN seat for the…
Saudi Arabia of Cobalt: Congo Eyes Battery-Metal Price Power
By Michael J. Kavanagh(Bloomberg) — Democratic Republic of Congo, the world’s main source of vital battery…
The Dark Underside of Rwanda’s Model Public Image
DO NOT DISTURBThe Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone BadBy Michela Wrong…
The Making of a Monster: Paul Kagame’s Bloodstained past
Rwanda’s President has been widely feted as ‘the man who ended the genocide’. But he may…
Why the Fight Over Western Sahara Is Heating Up Again
Tensions are rising in Western Sahara, a large strip of desert stretching along the Atlantic coast…
Rwandan YouTuber arraigned in court
Rwandan YouTuber Yvonne Idamange Iryamugwiza has been arraigned in court in the capital Kigali on six…
Letter from Africa: Kente – the Ghanaian cloth that’s on the catwalk
In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene considers the global popularity…
REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI CONSTITUTIONAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION
REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI CONSTITUTIONAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION…
America’s disastrous love affair with Rwanda’s Paul Kagame
Tom Zoellner is the co-author of Paul Rusesabagina’s autobiography An Ordinary Man. Keir Pearson is the Oscar-nominated co-writer…
The Children of Occupied Western Sahara live under constant terror
On the 16 November 2020, three days after the resumption of war between the Polisario Front…
PRESIDENT MAGUFULI HAS BEEN SILENCED OR RATHER MURDERED
Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: PRESIDENT MAGUFULI HAS BEEN SILENCED OR RATHER MURDERED Pres Magufuli occasioned his own death.…
Death of a Zulu king: ‘He is planted, not buried’
Goodwill Zwelithini, the 72-year-old king of the Zulu nation in South Africa, was laid to rest…
Communique of the 984th meeting of the PSC held on 9 March 2021, on the follow up on the implementation of paragraph 15 of the decision on Silencing the Guns of the 14th Extraordinary Summit
Adopted by the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 984th meeting held…
President Magufuli’s mysterious absence raises concerns… PRESS RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE President Magufuli’s mysterious absence raises concerns about who is governing the country March 16,…
The Western Sahara Time Bomb
US President Joe Biden has said that he wants to relaunch negotiations between Morocco and the…
Hamas condemns Kosovo’s opening Embassy in Jerusalem
Islamic Resistance Movement -Hamas- condemned the declaration of the Foreign Ministry of Kosovo to open an…
International Exercise Obangame Express set to begin
Obangame Express (OE21), the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western Africa, will kick off its 10th…
Covid sceptic Tanzanian leader ‘receiving treatment in India’ for coronavirus
Tanzania’s main opposition leader claimed on Thursday that President John Magufuli, an avowed Covid-19 sceptic out of…