The African Union (AU) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has announced the appointment of former President of…
Category: AFRICA
AFRICOM, Nigeria’s Leadership and American Hegemony
By Jibrin Ibrahim Those of us of a certain age, ALL, recollect with pride, the moment…
Ghana, The Begging Billionaire – Africa
JUST READ THIS IN A WHATSAP POST AND IT REMINDED ME OF PROF. AKILAGPA SAWYERR’S 2016…
Why a foreign diplomat spied on a San Antonio university’s Zoom class
St. Mary’s University gets uninvited guest during Zoom classroom discussion about Rwandan genocide https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/05/03/why-a-foreign-diplomat-spied-on-a-san-antonio-universitys-zoom-class/ SAN ANTONIO –…
PRESIDENT BUHARI’S INVITATION TO UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO COMBAT INSECURITY IN NIGERIA
The 1962 Anglo-Nigeria Defence Pact imposed on the ruling class by the erstwhile British colonial regime…
AFRICOM, Nigeria’s Leadership and American Hegemony
Jibrin Ibrahim, Deepening Democracy Column, Daily Trust, 30th April 2021 Those of us of a certain…
Western Sahara: Politics and Government
Rachel Hopkins Labour, Luton South To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent…
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…