The hell of migration today is extreme. Women and men, often with children, or children without…
Year: 2021
Book Review: The Soul of Uganda Through Song by Michiel van Oosterhout
The Soul of Uganda Through Song by the Dutch journalist, music archivist and documentary filmmaker, Michiel van…
Peace at Home is Paramount By Ater Garang Ariat
First and foremost, South Sudanese Peace mediators should strive wholeheartedly to restore peace and stability in…
Failure of J&J’s HIV vaccine trial in Africa raises major concerns by Richard Kwame Krah
The recent failure of experimental HIV vaccine produced by American Multinational drugmaker Johnson & Johnson in…
Biden Threatens Sweeping Sanctions on Ethiopia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Responds
22 Sep 2021 – The U.S. is once again attempting to overthrow a legitimate head of state…
Guinea: The latest coups show the military still dominates African politics
President Condé asked Col Mamady Doumbouya (above) to return to Guinea in 2018 In just five…
Despite dire conditions, U.S. deports Haitians
By G. Dunkel An Aug. 14 earthquake completely devastated southwestern Haiti, the country’s breadbasket. At least 2,200…
Are We Building Our Own Prison Thinking We Own the Key to Our Cell?
Like frogs in water that keeps getting hotter and hotter, we are nearing the boiling point. …
AFRICOM in the Congo
Its immeasurable mineral resources has made the Congo the victim of a long history of Western…
Arundhati Roy on America’s Fiery, Brutal Impotence
The US leaves Afghanistan humiliated, but now faces bigger worries, from social polarisation to environmental collapse,…
Tigrayans Speak Out in Support of Ethiopia and Prime Minister Abiy, not the TPLF
A Tigrayan speaks in support of the Ethiopian government. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF, ruled…
Uganda to host 2,000 Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban
Following a request from the U.S. government, Uganda has agreed to take in 2,000 refugees who…
Tokyo Olympics: athletes resist, forge solidarity
By Minnie Bruce Pratt Black-gloved fists raised in a Black power salute, heads bowed on the podium,…
TO: Congress Tell Congress: Denounce Amazon’s plan to build a South African HQ on sacred indigenous land!
Dear MoveOn Member, I’m Robert Cruickshank of Demand Progress and I started a petition to Congress,…
West should sell us vaccines, or else we will make ours
Dear Western world, I am writing to you from the Pearl of Africa, the gifted country…
Crisis In Ethiopia: What the Media Isn’t Telling You About the War In Tigray
The Western media has largely cheered on the TPLF and demonized the Ethiopian government and its allies, with…
Here Is Why We Are Boycotting the UN Food Systems Summit
Social movements and scientists are staying out of the UN summit because it represents big agribusiness…
Defining Refugees in the Era of Climate Displacement
27 Jul 2021 – July 28th marks the 70th anniversary of the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. This…
UN: Two Empires Crumbling–and Then What?
Washington: There is History in the UN 29 Nov 2012 vote: 138 YES to giving Palestine…
COLOMBIAN MERCENARIES AND THE ASSASSINATION OF HAITIAN PRESIDENT JOVENEL MOÏSE
THE MEN SAT on a tile floor, many wearing tan combat boots, most with their hands cuffed…
Earth’s Greatest Enemy – A New Film by Abby Martin [OFFICIAL TEASER]
Abby Martin’s second feature film is an anti-imperialist environmental documentary. Join her on the journey, and…
SOUTH AFRICA: WHAT NOW AFTER VIOLENT PROTESTS?
DURBAN, South Africa — The sense of shock was palpable as a handful of residents stared…
SIERRA LEONE’S ABOLISHING OF DEATH PENALTY A MAJOR VICTORY
Photo: Amnesty International Reacting to the news that Parliament voted on 23 July to abolish the…
Foreign Tutelage is unacceptable
Once upon a time, the frogs wished for a better, powerful and influential king to rule…
IT IS NOT ZUMA AND LAZINESS, IT IS POVERTY AND INEQUALITY!
In South Africa this week has been faced with the demonstrations which associated with looting and…