Did you know many African countries continue to pay colonial tax to France since their independence till today! When Sékou Touré of Guinea decided in 1958 to get…
When he’s not singing or producing music, Akon is busy providing sustainable living options to people in African countries. The Senegalese-American singer’s initiative, appropriately called Akon Lighting Africa,…
A few people have asked me what my uncle kept inside for years in this post. My uncle has now passed away (nothing to do with Biafra), but he…
The securitisation of immigration control has failed to solve the migrant crisis because it ignores the root cause: a global system that puts profits before people. Algerian migrant…
Let’s me tell you what is on the world news agenda for the next months: world overpopulation! Some people think the world is becoming overpopulated. And, surprisingly Africa…
Tom Burgis’ The Looting Machine is a rollercoaster read. Filled with vignettes on spooks, smugglers and kleptocratic warlords with suitcases of cash, it reads like a crime thriller,…
On the occasion of the 8 March International Women’s Day, Kimpa Vita Press present you an inteview of Mildred Aristide done by haitisolidarity.net Mildred Aristide is an attorney,…
Washington, DC — Rarely has so small a law stirred so much debate about so distant a conflict. Over the past several months, debate about legislation requiring companies…
Dinka Panaaru resilience remained unchallengeable despite huge ramification that left by the ongoing war in South Sudan on wide range developmental sectors for just sprout institutions after South…
INTRODUCTION As the Ebola outbreak rages, and there are projections of more than 1.4 million persons infected in the next few months, the African Union and the regional…
In its State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014 report (SOFI 2014), which has just been released, the ‘world’ according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture…
Image Telam, Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica Uruguayan President Jose Mujica conveyed his concern at the U.S. Supreme Court ruling and held that the vulture funds intentions are related…
No woman should lose her status, livelihood or property when her husband dies, yet millions of widows in our world face persistent abuse, discrimination, disinheritance and destitution stressed…
Cows and land remain central to many local conflicts in South Kivu. On the evening of Friday 6th June, at least 33 unarmed Congolese civilians were killed in…
Nnimmo Bassey discusses the continuing protests by the Niger Delta people against oil pollution and makes the case for compensation. Can you provide some historical context to…
Cross-posted from Counterpunch. Recently Haiti President Michel Martelly celebrated his third year in office. He gained wide support from the U.S. on his election platform which persists…
An interview with Nicolás Cruz Tineo by Beverly Bell and Jessica Hsu These glassblowers are also owners of a cooperative dishware factory in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo: Andy…
After days of coordinating with me over patchy cell phone connections, Hao Shengli arrived in Mozambique’s capital city of Maputo. He’d come to load up on supplies and…
I will never forget my first trip to Haiti. In 1990, at five years old, I went to Haiti with my dad to visit family. I spent my…
Reuters/Michael Dalder It is too premature to make any accusations on the basis that the North Korean gold was found in US products, but shows the level…