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Two important official reports published in the UK in July and September 2016 have confirmed that the imperialist impulse which had informed the political attitude of many Western ruling groups to perpetuate their neo-colonialist hegemony over Africa has not disappeared. In this wide ranging piece, the former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, analyzing the findings …
A former Gambian minister appeared in a Swiss court on March 30 to appeal against a conviction for crimes against humanity under ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh. Ousman Sonko’s conviction for homicide, torture and false imprisonment in May 2024 was historic since he was the highest-ranking former official ever to be tried in Europe using universal jurisdiction, which allows for the prosecution of …
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Souleymane’s Story, an award-winning French film directed by Boris Lojkine, has premiered in the U.S. The film stars Abou Sangaré and depicts the challenges faced by Souleymane, an undocumented Guinean immigrant in Paris. It illustrates his struggles to obtain work as a bicycle courier for a food delivery app, secure housing, and seek asylum in …
Lagos taxi driver Adegbola Isaac went to the gas station twice in the last weekend of March. Each time, the price in the Nigerian city had climbed further and hit 1,350 naira ($0.99) per liter, a nearly 35% increase since the Iran war started. That’s wiped out most of his daily profit. “It is hitting hard,” Isaac told The Associated Press. Like many people across the …
Africa is hurting again from a global crisis it had no part in starting Read More »
A former high-profile Belgian diplomat has appealed against a court decision ordering him to stand trial over the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, Congo’s first prime minister, in 1961, the ex-diplomat’s lawyer told Reuters on Friday. A Belgian court ordered 93-year-old Etienne Davignon, a former vice-president of the European Commission, on March 17 to face prosecution over his alleged …
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A resolution proposed by Ghana at the United Nations on March 25 to recognize transatlantic slavery as the “gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations has been adopted despite resistance from Europe and the U.S. Ghana said the resolution was needed because the consequences of slavery, which saw at least 12.5 million Africans taken and sold between the 15th and 19th centuries, persist …
UN adopts Ghana’s slavery resolution, defying resistance from US, Europe Read More »
The remains of dozens of Africans whose bodies were dug up and sent to Europe for scientific research long ago were reburied Monday in South Africa, whose president called the practice “rooted in racism and used to advance theories of European racial superiority.” The remains of at least 63 members of the Khoi and San communities had been …
The African Union has been focusing on improving its effectiveness for the past ten years. It has established a framework that integrates peacekeeping operations with regional economic groups; however, it has faced challenges in intervening to resolve conflicts in areas like the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Sahel, and Sudan. Most interventions in these situations …
Africa’s eye on minerals as the be-all-and-cure-all for the continent’s development agenda is being tested by geopolitical gamesmanship as global superpowers jostle to carve new spheres of influence. Amid the turmoil unleashed by the United States President Donald Trump administration’s trade tariffs, African minerals have faced price volatility, which analysts say points to the fragility …
Africa’s minerals boon, cautious optimism amid geopolitical disruptions Read More »
For decades, individual Africans and groups have called for reparations to be paid to the continent and its varied diaspora by the former European slaving nations for the enormous harm they did to Africa and its people over the 400 years of transatlantic slavery. Now the African Union has taken up the mantle. It has …