June 19

• Congo-Kinshasa: A Bleak Future for DRC Youth [opinion]

  Young people have paid an extremely high price for the fragile state the DR Congo finds itself in, especially as large numbers of them are uneducated, unemployed and with no... Read more »

• Africa: Giving Shame to Whom Honour Is Due [opinion]

  There is much to celebrate among young people of Africa. Despite some serious setbacks, the results are encouraging and the prognosis is good, very good Read more »

June 13

• Kenya: Comrade Njoroge Wanguthi, A Freedom Hero [analysis]

  He spent his life struggling for democratic reforms in Kenya and suffered much for it, spending long years in prison under the Moi dictatorship. His commitment should inspire new... Read more »

June 12

• Ethiopia: Dousing the Flames - Reasonable Discussion of Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam [opinion]

  Tensions and misinformation have arisen surrounding Ethiopia's renaissance dam. To douse the flames of tensions an International Panel of Experts and their report must be allowed... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: Unequal Power - Unfair Rationing of Erratic Electricity [opinion]

  Power changed hands in Sierra Leone, but has not meant improvements in the quality of life of ordinary people in terms of access to the basics of life. The people must not relent... Read more »

• Angola: Angola Wins, but German Magazine Wonders - Where Is Angola? [opinion]

  It would be very interesting to find out which hidden agendas "ART" is pursuing with its lopsided coverage of Angola's success in Venice Read more »

• Nigeria: Ignored Lessons of a Struggle [opinion]

  June 12, the day 20 years ago when a national election was dramatically annulled, reminds Nigerians of the extra mile some of their opportunistic compatriots could go for self and... Read more »

• Uganda: Civil Society Reaction to State of the Nation Address [analysis]

  A coalition of civil society organizations fighting for realization of the right to health in Uganda issued the following statement in reaction to President Museveni's State of the... Read more »

• Africa: Syria and the Sham of 'Humanitarian Intervention' [opinion]

  Humanitarian intervention provides the U.S. the perfect ideological cover and internal rationalization to continue as the global 'gendarme' of the capitalist order. America should... Read more »

• Africa: African Integration - Africa's Year [opinion]

  A recent conference on the theme '50 years after the founding of the OAU: Africa must unite or perish' looked at strategies for achieving Africa's integration. Focusing on past... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Court Poll Decision Is Legal Sophistry [opinion]

  The recent court ruling ordering President Mugabe to hold elections by July 31 strangely never took account of the enormous amount of legal work that needs to be done before polls... Read more »

• Kenya: Heroes Let Down Badly by Kenya [opinion]

  The former Land and Freedom fighters, otherwise more popularly known as 'Mau Mau' have won compensation from the British government for the brutal mistreatment they endured.... Read more »

• Kenya: Why NGOs Are Jittery Over Public Benefits Organizations Act [opinion]

  New legislation in regards to local and international NGOs in Kenya is likely to exacerbate the mutual suspicion between the governments and NGOs Read more »

• Kenya: Activists Oppose Isreali Film Festival in Kenya [opinion]

  An open letter to the French Cultural Centre, Nairobi Read more »

• Niger: June 12 - Celebrating a Farce [opinion]

  Before they can celebrate 'democracy day', Nigerians deserve to know the truth about Moshood Abiola's stolen election twenty years ago which led directly to the country's worst... Read more »

• Africa: The War On Africa - U.S. Imperialism and the World Economic Crisis [opinion]

  Capitalism has failed to provide adequate housing, jobs, medical, educational and other services to many people in the West. As well, China's global influence is rising. These are... Read more »

• Africa: African Unity Leading Africa Towards Disaster [opinion]

  The African Union and local judicial systems in Africa appear to support the impunity of African leaders who commit crimes against humanity, lock up journalists and civil rights... Read more »

June 11

• Tunisia: Tunisia - The Rocky Road to Elections [opinion]

  Tunisians are concerned that the uprising that overthrew the Ben Ali dictatorship has failed to bear any meaningful result. The ruling coalition is only interested in its own... Read more »

• Africa: Popularizing New Neo-Colonial Governance Processes for African Minerals? [analysis]

  There seems to be an unspoken foreign goal to prevent control of mining policy throughout Africa from falling into the hands of nationalist, pro-community political forces who will... Read more »

• Africa: The Unfinished Business of Total Liberation - Africa's Islands [analysis]

  It is generally held that decolonisation of Africa ended with the fall of apartheid in South Africa in 1994. But the truth is that Britain, France, Spain and Portugal continue to... Read more »

• Kenya: Is Kenya the New Haven for Tax Dodgers? [opinion]

  The plan looks fine, but in practice it means Kenya would become a see-no-evil, hear-no-evil haven for tax cheats and money launderers, governed by lax regulation that puts all the... Read more »

• Kenya: Britain Announces Compensation for Mau Mau Victims [opinion]

  Government acknowledges that Kenyans were subject to torture and other forms of ill treatment at the hands of the colonial administration, but refuses to accept liability for the... Read more »

June 06

• Africa: Stop Intimidation Around Sierra Leone Oil Palm Project [opinion]

  Groups around the world accuse European business magnates Vincent Bolloré and Hubert Fabri of using intimidation to silence local opposition to African land grab Read more »

• Africa: Chickens Roost in Woolwich [opinion]

  Outrage sparked by the recent brutal murder of a British soldier quickly spread around the world. The deed was called depraved, sick, disgusting, savage, horrifying, but this... Read more »

• Africa: Media Siege - Police Fighting the Wrong Enemy [opinion]

  In one of the most bizarre attacks on media freedom, police descended on certain news organizations in Uganda and closed them down for days because of publishing claims about... Read more »