Africa: Police Tear Gas and Arrest Protesters At France-Africa Counter Summit in Nairobi

Organizers, activists, intellectuals, and international delegates were arrested in Nairobi during an anti-imperialist protest against the France-Africa Summit, which critics have… Read more »

Kenya: Kenyan Court Recriminalizes Abortion

Reproductive rights advocates warn that the ruling spells grave danger for both doctors and pregnant women, thousands of whom die of unsafe abortions every year in Kenya. Read more »

Sudan: Sudan War Spillover Kills 17 More Civilians in Chad

After a drone originating from the war-torn Sudan struck a Chadian town, the Chadian government shut its border and ordered military retaliation against any future attacks. Read more »

Kenya: Case Against Kenyan Communist Leader Booker Omole Already Unraveling

Withdrawing from the case, the complainant and the key witness named in the chargesheet has accused the police of fabricating charges and weaponizing the criminal justice system. Read more »

South Africa: The Death, and Life, of Khabazela - a Portrait of Abahlali's 26th Martyr for Land Rights

On the forefront of the resistance to South Africa's land mafia preying on the urban poor, 52-year-old Khabazela, treasurer of the shack-dwellers movement Abahlali baseMjondolo's… Read more »

Nigeria: Lagos Waterfront Community Targeted By Demolition Drive to Make Way for Real Estate Investors

After displacing over 10,000 residents from Nigeria's largest informal settlement on the Lagos waterfront, eyed by investors as prime real estate in Africa's second largest city by… Read more »

Sudan: As Attacks Intensify in Kordofan, Fighting Once Again Threatens Sudan's Capital

After consolidating control over Darfur, Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are pushing east into Kordofan, stepping up attacks on El Obeid - a strategic city blocking their… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa Expels Israeli Ambassador - Israel Retaliates By Expelling South Africa's Ambassador to Palestine

South Africa has not had an ambassador to Israel for many years. Israel's demand that South Africa's ambassador leave Palestine "underscores Israel's refusal to honor international… Read more »

Uganda: Ugandan Military Continues Post-Election Manhunt for Main Opposition Leader Bobi Wine

After bragging of killing 30 members of Wine's party, Uganda's military chief, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of its 81-year-old president and heir apparent, said "our troops have orders… Read more »

Chad: Sudan Civil War Spills Over Into Neighboring Chad

Pursuing armed groups affiliated to the army into Chad, Sudan's paramilitary attacked a Chadian military garrison, killing seven soldiers and prompting the government to issue a… Read more »

Africa: '70 Percent of Africans Back Reparations,' Says Pan-African Progressive Front

The Pan-African Progressive Front has released a communiqué calling for reparations in Africa following the completion of a continent-wide survey. Read more »

West Africa: The Alliance of Sahel States Launches Unified Military Force and Strengthens Regional Security

A historic turning point in Sahelian sovereignty, as Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger bolstered their regional security through a unified military force and in the same week held its… Read more »

Sudan: RSF Has Burnt and Buried Tens of Thousands of Corpses in El Fasher, Says Yale Report

Analyzing satellite images showing "clusters of objects consistent with human remains", "reddish discoloration consistent with blood", charred earth and dug up ground consistent… Read more »

Tunisia: Tunisian Authorities Arrest 21 People Connected to Protests in Kairouan

The anti-government demonstrations erupted following the death of a young man who had been injured and severely beaten by the Tunisian police in late November. Read more »

Africa: Another Break From Françafrique - Burkina Faso Suspends Participation in Francophone Judicial Body

The severing of ties to the France-led judicial council, announced on December 15 as part of Burkina Faso's broader break from Françafrique. Read more »

Africa: Algeria Hosts Conference On the Crimes of Colonialism in Africa

Algeria recently hosted the International Conference on the Crimes of Colonialism in Africa (Nov 30-Dec 1, 2025) in Algiers, an AU-backed event pushing for the recognition of… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's RSF Expands Control Eastward After Taking Over Darfur

Deploying more troops freed up from Darfur after the fall of El Fasher, the paramilitary RSF had since intensified attacks on Babanusa, stronghold of the army whose HQ of the 22nd… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's High Court Rules in Favor of Smallholder Farmers and Indigenous Seeds

The landmark ruling secures farmers' right to save, share, and exchange indigenous seeds, by decriminalizing it and safeguarding traditional farming heritage. Read more »

Niger: On the Road - an Unprecedented Cross-Country Journey By Niger's President Amid a Neo-Colonial Proxy War

Amid the Western portrayal of Niger as a failed state reeling under attacks by terrorists after expelling the French troops, President Tchiani traveled on road in an unprecedented… Read more »

Ghana: 'Inalienable Right of Africans and People of African Descent to Full Reparations', Asserts Accra Declaration

Ghana's president John Mahama unveiled a plan for visa-free travel between African countries in his keynote address to an international conference organized by the Pan-African… Read more »

Mali: Mali Defends Sovereignty Against a Western-Backed 'Proxy War' By Terror Groups

As panic-inducing travel advisories and doomsaying media reports prophesy the fall of Mali to an Al Qaeda affiliate attacking fuel convoys, the government has re-secured supply… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Recent Elections - Crisis and a Continent's Youth in Revolt

The recent elections in Tanzania, Cameroon, and Côte d'Ivoire lay bare the contradictions of neoliberal democracy in Africa, where the ruling class clings to power through… Read more »

Tanzania: Post-Election Repression in Tanzania As President Suluhu 'Wins' With 97.66%

Tanzania's disputed elections, already clouded by credibility concerns, ended with President Samia Suluhu declared the winner. Authorities have intensified arrests and crackdowns,… Read more »

Nigeria: Trump Threatens War On Africa's Most Populous Country to 'Save' 'Our Cherished Christians'

"We know the heart and intent of Trump is to help us fight insecurity," states the spokesperson of Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu, who has time and again demonstrated his loyalty… Read more »

Sudan: A Bloodbath Visible From Space - RSF's Massacres in Sudan's El Fasher

"I urge colleagues to study the latest satellite imagery of El Fasher; blood on the sand. And I urge colleagues to study the world's continued failure to stop this. Blood on...… Read more »