By Francis Kokutse , AP — Delegates at a reparations summit in Ghana agreed Thursday to establish a Global Reparation Fund to push for overdue compensation for millions of Africans enslaved…
German forces killed almost 300,000 people during the Maji Maji rebellion in the early 1900s. By Jessica Parker & Danai Nesta Kupemba, BBC — The German president has expressed “shame”…
A painful history of destabilizing interventions looms over international efforts to pull together a security force. By Widlore Mérancourt and Amanda Coletta, Washington Post — Antonio Saint Louis lives in…
UN secretary general says no country has comprehensively accounted for the past. By Aamna Mohdin, The Guardian — A UN report calling on countries to consider financial reparations for transatlantic…
By Evelyne Musambi, AP — Kenya’s president is wooing American tech companies, promising a business-friendly environment — even though he has raised taxes on businesses at home. President William Ruto…
By Ignatius Ssuuna and Cara Anna, AP — Rwanda’s president declared he will run for a fourth term next year, saying that “what the West thinks is not my problem,”…
“Should we work together to maintain peace and stability, or just sleepwalk into the abyss of a new Cold War?” President XI Jinping asked. Source: teleSUR — On Tuesday, President…
Talk is better than war, but those who are willing to turn a blind eye to the futility of talks in the past three years since the fall of Mali…
By Rédaction Africanews and AP — Russia and China will look to gain more political and economic ground in the developing world at a summit in South Africa this week,…
Association with France’s colonial history and neocolonial policies are likely to handicap Washington throughout Africa in the medium to long term. By Ken Opalo, An Africanist Perspective — I: Important…
Rev. Jonathan Weaver takes his message international By Hamil R. Harris, Washington Informer — For more than five decades the Rev. Jonathan Weaver has traveled from the United States to…
Niger’s Coup D’état Amidst Africa’s Complexities: Leadership, Geopolitics, and Pathways to Progress.
By Mamadou Niang — Niger’s President, Mohamed Bazoum, was overthrown on July 26, 2023, by elements of his presidential guard. Their commander, General Tiani, was declared the head of state…