Author: Dennis Kahohi

Amidst US President Donald Trump’s attacks on South Africa over the recently enacted Land Expropriation Act that has seen a section of Afrikaners call for US…

Each week, we share an African proverb – and try to relate it to what’s happening in Africa today. As so often, we think again of…

‘Unfortunately, the enemy we face is not terrorism, but above all, France.’ These are some courageous words from Niger’s anti-imperialist, Pan-Africanist president, Abdourahamane Tiani in an…

On this day, 16 February 1959, Fidel Castro (1926-2016) was sworn in as prime minister of Cuba after leading a guerrilla campaign that forced US-backed dictator…

Maurice Carney, co-founder and executive director of Friends of the Congo (@congofriends), argued on Episode 18 of our ‘Pan-African Attitude’ podcast that Rwanda’s president, Paul Kagame,…

On this day, 16 February in 1959, Fidel Castro was sworn in as prime minister of revolutionary Cuba after leading a guerrilla campaign that forced US-backed…

Violence against children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached unprecedented levels. According to the UN, there are few (if any) worse places to…

There’s a new player shaking things up on the energy-export scene – Nigeria’s Dangote refinery. In early February 2025, the Lagos-based facility reportedly shipped 130-million litres…

Since the 17th century, European academics have tried to justify White supremacy and racism, promoting narratives that ‘other’ people of the Global South – presenting them…

In a speech at Michigan State University on 24 January 1963, revolutionary and civil-rights activist Malcom X (1925-65) drew a distinction between field and house N*groes.…