Author: Lucia Robi

The Non-Aligned Movement’s recent summit in Kampala saw the 120-member bloc make headlines by denouncing Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip and demanding an immediate…

Insecurity in West Asia and the Horn of Africa is surging, as a new front in the Palestine-Israel conflict has opened in the Red Sea. Soon…

Nigeria has long been terrorised by militias, who raid villages and kidnap people for ransom, exacerbating religious and ethnic tensions. Since the conflict began in 2009,…

African Stream was excited to host PLO Lumumba to run through January’s biggest news items. Most prominent, of course, was South Africa’s petition against Israel at…

Africa undeniably has a problem with religious extremism. Why is it that Africans remain vulnerable to fanaticism and doomsday sects? Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie, who’s…

Just a few days ago an Algerian football fan and influencer turned up in Ivory Coast for AFCON and slagged off the host nation. She basically…

The West loves to put other people in the dock, but immediately when the shoe is on the other foot, they throw a tantrum. A vicious…

TalkTV’s Julia Hartley-Brewer is the gift that keeps giving the world a window into the minds of fading colonial powers. Hot on the heels of Israel’s…

The United Nations has failed to secure civilian life in Gaza, as well as the lives of dozens of its workers killed by Israeli bombardment. One…

The more we learn about the new gene therapy treatment the US Food and Drug Administration recently approved for sickle cell disease, the more we realise…