Browsing: Africa

‘You’re lucky to be part of France!’ That was the message from French President Emmanuel Macron to the frustrated residents of Mayotte, an Indian Ocean archipelago,…

In October, Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube announced that the country would spend $20 million to pay some white farmers whose land was expropriated in early…

The bustle dress was a very popular dress during the Victorian era. It was a fashion accessory for upper-class women. Even though this dress was integrated…

On 20 December 1956, the Montgomery bus boycott ended after 13 months. The political and social mass action started on 5 December 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama.…

In 2014, Ghanaian-British artist Fuse ODG declined an invitation to join Band-Aid’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ 30th-anniversary remake. The charity single was first released in…

Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré recently dedicated half of his busy work day to hosting more than 200 children on 21 November to commemorate World Children’s…

According to Scientists for Global Responsibility, the world’s militaries are to blame for approximately 5.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The US military stands out as…

Assata Shakur, a Black Liberation Army member exiled in Cuba since 1984, is the only person among the top 10 on the FBI’s ‘Most Wanted Terrorists’…

Is it a coincidence that the West favours some of Africa’s autocratic leaders? For example, take the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Mobutu Sese Seko (1930-97),…

India Pitts, a member of the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (@aaprp on X) and its women’s wing, All-African Women’s Revolutionary Union, has sent us exclusive footage…