Browsing: Africa

Psychological oppression can be more powerful than the physical kind. While wounds inflicted on the body may heal with time, those inflicted on minds can permanently…

Donald Trump has turned off the money tap to the US State Department-funded Voice of America (VOA). VOA’s parent organisation, the United States Agency for Global…

Dr Arikana Chihombori-Quao, former African Union ambassador to the United States, lauded the dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), arguing it had attempted…

While we discussed with activist @mariamtheugandan (IG) why Africans need to show solidarity with Palestinians, Israel’s role in Africa came up. Its involvement in Africa has…

Following the announcement that USAID would end operations, the Sputnik news outlet hosted African Stream’s William Sakawa for an African perspective on the issue. While some…

On 10 March, Commonwealth Day celebrations in the UK were led by King Charles. But with the British monarchy’s influence dwindling, how long can this club…

Many people outside of Africa would be surprised to hear that some Africans were glad about the recent US foreign aid cuts. To understand why, here’s…

This week, world leaders gathered to celebrate the Commonwealth – a club of 56 nations supposedly united by shared values and mutual prosperity. But behind the…

It’s only taken them over three weeks, but the African Union’s finally broken its silence and come out against plans to essentially dismember war-torn Sudan. The…