Browsing: africa

On 14 November, during the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, 170 countries passed a resolution affirming the Palestinians’ right to self-determination and freedom…

The Communist Party of Kenya (CPK) held its second national congress on 16-17 November in the capital of Nairobi. Amidst the world’s mounting dissatisfaction with capitalism…

Western foreign policy has increasingly focused on isolating countries like Russia and China. In contrast, Rwanda, one of Washington’s key partners in Africa, appears to be…

140 years ago today, on the 15th of November 1884, European powers came together and carved up Africa with not a single African in the room…

Over a month ago, the US accused African Stream – without evidence – of being a Russian propaganda outfit. Since then, we’ve been banned by social…

The UK military’s 2022 ‘zero tolerance’ policy on s*xual exploitation abroad has failed at preventing soldiers from paying for s*x and abusing local women, especially in…

Zambia gained its independence on this day in 1964. However, Zambia’s journey to liberation has set it apart from most African countries because it broke free…

Ahmed Kaballo (@AhmedKaballo on X), African Stream’s founder, engaged in an insightful discussion on Africa’s promising future during the 2nd Sobh International Media Festival in May…

Neil deGrasse Tyson, author and astrophysicist, discusses the racial biases propagated by the early scientific community. They claimed that Europeans were at the top of the…

On this day in 1987, visionary pan-African icon and leader of Burkina Faso Thomas Sankara was assassinated by his longtime friend and, at the time, minister…