African Union: Why granting Israel an observer status is another grave misstep
The AU decision reflects its lengthy support for a two-state solution which has certainly failed the Palestinians and enabled the western-backed Israeli settler-colonial project. On 22 July, the chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC)…
12 August 2021
Zambia election: Young voters may hold the cards
BBC News, Lusaka– Zambia is expected to hold tightly contested presidential and parliamentary elections on Thursday, with many voters – especially the youth – worried about the economic turmoil that has hit the copper-rich nation.…
12 August 2021
Pro-Israeli Africans show their teeth at the African Union
The 22nd of July 2021 will go down in the history of the African Union as a day of shame. On that day, the AU Commission Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, shamelessly received the credentials of…
9 August 2021
Palestine/Western Sahara: Can Youth Leadership under Colonialism tell us anything new?
The answer is a bold yes. Youth Leadership under Colonialism does bring new elements to our established understanding that, “Leadership is about action and about change at the individual, organisational and societal levels” (Odeh, Bruning,…
28 June 2021
A Massive demonstration for the freedom of Western Sahara in Madrid marching from various cities
Madrid (Spain)- Thousands of people demonstrated this Saturday in favor of the freedom of Western Sahara, demanding that Spain assume its “historical, legal and moral responsibility” for this territory decolonization and put an end to…
19 June 2021
A Palestinian man runs away from tear gas during clashes with Israeli security forces in front of the Dome of the Rock Mosque at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City Monday, May 10, 2021. Israeli police clashed with Palestinian protesters at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Monday, the latest in a series of confrontations that is pushing the contested city to the brink of eruption. Palestinian medics said at least 180 Palestinians were hurt in the violence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, including 80 who were hospitalized. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Israel’s Pogroms in Jerusalem Could Spark the Destruction of al-Aqsa
There is every reason to believe the tragic (and seemingly unbelievable) scenario that one of Jerusalem’s holiest sites, and one of the world’s most revered monuments, could soon lay ruined in ashes as Zionist forces…
15 June 2021
Construction of China-aided Africa CDC progresses smoothly
The China-aided Africa CDC project in Addis Ababa, kicked off last December, is running smoothly with its foundation almost finished. The project covers an area of 90,000 square meters and is expected to be completed…
14 June 2021
France-Algeria relations: The lingering fallout from nuclear tests in the Sahara
The continued fallout from the nuclear tests carried out by France in the desert of its former colony, Algeria, continues to pollute relations between the two countries more than 60 years later, as Maher Mezahi…
9 June 2021
‘Sorry’ still the hardest word, as EU steps up courtship of Africa
Sometimes it takes a little geopolitical competition to acknowledge the sins of the past. For years, relations between the European Union and African countries ticked along more or less nicely. The Lomé Convention, and the Cotonou Agreement which…
9 June 2021
It’s apartheid, say Israeli ambassadors to South Africa
“It is clearer than ever that the occupation is not temporary, and there is not the political will in the Israeli government to bring about its end.” During our careers in the foreign service, we…
8 June 2021
