Forged in Struggle, Bound for the Future: Zimbabwe and China’s Ironclad Friendship Against Imperialism
By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa Seventy-six years ago, the People’s Republic of China rose from the ruins of foreign aggression and humiliation to become a beacon of hope for the world’s oppressed peoples. Forty-five years ago,…
16 September 2025
Turkish and African Leaders to Convene in İstanbul for Major Economic Forum
İstanbul, Türkiye — Over 4,000 business leaders, government officials, and financial institutions from across Africa and Türkiye are set to gather in İstanbul for the fifth Türkiye-Africa Business and Economic Forum (TABEF), scheduled for 16–17…
15 September 2025
Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro
Venezuela, Imperialism, and the Global Struggle for Sovereignty
By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa September 8, 2025, marks not only a commemorative moment for progressive forces across the Global South but also a profound reflection on the unfinished struggle against imperialism. Latin America, the Caribbean,…
14 September 2025
Current world map: courtesy of Reddit Maps
AFRICA MAP SIZE MYTH
By Fortune Madondo A Geographical Lie The current standard world map is wildly misleading, a tool of miseducation, and perpetuates a geographical lie. And mostly Mother Africa (the Continent of Africa) is the victim, presented…
10 September 2025
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Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in Tianjin: China, Russia, and India Redraw the Map of a Post-Imperialist World
By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa Western headlines have tried to reduce the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin to a spectacle of handshakes, smiles, and photographs. To them, the meeting of China’s President Xi Jinping,…
9 September 2025
TICAD9 and the Mirage of Japanese Partnership: Why Africa’s Future Lies with China, Not Neo-Imperialism
By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), once promoted as a vehicle for deepening Africa–Japan relations, has increasingly revealed itself as a hollow theatre of neo-imperial gestures. The Ninth Tokyo…
9 September 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping and foreign leaders walk to Tian'anmen Rostrum ahead of a grand gathering to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)
Xi Jinping — proponent of a more just world order
BEIJING, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) — At Beijing’s Tian’anmen Square, Chinese President Xi Jinping, together with world leaders, attended on Wednesday morning a grand military parade honoring both China’s victory and the collective triumph of nations…
8 September 2025
A view of Shannan, southwest China's Xizang autonomous region. (Photo by Tsering Lumpur)
Exploring cultural integration at the source of Tibetan civilization in Shannan
By Zhao Juecheng, Fan Lingzhi, Global Times; Zhang Bolan, Xian Gan, People’s Daily A 17-hour flight from Athens, Greece, to Lhasa in China’s Xizang autonomous region- including a layover in Beijing – bridges five time…
5 September 2025
A 37-carat pink diamond recovered from Karowe Mine
Karowe Delivers Again: HB Antwerp Receives Exceptional Pink Diamond
Antwerp, Belgium – HB Antwerp has received a rare 37.42-carat pink Type IIa diamond recovered from Lucara Diamond Corp’s Karowe Mine in Botswana, marking another milestone in the strategic partnership between the Belgian manufacturer and…
3 September 2025
Muammar Gaddafi, Revolutionary leader turned Martyr for his people
The Fifty-Sixth Anniversary of the Great Al-Fateh Revolution of Libya
By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa On the 1st September 2025, the people of Africa and the world mark the fifty-sixth anniversary of the Great Al-Fateh Revolution of Libya, a pivotal event in modern history that changed…
2 September 2025
