African Union Summit raises more questions than answers on viability
This year’s recently concluded African Union Heads of State Summit left more questions than answers, including resolution for a substantive plan of action to...
Exploring Senegal and appreciating Africa
DAKAR, Senegal—“Bye, bye cold weather” and “As-Salaam Alaikum, Africa.” That’s what our group of 14, eight adults and six children, said as we boarded...
Superhighway paves over a Nairobi slum, leaving thousands homeless
(GIN)—An ambitious road construction project in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has demolished some 13,000 homes in the informal housing of Mukuru Kwa Njenga, technically a...
Economies of former French colonies still under colonial control
In recent years, France has received an ever-growing barrage of negative news reports concerning its neocolonial ties to Africa. From 2018, when the French...
A ‘son of Africa’ honored Abdul Akbar Muhammad enstooled as chief in Ghana
A major distinction was bestowed on a son of Africa and longtime servant in the global struggle of Black people. Abdul Akbar Muhammad, the...
What’s happening in the Motherland? Latest coup targets Burkino Faso
Last year there were more coups in sub-Saharan Africa than at any time in the past two decades. January 24 in Burkino Faso marked...
‘Resist them until we are victorious or they rule an empty country after they have killed us all’
The Monday designated a federal holiday for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was the day the United Nations, as the result of horrific violence...
Decade of Sahel conflict leaves 2.5 million people displaced
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) called for concerted international action to end armed conflict in Africa’s central Sahel region, which has forced more than...
Sudan’s protest movement and wisdom from the ‘Justice Or Else!’ anniversary gathering of the historic 1995 Million Man March
How long Sudan’s highly mobilized grassroots movement will stay the course until a civilian government is achieved is anyone’s guess. Military coup leaders have not...
South Africa’s ruling party must regain support, says leader
JOHANNESBURG—South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the ruling party, the African National Congress, must work to regain popular support after being embroiled in corruption...