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EU warns Al Fasher becomes ‘graveyard of humanity’ amid Sudan’s worsening crisis

The European Union has sounded the alarm over the dire situation in Sudan’s Al Fasher, describing it as a “graveyard of humanity,” with civilians...

Mining giant Anglo American faces class action appeal over alleged lead poisoning in Zambia

CAPE TOWN, South Africa—An appeal hearing opened Nov. 3 in South Africa on whether a subsidiary of British-based mining company Anglo American PLC was responsible for...

How French troops murdered hundreds of their comrades in WWII

by Egountchi Behanzin, RT.com More than 300 African soldiers were executed by the French colonial army in Thiaroye, Senegal More than 81 years after the events,...

Nigeria warns against ‘Minecraft approach’ in trade with Africa

Nigeria is less affected by U.S. tariffs compared to other countries due to its diversified trade strategy, the West African country’s foreign...

Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, Ghana’s former first lady and human rights activist, dies at age 76

Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, former first lady of the West African country Ghana, is being remembered as an activist and women’s advocate by many around...

Building a bridge between Dakar and the city of Philadelphia

Recently, the United Muslim Business Association (UMBA) partnered with GlobalAfricans.com and hosted a celebratory gathering for Madame Khadija Mechecor Diouf, mayor of the Golf...

African nations’ challenge to take charge of their mineral wealth amid debt and exploitation

The U.S., its European partners, with their neoliberal free-market capitalism tactics, are in a race for the Global South’s, mainly Africa’s, critical minerals. China...

South African activists on Gaza flotilla claim harsh treatment by Israel over genocide case

JOHANNESBURG—Six South African activists who were detained by Israel while attempting to reach Gaza as part of an aid flotilla said Oct. 8 they were subjected...

African state uncovers ‘espionage network’

Burkina Faso’s government has detained the leaders of an NGO over claims of illicit intelligence gathering. Burkina Faso’s government has arrested eight workers for a...

While denying humanitarian aid to Gazans, Israel is now making moves in Africa

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar visited Zambia to cap Israel’s steadily growing ties between the two countries and to mark what is being called,...