‘Water grab’ by profit-seeking corporations starve African lands of vital resources, report says
(GIN)—In anticipation of Earth Day on April 22, a blistering new study has emerged on the escalating climate crisis in Africa and the threat...
Deported Black asylum seekers at risk in Cameroon
(GIN)—As the U.S. prepares to welcome tens of thousands of Ukrainians fleeing war, scores of African and Caribbean refugees are being sent back to...
Time to disband American naval base in Bahrain, expel military forces: Opposition
A Bahraini opposition group has denounced the presence of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet in the Persian Gulf kingdom, emphasizing that the massive American naval...
78 Palestinian children under 18 killed by Israel in 2021, says statistical institution
Israeli military forces killed 78 Palestinian children under 18 years in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip in 2021, the Palestinian Central...
Peru imposes, then withdraws curfew to quell price protests
LIMA, Peru—Peru’s president on April 5 lifted a curfew he had decreed less than a day earlier in the country’s capital and its main...
Sri Lanka: Mishandling of economic crisis triggers alarm over rights violations
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on April 5 urged authorities in Sri Lanka to defuse tensions peacefully, after a state of emergency was...
The spread of Islam across the African continent
In early April, Muslims around the globe began Islam’s Holy Month of Ramadan, including East Africa’s Kenya where 10 percent of the population are...
‘There’s no freedom:’ African students fleeing Ukraine are being held in detention centers in the European Union
A 29-year-old Nigerian student was studying trade and economics in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, when war broke out. The student, who remained anonymous, spoke to...
‘We will continue all forms of resistance’ Military crackdown in Sudan continues, protestors remain undeterred
The strangeness of writing a column about Africa and being married to an African in the middle of a political, economic and social crisis...
Haitians protest rising insecurity; some burn a plane
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Haitians took to the streets March 29 to protest rising insecurity, with demonstrations turning violent in the southern city of Les Cayes where...