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Families still struggling one year after Beirut explosion: UNICEF

A year after the devastating explosions in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, a staggering 98 percent of families are still in need, according to a survey...

Remembering, honoring Dr. Runoko Rashidi

While reviewing the legacy left by the chronicler of the Global African Presence and the heir apparent to mantle of scholars Dr. Cheikh Anta...

Thousands protest French government’s mandatory Covid-19 vaccine, pass

In the aftermath of protests in France, the government is moving ahead with its controversial Covid-19 vaccine mandates. The French parliament passed a law...

South Africa challenges African Union on granting observer status to Israel

Responding to the African Union Commission’s apparent unilateral move to grant the apartheid state of Israel observer status, Algeria referred to the Jewish state...

South African revolt aimed at economic apartheid

An uneasy calm hung over South Africa after 25,000 army troops were deployed to assist police responding to unrest in the country. The social...

Fear and facts are linking America to the murder of Haiti’s president

After the tragic assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse there’s been a call for the United States to bring U.S. troops on the ground...

Cuba protests spotlight suffering caused by U.S. embargo and punishing sanctions

Much of the world took notice when thousands of Cubans began demonstrations in Havana, and other cities, towns and villages to protest severe shortages...

Inequality, insecurity and a major crisis

Mayhem, deadly violence and pillaging that shook South Africa in days of public unrest were deliberate, President Cyril Ramaphosa alleged while visiting affected areas. “It...

Launching a collective for African renewal

In April of 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, a collective of 100 African intellectual leaders published an open letter addressing the...

America and a history of failure in South Sudan

America and its growing history of incompetence in failed state building in foreign lands is like a father uprooting and leaving babies he is...