Africa
New leadership in Tigray amid deepening divisions and fragile peace

The internal leadership struggle reflects a broader crisis within the TPLF about how to move forward in post-war Ethiopia.

Palestine solidarity protests in Morocco delay Maersk ship

The international movement for an arms embargo against Israel grows as protests in Morocco successfully delayed the docking of Nexoe Maersk

Congolese activists decry US-Congo mineral deal

Kinshasa’s pivot towards the US for security in exchange for minerals has alarmed activists who say that the US is responsible for the ongoing violence in the country’s east.

French-far right and Paris-based Islamists drag French relations with Algeria to rock-bottom French far right and Paris-based Islamists drag French relations with Algeria to rock-bottom

Both countries have expelled each other’s diplomats as the latest diplomatic row, triggered by the arrest and indictment of an Algerian consular officer in France earlier this month, continues to escalate.

Moroccan dockworkers call for boycott of Maersk’s arms shipment to Israel

In one of the boldest moves by a trade union in Morocco since Israel’s genocidal aggression on Gaza started, the Port Workers’ Union called for a boycott of the Nexoe Maersk ship

NUMSA gears up for 2025 bargaining season at National Bargaining Conference

The union adopted clear resolutions based on continued organizing, recruitment, and delivering quality services to members.

Gates Foundation withdraws host country agreement with Kenya following legal challenge and public pressure Gates Foundation withdraws host country agreement with Kenya following legal challenge and public pressure

Facing a court suspension of its diplomatic-style privileges and growing national backlash, the Gates Foundation has opted to abandon its special legal status in Kenya.

Sudan’s paramilitary attacks largest IDP camps amid world’s biggest displacement crisis, killing over 100

Burning down hundreds makeshift shelters used by the IDPs, Sudan’s paramilitary also torched the famine-struck camp’s central market and its community kitchen, burning the women inside alive, before attacking the last of the camp’s medical posts and killing all its staff.

CPM-K officials survive assassination attempt in Kenya

The attack, which targeted key party members, is part of a broader campaign of political repression in Kenya, says CPMK.

With 67% of the population considered “poor”, Lesotho gears up to face highest US tariff rate

The highest tariff of 50% imposed on one of the smallest and poorest sub-Saharan African countries, essentially penalizes the inability of its workers producing American brands to afford them.

Israeli diplomat booted from AU conference Israeli diplomat booted from AU conference on Rwandan genocide

As the Israeli genocide in Gaza continues unrelenting, more countries are demonstrating their outrage by imposing stricter political, diplomatic, and economic restrictions on Israel.

Why is South Sudan on the brink of civil war again?

The world’s youngest republic, and one of its poorest, is on the brink of returning to a civil war as its unelected state leaders prepare for another armed showdown.