African Liberation Day was commemorated across Africa by movements and organizations calling for the defense of sovereignty, stronger organizing, and deeper international solidarity.

Ghana endorsed Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara, abandoning its long-held support for Sahrawi sovereignty. Now Ghana is aligned with Morocco’s expanding economic and diplomatic maneuver across Africa.

Military officers ousted President Ali Bongo on August 30, just minutes after Gabon’s national electoral body proclaimed the incumbent as the winner of the August 26 general elections. Bongo was placed under house arrest as hundreds of people took to the streets in Libreville to celebrate the ouster of a family that has ruled Gabon for 56 years

Hosted in St.Petersburg, the two-day summit was attended by delegations from 49 African states. The meeting has produced a 74-point joint declaration for collaboration on matters including security, trade, and the environment

The African delegation led by South African President Cyril Ramaposha visited both Ukraine and Russia and met with the leaders to presented a 10-point peace proposal and offered mediation to end the war 

The UN is, and has been for some time, a pretty meaningless institution that merely acts as a useful idiot when the White House decides it has some role to perform in protecting US interests. Many countries of the Global South are now seeing much more value in creating structures that take their interests into account

The military junta ruling Sudan and right-wing political parties have signed a Framework Agreements to establish a transitional government and hold fresh elections. The Sudanese Communist Party has said this will exclude millions and legitimize the coup regime

Independent journalist Siddharthya Roy and NewsClick’s Prabir Purkayastha talk about the questions that are being raised about the relevance of G20 ahead of its summit in Bali

In this episode of Mapping Faultlines, NewsClick’s Prabir Purkayastha explains the reasons behind the global food crisis and inflation

“Anti-Russia sanctions have made this situation worse and now we do not have access to grain from Russia, especially wheat,” said AU chairperson Macky Sall following a meeting with Vladimir Putin on June 3