Imperialism
A view of the ACI 2000 neighborhood of Bamako, Mali with the Niger River in the background Is Mali’s capital really blockaded?

While Western media continues to describe hit-and-run attacks on civilian fuel tankers by Al-Qaeda fighters who cannot hold positions as a “blockade”, a much more complex struggle for and against Mali’s sovereignty unfolds on the ground.

Protestors in Kenya raise CPM-K banners “The African masses reject Françafrique in all its forms”: Kenyan left mobilizes against France-Africa summit

The France–Africa Summit is set to take place on May 11–12, 2026, framed around innovation and growth. However, progressive movements challenge this narrative, viewing it instead as part of a broader imperial repositioning in Africa. In response, they have organized a counter-summit to challenge its agenda and implications.

Communist Party of Swaziland Communist party of Swaziland calls for protests against visit by Taiwanese president

Propping up Africa’s last absolute monarchy in the southern African country of Swaziland, Taiwan, in turn, exploits cheap Swazi labor, especially women laboring in the textile sector in which Taiwanese capital is heavily invested.

Shanghai BRICS AI center Digital Bandung: Why the Global South must seize its data future

The Global South can shape a different future through coordination, shared standards, and strategic investment. A “Digital Bandung” provides a pathway toward that goal.

Alliance of Sahel States joint military force The Alliance of Sahel States launches unified military force and strengthens regional security

A historic turning point in Sahelian sovereignty, as Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger bolstered their regional security through a unified military force and in the same week held its second AES summit.

Protests against disputed elections in Tanzania From the “Island of Peace” myth to massacre

When the people rose up after Tanzania’s disrupted elections, they shattered a long-standing taboo: the belief that Tanzanians can only demonstrate at the state’s will.

Africa calls for justice and solidarity with Sudan: analyzing the war, women, and the global scramble for resources

On December 7, 2025, Pan-African Today and the International Peoples’ Assembly organized a seminar with leading voices in Sudanese politics and human rights calling for urgent action in solidarity with Sudan.

Conference in Algeria recognized the need to codify colonial crimes in International Law as the current law excludes colonial crimes. Algeria hosts conference on the crimes of colonialism in Africa

Algeria recently hosted the International Conference on the Crimes of Colonialism in Africa (Nov 30-Dec 1, 2025) in Algiers, an AU-backed event pushing for the recognition of colonialism as a crime against humanity, and demanding reparations for historical injustices.

Defense expo in Mali Mali defends sovereignty against a Western-backed “proxy war” by terror groups

As panic-inducing travel advisories and doomsaying media reports prophesy the fall of Mali to an Al Qaeda affiliate attacking fuel convoys, the government has re-secured supply routes and hosted Mali’s first international defense expo in a supposedly besieged capital.

Imperialism “cannot make us abandon the path of socialism,” reaffirms Cuban foreign minister

Bruno Rodríguez Parilla, Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, condemns UN inaction on Palestine and US blockade of Cuba at solidarity event

International Criminal Court AES countries exit the ICC, denouncing it as “an instrument of neo-colonial repression”

Accusing the Court of selective targeting and incompetence in “prosecuting established war crimes, crimes against humanity, [and] genocide”, the AES announced its exit, months after deciding to establish the Sahelian Criminal and Human Rights Court (CPS-DH).

Anniversary 9.18 incident China The war that began in Asia: Revisiting the roots of the world anti-fascist war

The Second World War as seen from Asia, is a different story than that one shown in Hollywood, and remembering it is fundamental to face the challenges of our time.