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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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).

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.