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Neocolonialism
Mali Defense Minister Sadio Camara NATO countries fail to condemn deadly terror attacks in Mali

African regional blocs, including the Alliance of Sahel States and the African Union, as well as the head of the UN have condemned the senseless attacks by terrorist groups in Mali.

French President Emmanuel Macron The hypocrisy of a rules-based world

Western leaders are beginning to speak the language of anti-colonialism, despite continuing colonialism at home, as the illusion of the rules-based order continues to crack.

Terrorist attack on Niger airport Nigerien forces thwart terror plot at Niamey international airport

Niger security forces say 20 assailants were killed and several aircraft damaged during the overnight attack on Niamey’s main airport.

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.

G7 Canada 2025 Hegemonic statecraft as contemporary fascism: dis-membering the world to govern it

Address at the 2025 Global South Academic Forum, Convened by East China Normal University, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, and the University of Johannesburg.

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.

Ivory Coast Africa’s recent elections: crisis and a continent’s youth in revolt

The recent elections in Tanzania, Cameroon, and Côte d’Ivoire lay bare the contradictions of neoliberal democracy in Africa, where the ruling class clings to power through coercion and electoral manipulation to protect imperial and class interests.

European leaders praise Gaza ceasefire deal, back neocolonial agenda

Reactions to the Gaza ceasefire deal signal that European leaders are more interested in advancing neocolonial projects than seeing peace in Palestine.

New documentary shines a light on those building the revolution in the Sahel

The film Sahel: Homeland or Death, by Brasil de Fato, is an invitation to gain a deeper understanding of the ongoing struggles for liberation

Brazilian lawmakers meet with leaders from Sahel countries

This meeting is part of a series of activities promoted by the MST in support of the revolutions underway in the African region

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).