Abayomi Azikiwe

South Africa one year after Marikana tragedy

South Africans have commemorated the first anniversary of the Marikana massacre where 34 mineworkers were shot dead by provincial police…

August 21, 2013

South Africa commemorates National Women’s Day

August 9 was the anniversary of the 1956 Women’s March on Pretoria, an event that attracted 20,000 women to protest…

August 18, 2013

Zimbabwe defies West

Africa’s ZANU-PF wins in landslide Zimbabwe held national harmonized elections on July 31 that returned President Robert Mugabe to office…

August 8, 2013

Mass demonstrations, strikes follow political assassination in Tunisia

Tunisian workers and youth shut down the North African country on July 26, when the largest trade union federation and…

July 31, 2013

Zimbabwe sets elections to end coalition rule

The Southern African nation of Zimbabwe will hold “harmonized elections” on July 31. Registered voters will select local and national…

July 25, 2013

Tributes to South African hero, Nelson Mandela, at 95

Former Republic of South African President Nelson Mandela turned 95 while being treated at a hospital near Pretoria. Mandela, who…

July 23, 2013

Detroit: People battle bank takeover

Hundreds of members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees gathered on July 12 in Hart Plaza…

July 18, 2013

No new jobs, low wages mean a shallow recovery

Unemployment in the United States is still a major issue, even though the existence of tens of millions of jobless…

July 11, 2013

Retroceso del derecho al voto: Sólo la lucha puede revertir fallo racista

Dos decisiones de la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos la última semana de junio han provocado indignación entre las organizaciones…

July 10, 2013

Protests greet Obama on Africa tour

S. African groups raise Palestine, AFRICOM, U.S. political prisoners President Barack Obama visited three African states during late June and…

July 9, 2013