Africa

‘Lift U.S. sanctions off Zimbabwe’

The Brooklyn-based December 12th Movement and Friends of Zimbabwe organized a march from 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue to the…

September 29, 2019

How should Robert Mugabe be remembered?

When Robert Mugabe, the first democratically elected president of Zimbabwe (formerly white supremacist-governed Rhodesia), died on Sept. 6 at the…

September 9, 2019

Solidarity on ending illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe

On Aug. 18, the 39th Southern African Development Community Summit of the Heads of State and Government held in Dar…

August 30, 2019

Questions raised by forces in the civilian coalition about negotiations with Transitional Military Council in Sudan

Talks took place Aug. 17-19 between Sudan’s military government and the civilian opposition with the goal of defining new government…

August 21, 2019

The persecution of Caster Semenya

The ongoing persecution of South African runner Caster Semenya by the International Association of Athletics Federations has shone a spotlight…

June 18, 2019

Sudan generals order massacre, struggle continues

June 10 -- Sudan’s Transitional Military Council ordered its special military arm June 3 to massacre demonstrators who had been…

June 13, 2019

Niger’s students demand U.S. and French bases close

On May 25, at the call of the Union of Nigerien Students (USN), a few thousand students marched through Niamey,…

June 6, 2019

White House protest says ‘End the sanctions on Zimbabwe!’

A march and rally was held in Washington, D.C., on May 25, African Liberation Day, to demand an end to…

May 30, 2019

On African Liberation Day, end sanctions on Zimbabwe!

This May 25, which is celebrated as African Liberation Day and commemorated worldwide, marks the 56th anniversary of the founding…

May 20, 2019

Millions of Algerians demand fundamental change

Millions of Algerians came out in the streets April 5, even after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika had officially resigned. The general…

April 9, 2019