Africa

When the powerful punish the principled, we glimpse the unmasked face of empire. Donald Trump’s vindictive executive order denying aid to South Africa — punishment for its support of Palestine and pursuit of land reform — offers precisely such a moment of clarity.  The contours of our new global struggle are now etched with brutal […]

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John Legend’s concert in Rwanda signaled global elite support for Paul Kagame amid his bloody invasion of the DRC. The event was organized by Global Citizen, a pseudo-activist NGO backed by corporations hungry for Africa’s resource wealth. On February 21st, as the Rwandan army deepened its invasion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), John Legend took the stage in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali. There, the superstar singer-songwriter headlined a Move Afrika concert produced by Global Citizen, the international NGO […]

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Julia Sebutinde is a dedicated Christian Zionist who stood alone in rejecting South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. Now the court’s president, the Ugandan judge appears to have plagiarized sections of her dissenting opinion justifying Israel’s occupation of Palestinian Territories. With new countries joining South Africa’s case accusing Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, and a ceasefire potentially enabling war crimes investigators to gather fresh evidence of Israeli atrocities, a leadership shakeup […]

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17th of October, 2024 Over the years, “Fortress Europe” has relied on a mix of bribery and force to keep out undocumented migrants fleeing wars, famine, and conditions of extreme poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. But such measures are no solution to a problem that ultimately stems from much larger global and historical forces. LONDON – … Continue reading The Roots of Europe’s Immigration Problem – Project Syndicate

'Human suffering should not be weighed and measured - but the unfortunate reality of diplomatic and humanitarian relief is that crises are often left to compete. Those that get no media, get no help'

In the village of Buula-Balow, near the district of Bariire, in Somalia’s volatile Lower Shabelle, Qaadi Hamud and his family were socialising after breakfast – when their lives changed forever

The U.S. has trained 15 coup leaders in recent decades — and U.S. counterterrorism policies in the region have failed.

The post After Training African Coup Leaders, Pentagon Blames Russia for African Coups  appeared first on The Intercept.

The Prime Minister's admission means the Government's "dream" of sending refugees to the brutal Rwandan dictatorship looks all but over

Britain's standing on human rights is in "jeopardy" and Good Friday Agreement undermined by the Safety of Rwanda Bill

The verdict is a major blow to the Government's "dream" of discarding its international obligations to offer refuge to those fleeing war and prosecution