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, by SYLLA Ndongo Samba, ZEILIG Léo
Since the start of the month, Senegal has seen major demonstrations, rioting, and violence. In an interview with ROAPE’s Leo Zeilig, Ndongo Sylla explains what is happening. Supporters of opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, are furious at the regime’s attempt to frustrate next year’s elections by (…)
, by MARTIAL Paul
The Christian Right in the USA is using millions of dollars to influence African policies on the rights of women and sexual minorities, by relying on the evangelist churches that have emerged on the continent.
Recent events in Uganda, where President Museveni enacted a law against (…)
, by ELMARDI Duha
At the 2023 Historical Materialism conference in Montreal, Quebec, Duha Elmardi detailed the present state of struggle and refugee crisis in Sudan with particular attention to the role of women. We are delighted to present to our readers this transcript of Elmardi’s reflections.
Glory to the (…)
This article is based on the left-wing activists’ conference materials organized by the Global and European Networks of Solidarity with Ukraine (ENSU) in Africa. These activists represent various grassroots initiatives, organizations, and parties. They talk about the situation on the African (…)
, by BURKE Jason
Report implicates Wagner group fighters in Moura atrocity, including the torture and rape of civilians
First came a single helicopter, flying low over the marshes around the river outside the village, then the rattle of automatic fire scattered the crowds gathered for the weekly market. (…)
, by AKRAM-BOSHAR Shireen, ALHAJ Muzna, BEAN Brian
Shireen Akram-Boshar and brian bean interview Muzna Alhaj, a member and organizer of a Khartoum Resistance Committee, about the escalating armed conflict between rival factions of the ruling junta and its impact on the revolutionary dynamic in Sudan.
by brian bean and Shireen Akram-Boshar (…)
, by ACHCAR Gilbert
In the face of the nightmare that Sudan is going through these days, we have a dream... [Translated from the Arabic]
In the face of the nightmare that Sudan is going through these days, we have a dream: the dream that the infighting between military factions in a country whose history has (…)
, by ACHCAR Gilbert
Professor of international relations at SOAS in London Gilbert Achcar explains that it would be simplistic to represent the conflict in Sudan as a proxy war in an interview with Dina Ezzat
On day nine of the conflict that has erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid (…)
, by RAMANI Samuel
Analysis: In Sudan’s power struggle, the Russian mercenary group Wagner sees clear advantages in prolonging the conflict and strengthening the bargaining power of the Rapid Support Forces.
On 23 April, US officials revealed that the Wagner Group offered powerful weapons, such as (…)
, by MENA Solidarity Network, The Alliance of Demand-based Campaigns (TAM)
In recognition of the urgency of the situation in Sudan and in internationalist solidarity, Tempest reprints two items published by the MENA Solidarity Network. The first is an updated Network appeal from April 19, 2023. The second is a statement from the Alliance of Demand-Based Campaigns (TAM) (…)
, by MARTIAL Paul
In 2014, Ugandan MPs passed a law punishing homosexuality with penalties up to the death penalty. It was censured by the country’s Supreme Court. Ugandan MPs have now done it again. Solidarity with the LGBTI community is needed!
What has mobilized parliamentary activity in Uganda is not the (…)
Only two MPs voted against Uganda’s anti-LGBT bill, passed this week. We talk to one of them, Fox Odoi-Oywelowo
Fox Odoi-Oywelowo is one of only two Ugandan MPs who voted against the country’s controversial and draconian Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023, which was passed by Parliament this week (…)
, by LESEJANE Gomo
Rights groups in Africa are raising the alarm to address the growing exclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, inter-sex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people from basic human rights in Africa. With three out of five African countries now enacting laws that criminalize the expression of sexuality (…)
Supreme court rules for freedom of association but landmark decision sparks backlash from government and churches
The supreme court of Kenya has criticised the government for failure to register an association for LGBTQ+ people, saying the decision discriminates against the rights of the (…)
, by HOUELAND Camilla
A few days after Nigeria’s presidential elections, with a disputed winner declared, here are some initial conclusions and prospects.
On Monday, March 1st, Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of one of Nigeria’s two big political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared (…)
, by HALL Amy
Could a Kenyan court case point the way towards a more just tax system? Amy Hall investigates.
Although Kenya has one of the highest concentrations of healthcare workers on the African continent, the government estimates that they are still down 3,238 medical officers. The shortage is (…)
, by TCHANGARI Moussa
During the day yesterday, from Bamako, Ouagadougou and other far-flung places, several people, mainly long-standing comrades, alerted by rumours of a coup d’état in Niger called us; they all wanted to know if these rumours,were true, but also to hear from us and find out how we stand in relation (…)
, by KIMEU Caroline
‘Racist’ inequalities leave sub-Saharan region bearing burden of more that half world’s new HIV infections, says Winnie Byanyima
The head of UNAids, Winnie Byanyima, has strongly criticised pharmaceutical giants for prioritising profits over saving lives, and warned that “racist” inequalities (…)
, by LODGE Tom, MASISI Lesego, MYERS Bob
Friends in South Africa have responded to the article “Russia and South Africa: the oppressors make a deal”, by Bob Myers, published on People & Nature last month. Here are two comments, by Tom Lodge and Lesego Masisi, and a further comment by Bob.
Tom Lodge: ‘Treating Russia’s rulers as (…)
, by MARTIAL Paul
The Pope has once again spoken out against wars and the economic plundering of Africa. The Vatican has been making free elections its hobbyhorse for some time now and has taken a stand against the aggression suffered by members of the LGBT community.
This is the fourth time the Pope has (…)
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