Recognizing the Genocide in Namibia
More than a century since the German Empire carried out racial extermination in Namibia and in the wake of its recognition of the Armenian genocide, Germany is being urged to do […]
Category Archives: Politics
Africans & #BlackLivesMatter
Activists in both South Africa and Kenya are drawing on the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile to highlight the global echoes of their own social justice causes. CAPE […]
Myths About China In Africa
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a few countries in Africa in December 2015. He promised $60 billion in new investments, grants, loans, and export credits. Here’s an interesting piece about […]
African Migrants Dying, African Leaders Silent
African Leaders Are Mute, Even as Their People Die at Sea DAKAR, Senegal — Amid the global cries of alarm over the deaths of African migrants in the Mediterranean […]
The International Criminal Court must fix its anti-African image
Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta has become the first-ever sitting president to appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC). He faces charges of direct involvement in the violence that followed the […]
Why Is The African Union Still Failing Its People On Peace And Security?
The conflict in the Central African Republic is spiralling out of control. “Strife in Central African Republic could turn into religious war and spill over borders, UN warns,” reads the […]
Nigeria Beyond the Headlines
Nigeria Beyond the Headlines: Population, Health, Natural Resources, and Governance “Nigeria is a country of marginalized people. Every group you talk to, from the Ijaws to the Hausas, will tell you they are […]
ICC Treats Us As ‘Niggers’: African Anger
ICC or the International Criminal Court has a long history of ‘double-standards’ particularly when it deals with ‘Africa’ – according to many ‘African Presidents’ at least. The mince no words […]
The Gaze On Black Bodies
For her exhibition “Archival Impulse & Poverty Pornography”, Ayana V Jackson turns to the archives to touch on the representation of black bodies. The flyers pasted around the cobbled streets […]
Syria: A View From Africa
African views on Syria are well worth considering, and the letter signed by 43 members of the Africa Forum—former heads of state and leaders of international institutions—should be compulsory reading: STATEMENT […]
UNHCR: Africa Refugee Crisis Overshadowed by Syria
GENEVA — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says the plight of millions of refugees and displaced people in Africa is being overshadowed by the crisis in Syria. To mark World Refugee […]
Obama’s 2012 Acceptance Speech
OBAMA: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to determine its own destiny, the task of perfecting […]
Obama Never Saved Africa
Three years after Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States on January 20, 2009, many Africans have fallen out of love with the […]
An Uncertain Future For Blacks In Post-Gadhafi Libya
The African Union’s Peace and Security Council called for the National Transitional Council of Libya to protect all foreign workers, “including African migrant workers,” at a meeting held Thursday. Black […]
Nigeria: Presidential Debate 2011
On March 25, 2011 an unprecedented event took place in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. A youth focus-focused presidential debate aired live in Nigeria. Chimamanda Adichie moderated the debate. I […]
