Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by MARTIAL Paul
Thousands of young girls, victims of sexual violence or forced marriages, are excluded from the school system because of their pregnancy or their status as mothers. Although positive developments are perceptible, they are held back by a patriarchal policy shared by African leaders.
The right (...)
, by MARTIAL Paul
In Toulon on 9 November 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron, in a speech presenting the national strategic review, formalized the end of Operation Barkhane, the French military’s operation against Islamist groups in Africa’s Sahel region , which had begun nine years earlier. The unsatisfactory (...)
, by MARTIAL Paul
One year after the coup d’état organized by the military against the transition process following the fall of Al-Bashir, the mobilization continues against a weak and divided government. Structures of self-organization of the populations have taken over the political field and are fighting (...)
, by No to the Oppression of Women (La liqahr al-nisa’a)
The Sudanese movement No to the Oppression of Women (La liqahr al-nisa’a) published this statement on their Facebook page in Arabic.
The regime of Omar al-Bashir in Sudan, who was overthrown by a popular uprising in 2019, used similar tactics to the Iranian regime to instil fear and division by (...)
, by MBEKI Moeletsi
South Africa is yet again at a crossroads. This means South Africans must make a major decision regarding their future.
At the last crossroads in 1994, South Africans had hoped for a bright future that democracy would bring about. Large numbers flocked to the polls and 62.65% of them voted (...)
, by TBC
First two Days of LALIT 6-Day Congress
The first two days of the LALIT 6-day Congress entitled “Class Struggle Towards Socialist Revolution: Let’s put our Minds to Work!” were held at the Mother Earth Hall at Grand River North West, Port Louis. From 9 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon, each (...)
, by MARTIAL Paul
Ajay, Atul and Rajesh Gupta are the three most famous brothers in South Africa. Two were arrested a few weeks ago in the United Arab Emirates. With the help of then-President Jacob Zuma, they managed to siphon off almost €3.6 billion from the state and infiltrate key government departments to (...)
, by MARTIAL Paul
While Senegal’s opposition won the municipal elections in January 2022, taking control of several major cities, including the capital Dakar, incumbent president Macky Sall is now trying to prevent the opposition repeating its electoral success in the parliamentary elections. A showdown being (...)
, by MICUNOVIC Emilia
EMILIA MICUNOVIC INTER-VIEWED Rafiat Atanda and Zigwai Tagwai, who volunteer with ONE in Nigeria. They are professional women in their 20s. This article has been edited from a longer version. The editors, Against the Current
THIS MARCH MARKED the second anniversary of the World Health (...)
, by MARTIAL Paul
Violence continues in the Sahel. While the junta in Mali, with Wagner mercenaries, is adopting a strategy of total war against the jihadists that is causing many civilian casualties, the governments of Niger and Burkina Faso are sketching out an initial dialogue with the armed groups that (...)
, by ROLL Nick
Malians are fleeing to nearby Mauritania to escape from bandits, fighters, the army and now Russian operatives.
M’bera, Mauritania – Finally, the day came when Ag could not handle it any more.
He and his neighbours in the rural hinterlands of Timbuktu region in northern Mali had heard the (...)
, by MARTIAL Paul
On 25 October 2021, Generals al-Burhan and Hemidti ended the transitional government that emerged from the 2019 revolution in Sudan with a coup. Since then, mobilization has continued despite the repression. The resistance committees, the backbone of the struggle, have adopted a charter (...)
, by CARAYOL Rémi
Anti-French sentiment is gaining ground across a number of West African countries, where the presence of the former colonial power, engaged in fighting armed jihadist insurgents across the Sahel, is challenged by growing Russian influence and popular anger against its history of support for (...)
, by OJEWALE Oluwole
Coltan is indispensable to the making of modern electronic devices but its mining causes human and environmental disasters in the DR Congo.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is rich in natural resources – its untapped deposits of minerals are estimated to be worth US$24 trillion. Gold, (...)
, by MARTIAL Paul
The FAO is sounding the alarm on the food crisis. Humanitarian NGOs, including OXFAM, say in a statement that it is “the worst situation in a decade” and Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary General, speaks of a “hurricane of famines”.
In this global food crisis, Africa remains the most vulnerable (...)
, by GROOME Michelle J., PULLIAM Juliet, SILAL Sheetal
Repeated resurgences of SARS-CoV-2 transmission are expected in the years to come.
Confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 have been increasing in South Africa in recent weeks. This has been largely driven by two offspring – known as the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-lineages – of the Omicron variant first identified (...)
, by BURKE Jason
Analysis: Wagner Group ‘like a bull in a china shop’ in unstable parts of Africa, say experts
Western officials told the Guardian earlier this year that the Wagner mercenary group was the “thin end of the wedge” and a “Trojan horse” for a Russian effort to extend its influence covertly in (...)
, by ALNEEL Muzan
Almost six months since the military coup in Sudan, peaceful protests continue to take place according to weekly schedules issued by resistance committees. New forms and tools of resistance have emerged—even after more than 90 protesters have been killed by the state forces in protests, and tens (...)
, by MARTIAL Paul
A loaf of bread cost five Sudanese pounds in October 2021. Six months later, Sudanese women have to pay fifty pounds! This economic slump is accompanied by repression of demonstrators who tenaciously maintain the mobilization against the coup d’état led by al-Burhane and Hemidti. The putschist (...)
, by ABBAS Sara, AKRAM-BOSHAR Shireen, ALNEEL Muzan, GIZOULI Magdi el, MINDAS Abdelsalam
“In recent months, several resistance committees have led the issuance of political charters based on widespread consultation of their neighborhoods, regions, and with other revolutionary bodies in their areas. Given the rapid process of the committees’ evolution, a question poses itself: What (...)
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