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  Sudanese women are back on the frontlines of resistance

  By: Alessandra Bajec

  As October’s military coup in Sudan threatens to roll back the gains made in the 2019 revolution, women are fighting once again the authoritarian regime, remaining one of the core revolutionary forces on the ground
• US Cold War with China — first stop, Equatorial Guinea

  By: William Minter

  Right out of the playbook: hype the threat of a potential Chinese naval base facing the Atlantic, get more funding for military operations
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  The Omicron Shame: Why is the World Punishing Instead of Helping Africa?

  By: Ramzy Baroud

  Helping Africa in its critical fight against the pandemic should have been done in a more systematic fashion as part of an inclusive global strategy
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  ‘We Won’t Stop Fighting’

  By: Brett Wilkins

  "We must do everything we can to undo the destructive colonial legacy of extractivism, until we live in a world where people and the planet come before the profits of toxic fossil fuel companies."
• Women human rights defenders remain steadfast in perilous times

  By: Cynthia Rothschild

  Our work is challenging. We face killings, arrests and attacks every day. But we persist, because we are more needed than ever
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  Chinese Fossil Fuel Investments in Africa

  By: John Feffer

  African countries need investments, China needs raw materials, and African activists are fed up with the resulting corruption and environmental damage
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  Liberian health workers organize amidst the pandemic

  By: Dounard Bondo

  Liberia’s health workers are waging a dual struggle: battling the COVID-19 pandemic on the one hand, while fighting for their rights and salaries on the other
• This Will Set Africa on Fire

  By: Nnimmo Bassey

  Nnimmo Bassey of Nigeria Blasts Progress of Talks at U.N. Climate Summit
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  Political Islam and Democracy Crisis in North Africa  

  By: Ramzy Baroud

  The ultimate objective here is to cement the status quo where the fate of Arab nations remains in the grip of brutal, corrupt and self-aggrandizing rulers, with no tolerance for genuine political plurality and democracy
• The ongoing attack on the eKhenena Commune is being planned at a high level

  By: Abahlali baseMjondolo

  A total of nine comrades have now been arrested on trumped up charges in the latest wave of repression against the eKhenena Commune
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  As Rich Nations Waste Doses, Most African Countries Miss 10% Vaccination Goal

  By: Jake Johnson

  "We have recently seen a billionaire take a healthcare worker on a journey into space. But back here on planet Earth we have millions of nurses waiting for a vaccine."
• The Violence of Colonialism and the Exploitation of Africa

  By: Rod Driver

  Many African nations are ruled by leaders backed by the US, Britain or France, or constrained by IMF/World Bank/WTO policies
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  Canadian Imperialism in Africa

  By: Yves Engler

  Canadian imperialism in Africa has had a rare social media moment
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  Rwanda’s Military Is the French Proxy on African Soil

  By: Vijay Prashad

  Rwanda entered Mozambique in July, followed by SADC forces, which included South African troops. France got what it wanted: Its energy giant can now recoup its investment.
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  Palestine’s Africa Dichotomy: Is Israel Really ‘Winning’ Africa?

  By: Ramzy Baroud

  Why is Israel so keen on penetrating Africa? What made African countries finally succumb to Israeli pressure and lobbying?
• U.S. Should Force Pfizer to Share COVID Vaccine Technology with Africa

  By: Manuel Martin

  Doctors Without Borders is calling on Pfizer-BioNTech to immediately share the vaccine technology with manufacturers on the African continent, where less than 2% of the population is fully vaccinated
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  Can East African workers overcome cooptation and suppression?

  By: Phil Wilmot

  Are radical worker struggles, which waned as a result of protracted government efforts to infiltrate and co-opt organized labor, making a comeback in East Africa?
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  Tunisia’s President just made the kind of Coup Trump and US Republicans plotted (and are plotting) Against President Biden

  By: Juan Cole

  Americans should realize how close Washington, D.C. came to looking like today’s Tunis
• The Role of the Writer in Political Reform

  By: Chido Nwakanma

  Nigerians have experienced negative changes in all three areas. Nigerians now clamour for reform, beginning with the structural foundation of the country
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  A Senseless Cathedral of Doom

  By: Vijay Prashad

  In early June 2021, the United States military led a major military exercise on the African continent: the African Lion 21
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  The looming famine in Tigray is an avoidable catastrophe

  By: George Monbiot

  The ruination of a once-thriving area of Ethiopia is the result of war and its associated crimes. The world needs to wake up
• Zimbabwe’s Unions Declare an End to ‘Business as Usual’

  By: Imani Countess

  With Zimbabwe’s workers fighting for justice, it’s time for a fundamental rethink of U.S. policy toward the country.
• Repressive governments play whack-a-mole with Africans’ digital rights

  By: Tony Roberts

  A new report on digital rights in ten African countries reveals how states are waging a brutal online war against their own citizens
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  Queer and feminist militants are shaping Tunisia’s protests

  By: Henda Chennaoui

  A decade after the 2011 Revolution, a new generation of Tunisians is back on the streets as a broad, intersectional movement united through grassroots militancy
• Corrections to Minister Lindiwe Sisulu’s Statement Congratulating S’bu Zikode on the Announcement of the Per Anger Prize

  By: Abahlali baseMjondolo

  We hope that the Minister can commit to a genuine and democratic working relationship with Abahlali, other democratic formations and the poor people of South Africa and the working class in general