Relations between the Moroccan government and certain figures of France’s far right are part of a policy of state lobbying by Rabat Source: Morocco and France’s far right: Dangerous liaisons? [ … ]
Category: Africa
20 Black Punk Bands You Need To Listen To – OkayAfrica
40 years ago, punk rock spread around the world with bands like The Clash and The Ramones gathering a cult following and creating a scene in which kids who didn’t [ … ]
Soul of Africa photo competition winners – Travel Africa Magazine
Wilderness Safaris’ annual ‘Capture the Soul of Africa’ photography competition showcases great images that celebrate the world’s most exciting continent. Source: Soul of Africa photo competition winners – Travel Africa [ … ]
Kehinde Lijadu’s death: 5 essential songs from the legendary sister duo
In the aftermath of Kehinde Lijadu’s death, PAM celebrate their unique music which rocked Nigeria and beyond in past times. Source: Kehinde Lijadu’s death: 5 essential songs from the legendary [ … ]
Africa: How Power Africa Plans to Electrify the Continent – allAfrica.com
Andrew Herscowitz, coordinator for Power Africa, aims to double access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa within two decades. Speaking in a special briefing, Herscowitz said that tremendous progress had already [ … ]
Nigeria: Inside China’s $6.5 Billion Loans to Nigeria Since 2002 – allAfrica.com
The EXIM Bank of China is Nigeria’s biggest bilateral creditor in nearly 2 decades, having lent the African largest economy $6.5 billion (or N1.9 trillion) since 2002, analysis of official [ … ]
‘The Colonial Effect on Us Is Huge’: Why Congolese Collector Sindika Dokolo Sees Restitution as a Way to Remake African Identity
The Congolese mega-collector and businessman Sindika Dokolo is on a quest to help return illegally looted art to Africa. Source: ‘The Colonial Effect on Us Is Huge’: Why Congolese Collector [ … ]
Solidarity with Kenya National Union of Teachers | National Union of Teachers – NUT
Source: Solidarity with Kenya National Union of Teachers | National Union of Teachers – NUT
Backlash Against a U.S. Deal in Ghana Reveals Unease Over the Pentagon’s Africa Footprint
Source: Backlash Against a U.S. Deal in Ghana Reveals Unease Over the Pentagon’s Africa Footprint
Nurses union officials call for resignation of Seth Panyako
Source: Nurses union officials call for resignation of Seth Panyako
An unsettling visual trip through Namibia’s past
Photographer Nicola Brandt memorialises The Herero Wars – considered by many to be the first genocide of the 20th century – in an eerie new project. Source: An unsettling visual [ … ]
Book Review: A painful but resilient story of one boy’s life in Morocco | Arab News
“For Bread Alone” is a window into the poverty-stricken life of author Mohamed Choukri and into the heart of Morocco’s multifaceted political and cultural evolution. Translated into over thirty languages, [ … ]
Tunisia austerity protests go on amid wave of arrests | News | Al Jazeera
Dozens of protesters rallied in Tunis on Friday to demand the government cancel recent austerity measures. Source: Tunisia austerity protests go on amid wave of arrests | News | Al [ … ]
China opens new chapter in Africa relations – PakObserver
Source: China opens new chapter in Africa relations – PakObserver
Africa Leftwingers demand Sudan release communists jailed for role in anti-austerity protests | Morning Star
Source: Africa Leftwingers demand Sudan release communists jailed for role in anti-austerity protests | Morning Star