Owei Lakemfa Cuban doctors arriving in Milan, Italy. Owei Lakemfa is the former secretary general of the Organization of African Trade Union Unity, (OATUU), a coalition of trade unions in all the 54 African countries, with a total membership of about 25 million. Imagine. Imagine you are on a cruise ship with 681 others and…
Category: AFRICA
Army Brought in to Aid Illegal Evictions in South Africa
Pavan Kulkarni The Azania shack dwellers’ settlement of Cato Manor, Durban, was attacked by agents hired by the eThekwini municipality authorities on April 2, Thursday. 15 shacks were demolished, leaving several people homeless at a time when a lockdown has been imposed by the South African government and people have been ordered to stay home….
Bolivia, African and Indigenous Unity Across Borders: An Interview with Pambana Bassett
Cindy Forster The affinities of the original peoples and the peoples of the African Diaspora are profound. At the same time they are odious to those in power. Journalists and people from the grassroots are always searching for our sisters and brothers in struggle, which is why we went to Bolivia. Nothing happens in Bolivia…
Coronavirus in South Africa: Social Movements Denounce Lack of Care for the Poor
Lu Sudré Shanty town residents say that sewage and waste is still being dumped during pandemic – AbM Last week, social movements representing workers and shanty town residents in South Africa, denounced that president Cyril Ramaphosa’s government has not proposed enough measures, to protect the working class and the poor during the coronavirus pandemic affecting…
As South Africa Locks Down, the Homeless Left Most Vulnerable
Pavan Kulkarni One of the 17 shacks marked for demolition in Durban, South Africa. A 21-days lockdown ordered by president Cyril Ramaphosa has been enforced in South Africa to contain the spread of COVID-19, since midnight, March 27. However, the security forces are being accused of taking harsh measures against shack dwellers and homeless people…
Libya: Using COVID-19 to Escalate War
The attack on the Al-Watiyah Air Base by the al-Sarraj militias and Erdogan’s mercenaries was part of a plan to seamlessly redress the humanitarian truce. The militias of Fayez Al-Sarraj’s government do not cease in their attempts to ignite war on various fighting axes, whether in Tripoli or in the Misrata hub, by violating the…
Libya: LNA Liberate Large Areas of the Western Region
Al-Assah, Al-Jumayl, Ragdelin and Zaltan Under LNA Control In a statement issued today, the General Command of the Libyan National Army announced that army forces seized control of Al-Assah, Al-Jumayl, Ragdelin, and Zaltan. [Libya, 27 March 2020] – “The army forces have managed to release the areas of Al-Assah, Al-Jumayl, Ragdelin, and Zaltan from the…
Social Justice Movements in South Africa Call for Moratorium on Evictions
Pavan Kulkarni Settlements generally consist of around a hundred shacks tightly packed together, with entire families crammed into single-room spaces. The deadly Coronavirus has already infected over 550 people in South Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa declared the pandemic a national disaster on March 15, when the government had confirmed 62 positive cases in the country….
The Libyan Crisis and COVID-19
The Army Welcomes the Ceasefire to Confront Coronavirus The General Command of the Libyan National Army welcomed, Saturday, the call to stop fighting operations for humanitarian purposes in response to the new Corona epidemic, provided that the rest of the parties abide by this. In a statement, the spokesperson Major General Ahmed Al-Mesmari, affirmed that…
Removing References to the Arab Spring Facilitates the International Narrative on Migration and Refugees
Ramona Wadi Foreign intervention – lauded by imperialism as a necessity for “bringing democracy” – has one aspect of so-called collateral damage which is abhorred and manipulated. The invasion of the Middle East and North Africa region, as decided by the White House early on in the “War on Terror” post September 11, has generated…
Libyan Sheikhs and Elders Council: Qatar Continues to Communicate with Terrorist Groups to Derail National Project
The spokesperson for the Supreme Council of Libyan Sheikhs and Elders, Abu Bakr Suleiman Mardamah said that Libyans support the Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, to fight terrorism and Turkish invasion of Libya. Abu Bakr Suleiman Mardamah, a notable figure of the Tebu in the western region, told al-Ain news…
“Women Are at the Heart of Struggles in Morocco”
Zoe PC Moroccan women in the forefront of the teacher’s struggle. Across the globe, the far-right grows in strength. Reactionaries are attempting to impose their conservative values and agenda through force and violence, attacking the hard-won rights of the working class and the marginalized. Women have been among the most affected by the resurgence of…
