Brasil de Fato A worker walks towards a platinum mine in Northeast Province, South Africa; the region has the highest number of infected miners – Michele Sapatari / AFP Sector has 907 active cases of the novel coronavirus; country is ranked 19th in the world for infections The rate of infection of the novel coronavirus…
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As Peace in Sudan Remains Elusive, Protesters Mobilize to “Correct the Revolution”
Pavan Kulkarni (Photo: SPA/Facebook) The repeated delays in peace talks to end the civil war in Sudan have also delayed the formation of the legislative council. This has effectively stalled any progress in meeting the demands of the Sudanese Revolution which overthrew Omar al-Bashir Negotiations between the transitional government in Sudan and the armed rebel…
Aguila Saleh: Egypt Stands with Libya in its Fight Against Terrorism and Foreign Invasion
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chancellor Aguila Saleh, in his capacity as Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, issued a statement today on the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s comments on the necessity of a ceasefire and commitment to the Cairo Declaration and protecting Libya’s unity and Egyptian national security from armed militias…
Statement of the Libyan People’s National Movement on the Current Situation
Statement of the Libyan People’s National Movement The Libyan National People’s Movement and the masses of the Libyan people followed the speech of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, during this day, 20.06.2020, in Sidi Barani, at a time when direct and foreign military intervention in Libya is intensifying, exporting…
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi: Any Intervention in Libya by Egyptian Forces “Would Be Led by the Libyan Tribes”
Libya’s Sirte and Al-Jufra are considered the red line for Egyptian national security Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said on Saturday that any direct Egyptian intervention in Libya would have international legitimacy at this point. The president made the statement in a televised speech while inspecting Egypt’s Western Military Zone accompanied by the heads and elders…
Socialist Party’s Manifesto Promises Revolutionary Change in Zambia
Pavan Kulkarni The Socialist Party of Zambia released its election manifesto on June 18, Wednesday, promising universal education and healthcare, as well as the expansion of housing and sanitation facilities for the masses The presidential candidate of the Socialist Party (SP) of Zambia, Fred M’membe, released the party’s manifesto for the August 2021 elections at…
Locked Down & Thrown Out: South African Shack Dwellers Evicted
Some of South Africa’s poorest are being violently evicted from their shacks during the lockdown. But residents are fighting back as they take the local government to court, rebuild their homes and take back the land. STOP Illegal Evictions! A research report into the eviction of shack-dwellers in eThekwini during the Covid-19 crisis 9 June…
Al-Youm7 Interview: Aref Nayed Warns Neo-Ottoman Invasion is the Gravest Threat to Arab Countries
Dr. Aref Ali Nayed, head of the Ihya Libya (Reviving Libya) movement, said in a comprehensive interview with Al-Youm7 that the Cairo initiative to resolve the Libyan crisis relied on a Libyan societal dialogue and previous interactions with the Libyan stakeholders over the years. Nayed said it is a Libyan initiative par excellence, and which is…
Facebook Surrounds Africa
Manlio Dinucci Many industries and service companies are failing or shrinking due to the lockdown and subsequent crisis. Instead, there are those who have gained from all this. Facebook, Google (YouTube owner), Microsoft, Apple and Amazon – writes The New York Times – “are aggressively placing new bets, as the coronavirus pandemic has made them…
1976 Soweto Uprising: Youth Rebellion and the Burning Desire for Freedom
Pan Africanism Today Secretariat June 16 commemorates the Soweto Uprising, the gallant and courageous struggles of students against the imposition of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction to further culturally subjugate Africans. June 16 commemorates the gallant and courageous struggles of students against the imposition of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction to further culturally…
Abahlali baseMjondolo: Building Food Sovereignty from Below
There was a serious problem of hunger in South Africa before the Covid-19 lockdown as a result of the long history of colonial dispossession, exploitation and abandonment, all of which continued under the rule of the ANC. There has also been a serious problem with the limited food support that is offered by the state…
Nkrumah: The Forces Arrayed Against Us Are Formidable
Excerpt Full Speech Step to Freedom: Address by Osagyefo the President in Accra to the Nationalist Conference of African Freedom Fighters, on 4th June, 1962. The Conference which took place in Ghana – Accra, brought together freedom fighters from all over Africa including independent and colonized states, to address the way forward to the objective…
