The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced on April 26 that they had set up an office in the US embassy in Lusaka, Zambia, reports Vijay Prashad. There are fears that it is only a matter of time until this is transformed into a full-scale US military base.
Africa
Four years after the signing of the US-Ghana defence cooperation agreement, Vijay Prashad spoke with Kwesi Pratt, a journalist and leader of the Socialist Movement of Ghana, about its consequences.
Algeria has suspended its treaty of 鈥渇riendship, good-neighbourliness and cooperation鈥 with Spain due to its聽public acceptance of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, writes Dick Nichols.
The first flight from Britain to Rwanda filled with asylum seekers will, unless the Court of Appeal rules otherwise, take off on June 14, writes聽Binoy Kampmark.听
Sudan's democratic forces are up against a brutal militia, which is determined to strengthen its forces, buy influence and take power, reports T Hassan and W Madit.
The Tigrayan community marched through Sydney CBD聽to call for Australian and international solidarity in the face of ongoing genocidal attacks from the Ethiopian armed forces.听Peter Boyle reports.
Patrick Bond and Mary Galvin report on the recent catastrophic floods in Durban,聽which have exposed the Cyril Ramaphosa聽government鈥檚 criminal negligence and failure to take action on climate change.
The outpouring of support for Ukrainian refugees contrasts with the brutality shown to those fleeing wars in Africa and the Middle East, writes Rupen Savoulian.听
The Spanish state has announced it will accept the incorporation of Wester Sahara into the Moroccan state as an 鈥渁utonomous province鈥, betraying the right to self-determination of the Sahawari people, reports Dick Nichols.
The Resistance Committees, formed in neighbourhoods and cities across Sudan, were the secret to bringing down the 30-year-long regime of dictator Omar al-Bashir, write T Hassan and W Madit.
Sudan is now effectively ruled by two competing and irreconcilable centres of power: the military and the grassroots democracy movement, reports Sam Wainwright.
Elders took to the streets across Sudan聽in a show of support for the country鈥檚 youth, who are the forefront of resisting the military junta, reports Pavan Kulkarni.
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