Africa
06 April 2019
Millions of Algerians protested on Friday despite the former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika being forced from office on Tuesday.
02 April 2019
Horrific killings 25 years ago were rooted in colonialism, economic crisis and scapegoating
25 March 2019
Hundreds, and probably thousands, of people have died as a result of Cyclone Idai.
19 February 2019
People in Britain are organising solidarity with the inspiring movement of resistance demanding real change in Sudan. Some spoke to Sadie Robinson about the challenges and possibilities
20 January 2019
Workers and the poor rose up against the government, and they face bitter repression
14 January 2019
Workers and the poor are staying away from work, demonstrating and fighting the police
29 December 2018
Mass protests in the north African country of Sudan over the price of basic goods have been met by vicious repression. But they have continued and threaten President Omar al-Bashir, who has ruled since a military coup in 1989.
06 November 2018
Prince Charles visited Nigeria in West Africa this week in the aftermath of a horrendous state massacre.
16 October 2018
Trade unionists in Zimbabwe, southern Africa, faced repression last week.
31 July 2018
Results of the first Zimbabwean presidential election since the fall of dictator Robert Mugabe were expected this week.
20 February 2018
Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn resigned last week following nearly three years of protests
17 February 2018
Right wingers are using revelations about Oxfam in Haiti for their own ends.
15 February 2018
Marvel’s latest superhero film stands out for its proud portrayal of African people—but it draws some uncomfortable conclusions
25 December 2017
Eighty years ago a colonial massacre of over 20,000 people was carried out by Italian fascist forces in Ethiopia
21 November 2017
Robert Mugabe has died. Here is his political obituary we wrote in 2017 when he was removed from office.
15 November 2017
The Zimbabwean armed forces seized control of the capital Harare and detained president Robert Mugabe early on Wednesday morning. It is the result of a spiralling political crisis facing the regime, with rival factions of the ruling Zanu PF party jostling for power.
07 November 2017
Over 300 Eritreans protested outside Downing Street in London calling for an end to repression in Eritrea, religious freedom and an end to the regime of the current president, Isaias Afwerki.
02 November 2017
Climate change is already driving millions of people from their homes in poorer countries around the world.
31 October 2017
Brutal repression by Togolese dictator Faure Gnassingbe’s regime has forced more than 500 people to flee the West African country for Ghana.
24 October 2017
The death of US Sergeant La David Johnson in Niger has exposed the callousness of Donald Trump towards those he orders into battle.