Browsing: Africa

This week’s proverb is a reminder that your actions are what define you the most. Think of Kenya posing as regional peace broker while giving a…

Like other Western powers, the UK has been deeply involved in destabilising the DRC. Our latest Facts of the Week unpack how British governments, corporations and…

This week marks 140 years since European colonial powers divided Africa. For three months, starting on 15 November 1884, colonialists from almost every European country, the…

It’s hard to imagine a region more devastated by neoliberal policies than Africa. As African Stream Editor-in-Chief Ahmed Kaballo argues, socialism offers a people-centred, culturally sensitive…

February is designated in the United States as Black History Month, a time to honour our brothers’ and sisters’ achievements and rich heritage. One part of…

In recent years, African football has faced consistent disrespect, with African players often questioned about their commitment to their national teams and even urged not to…

In 1996, the US State Department rejected an application from Louis Farrakhan, the head of the Nation of Islam, to accept a $1-billion donation from sanctioned…

Kenyan freedom fighter Pio Gama Pinto was assassinated 60 years ago. He was one of Kenya’s leading socialist voices and, in the spirit of internationalism, developed…

This week marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X (1925-65), a pivotal figure in the Pan-African revolutionary movement, who was assassinated on 21…

Europeans long portrayed Africans as lacking culture. And yet they couldn’t resist stealing our cultural treasures in their thousands and putting them in museums around the…