Slogan
African freelance journalist based in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Bishop Makururu's relationship with the Palestinians is a result of the years-long investment by the Palestine Embassy in Zimbabwe to improve understanding by locals of the nature of this protracted Palestine-"Israel" struggle.
While Black South Africans are disappointed that most Afrikaners are reluctant to take up the US refugee offer, some of Trump’s ‘white genocide victims’ hope Washington will support their own idea of a two-state "solution".
In Harare, Zimbabwean activists marked Nakba Day by declaring solidarity with Palestine, affirming that Hamas has become a global revolutionary movement against Israeli occupation.
As countries plot their response to Trump’s tariff tantrum, analysts say that for Africa, in the midst of this potential for hardship, lies an opportunity for the continent to speed up the march towards its goal of continental economic integration.
From introducing new taxes to raising existing ones, budget revisions, and the search for new donors... Left in limbo by Trump’s sudden aid withdrawal, African countries scramble to sustain their health systems.
In solidarity with the people of Palestine, the political leadership of South Africa’s metropolitan city of Johannesburg are moving to rename a street on which the US consulate is located after an influential Palestinian freedom fighter, infuriating Washington.
The DRC's offer of exclusive mineral rights to the U.S. is a desperate move to curb resource plundering, but ongoing exploitation, conflict, and human rights abuses persist, challenging the ethics of the global energy transition.
As the relationship between South Africa and the United States gets more strained, analysts say Africa’s biggest economy is able to survive the ensuing economic war with the global super-power.
Trump has frozen US aid to South Africa, citing land confiscation and human rights concerns, but analysts see it as retaliation for South Africa's ICJ case against "Israel" over genocide in Gaza.
An increasing number of African countries are moving toward demanding more from their mineral resource wealth.
