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The mastermind behind the Afrika Unite International Cultural festival, Luzuko Khohli, has expressed his gratitude to the thousands of people who braved cold and wet weather to attend the annual event.Khohli was particularly moved by the enthusiasm of East Londoners, who came in large numbers to celebrate unity and share the love.

The upsurge in military coups in Africa is leading to curious propositions on the suitability of “liberal democracy” on the continent. Questions are being asked as to whether or not we need to tinker with our practice of democracy. In a recent interview with TheCable, former President Olusegun Obasanjo — who led Nigeria as a |

FRANCE is a problem. In Africa, it is a man-child fighting hard to retain its feeding bottle. The United Kingdom-based Socialist Labour organised a virtual conference of Africans to discuss this and the current crises in Africa, with an emphasis on the Francophone countries. Co-ordinator Tokunbo Oke, in commenting on the theme, “The Niger Coup: |

We speak here, he teaches us, of pan-Africanism as an active solidarity in work and struggle that binds us together “into one mighty bond so that we can successfully pilot our way through the avenues of opposition and the oceans of difficulties that seem to confront us”. And it also speaks of pan-Africanism as an active commitment to a liberative vision and project of Africa, global Africa, the world community of African peoples, doing good in and for ourselves and the world, cultivating and...

Central Africa is the den of despotism. It has, for almost 60 years, been the barnyard of autocratic geriatrics and playgrounds for the mostly Frenchified African rulers. France, among the worst of the colonial and post-colonial oppressors and exploiters of Africans, has become the most disliked and repudiated European country in Africa! Britain held that |

Let's begin with the postulations of Barack Hussein Obama, an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-American president. Obama famously posited: “I am in my second term”. "I can find other ways to serve. Nothing |

During the second version of the Russia-Africa Summit held in St. Petersburg, Russia, last month, it was all too evident that the attendance of only 17 African state leaders was significantly lower than the inaugural summit in 2019. While this may indicate that most African nations do not support Russia’s military actions in Ukraine, it |

Tafi Mhaka When in 2003, a rebellion erupted in Sudan’s Darfur region, triggered by decades of oppression and neglect of African communities, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir resorted to local armed Arab groups to suppress it. Known as the Janjaweed, they soon became a formidable force which managed to put an end to the revolt, earning |

Breaking Free from Colonial Agreements with France: Understanding Mali's Case Against Imperialist Influence ���� After achieving independence, 14 French-speaking nations entered into 11 agreements with France that have had far-reaching consequences. Let's delve into the details of these agreements that have bound African countries since their independence. Agreement No. 1: Repayment of Colonial Debt for |

But there is absolutely no indication that African countries can establish a union even remotely similar to the EU