Colonial mining fuels Israeli genocide: global protests target Glencore
Glencore, one of the world’s largest mining conglomerates at the confluence of worker exploitation, environmental destruction, and genocide, brought Palestine solidarity activists, trade unionists and mining affected communities together in a unified protest.
Nigerian government losing ground to a resurgent Boko Haram and its IS-affiliated splinter
Only one of over 300 towns and villages of a Local Government Area in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno remains in government control, Governor warns.
Amid RSF’s drone strikes on Sudan’s humanitarian infrastructure, US sells weapons to its “regional sponsor” UAE
As the UAE-backed RSF carries out drone strikes on humanitarian infrastructure in war-torn Sudan, the US sells more weapons to the UAE. Meanwhile, Sudan’s de-facto government appeals to China.
Africa celebrates Victory Day, deepens ties with Russia
Events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s Victory against Nazi Germany were organized in countries across Africa, while several of its state heads travelled to Moscow to attend celebrations and hold meetings to deepen bilateral relations with Russia.
“Terrorism we are witnessing today comes from imperialism”, Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré tells Putin
“In addition to defense and security, there is another important sphere, namely, science and education. We would like Russia to” teach science to young Burkinabes “so that we can develop our own production, industry, and engineering,” Traoré told Putin in their meeting after Victory Day.
Zimbabwe’s nurses are “living in abject poverty, unable to afford basic necessities”
A monthly income below the poverty datum line has “rendered our nurses incapable of sending their children to school, buying clothes, affording food, or even securing transport to work,” complained Enock Dongo, president of the Zimbabwe Nurses Association.
Ethnic profiling and attacks on hospitals as South Sudan hurtles back into civil war
The government has profiled the country’s second-largest ethnic community, splitting the counties where they are dominant into “friendly” and “hostile”.
“We should not negotiate with a begging bowl”: South Africa’s auto-industry leader on Trump’s tariff war
While Trump’s 25% tariffs on auto imports will likely have a considerable impact on South Africa’s export-oriented auto-industry, it nevertheless has much scope to diversify and reorganize production for local markets.