As Nigeria goes to the polls, Labor Party backed by the trade unions, emerges as strong third force
Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, is going to the polls on February 25. Key trade unions and progressive forces have backed the Labour Party and its presidential candidate Peter Obi to provide a break from the policies of the mainstream APC and PDP parties
Sudanese left warns that election under military junta-right wing deal will legitimize coup
The military junta ruling Sudan and right-wing political parties have signed a Framework Agreements to establish a transitional government and hold fresh elections. The Sudanese Communist Party has said this will exclude millions and legitimize the coup regime
Communist Party of Swaziland continues campaign to boycott ‘farcical’ elections despite arrests and torture
In Swaziland, only individuals approved by the local chiefs of King Mswati III can contest elections, and the parliament cannot hold the monarchy accountable. Pro-democracy activists have been calling for a boycott of the elections which are scheduled for August
Separatist Somaliland troops continue shelling Las Anod city, killing dozens
The attack on Las Anod, the epicenter of unionist protests, began at the conclusion of the conference declaring the Sool, Sanaag, and Cayn (SSC) region a part of Somalia
Peace deal between Ethiopian government and TPLF holds despite delays in implementation; US escalates attempts to scapegoat Eritrea
Attempts by US and other Western countries to sow discord between Ethiopia and Eritrea “will not be successful because the majority of the Ethiopian people are grateful for the Eritrean army’s help in defeating the TPLF,” former Ethiopian diplomat Mohamed Hassan told Peoples Dispatch
“Assassination of Thulani Maseko has killed prospects of peaceful struggle in Swaziland”
Activist and lawyer Thulani Maseko, who was at the forefront of Swaziland’s struggle for democracy, was gunned down hours after King Mswati’s threatening speech to pro-democracy activists. PUDEMO President Mlungisi Makhanya talks about Thulani’s struggle and what his killing means for the country
Las protestas en la separatista Somalilandia piden la reunificación con Somalia
Mientras Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido legitiman cada vez más el régimen secesionista de Somalilandia, cuya soberanía no goza de reconocimiento internacional, un movimiento unificador que busca una Somalia unida amenaza con desintegrar la república autoproclamada.
Protests in breakaway Somaliland call for reunification with Somalia
Even as the US and UK are increasingly legitimizing secessionist rule in Somaliland, whose sovereignty has no international recognition, a unionist movement seeking a united Somalia threatens to unravel the self-declared republic