Winnie Mandela’s legacy of tenacious fight
BY IDRISS CESAY Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the former wife of the late South African iconic leader Nelson Mandela, who died on 2 April at age 81, was laid to rest today, Saturday in Johannesburg, leaving...
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What China’s President Xi’s extended tenure means for Africa
BY COBUS VAN STADEN China’s decision to suspend presidential term limits is still reverberating around the world. The announcement, made after a vote by China’s parliament in March, prompted some commentators to draw comparisons with “third...
China not colonizing Africa, says Namibian president
BY ALAN GREEN Currently on a state visit to China, Namibia’s president, Hage Geingob, refuted the widely-held view that China’s relations with African countries are tantamount to colonization. In the remarks reported on Saturday...
Have Presidents Ouattara and Soro buried the hatchet?
BY JIBRIL TURE A high-profile meeting between Côte d’Ivoire’s president Alassane Dramane Ouattara and the country’s speaker of the parliament, Guillaume Soro, at the presidential palace in Abidjan on 3 November, 2017 marked the...
The Market for Abidjan Performing Arts holds new promises
BY SERGES N’GUESSANT PHOTOGRAPHY BY KOUASSI TOTO KOFFI The Market for Abidjan Performing Arts, MASA, held March 10-17 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, showcased the breathtaking talents of hundreds of artists from all over the...
Why I teach a course called ‘White Racism’
BY TED THORNHILL The need for students to learn about racism in American society existed long before I began teaching a course called “White Racism” at Florida Gulf Coast University earlier this year. I...
NAACP sues over Trump’s plans to end protection for Haitian immigrants
BY SUE B. SIMON The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP (the largest civil rights organization in the United States) on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security,...
In Africa, Trump’s ‘America first’ equals ‘China first’
BY ALAN GREEN For very many years, and especially over the past decade, China has been especially aggressive in its pursuit of trade and investment deals in Africa, and has reaped huge benefits from...
U.S. Leadership approval in the world slips to unprecedented low
BY WILLIAM J. FIGHTER Worldwide approval of the United States role has slipped to a new low, a Gallup poll published today says. U.S. approval rate is now below that of China, the report...
