Leo Zeilig is a writer and researcher. He has written extensively on African politics and history, including books on working-class struggle and the development of revolutionary movements, and biographies on some of Africa’s most important ...
“Given the power enjoyed by his sister Betsy DeVos and the close relationships he enjoys with senior figures in the United States government, it appears that a new era is dawning for Erik Prince.” The ...
Along with its subject matter, “Queen Sono” also sets new precedence for being created entirely by Africans, with a primarily African cast and produced on a Netflix budget. “Queen Sono” is groundbreaking for several reasons: ...
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a tranche of documents implicating Africa’s richest women in mismanagement of Angola’s state oil company. Newly-leaked documents revealed Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former Angolan President José Eduardo ...
Europe does not have a refugee or migration crisis. The real crisis is in Africa, where the thief—often a European firm—continues to undermine the continent’s ability to breathe. If you ask an African migrant in ...
Libya is on the verge of becoming the next proxy war, as its coalition government struggles to retain control over the country. Last Wednesday, the U.N.-recognized Coalition Government of Libya, declared that its forces wrestled ...
The ICC provides no legal counterbalance to the arrogance of an empire’s power. In June, a group of international lawyers sued the European Union for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ...
The Saharan Arab Democratic Republic and Morocco have battled for sovereignty over Western Sahara since the 1970s. At a Tuesday meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, support for Morocco’s Western ...
![The pit at the Premier Mine, Cullinan, Gauteng, South Africa. The cross-sectional area of the 190 metre deep pit at its surface is about 32 hectares.[1] The mine was the source of the 3106 carat Cullinan Diamond, the largest diamond ever found.](https://citizentruth.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/south-africa-mine-288x180.jpg "How Powerful Mining Corporations Flagrantly Plunder the Global South Without Consequence 8")
The process of corporate plunder in the global mining industry is severely aggravating social and economic inequalities across the planet. “The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.” —J. Paul Getty The ...
Russia’s long-term goal is to become a political, economic and military mediator that can stand behind Africa’s global interests and count on the continent’s support in return. (By János Besenyő, The Conversation) Russia has never ...
After killing 35 and injuring hundreds of protesters, the notorious paramilitary force, RSF, has overrun the capital city, terrorizing the citizens seen on the streets. (Peoples Dispatch) The Transitional Military Council (TMC), through which the ...
Malaria is still one of the biggest killers of children worldwide, taking the lives of over 200,000 children every year. -Dr. Seth Berkley Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) published a press release and ...
“In 2015, the general (Khalifa Haftar) boasted to me while we were at his command headquarters in Marj that he would win the post-2014 civil war by killing all the Islamists in Libya, not by ...
“Saeed, the president’s brother, is the ruler of our country. He is ruling behind the curtain, we won’t let this happen and the army is with us, we want now a radical change.” Tens of ...
Beira “will go down in history as having been the first city to be completely devastated by climate change,” said Mozambique’s former first lady on the devastation from Cyclone Idai. Despite the UN describing Cyclone ...
As many as 995 protesters have been denied bail and continue to languish in prison. Recent reports have revealed the extent of cruelty by security forces on the people of the country, as well as ...
The World Wildlife Fund and colonial conservation are threatening the existence of tribal people in Congo. Read the original article.
Merck is ending an agreement to supply a life-saving virus to low-income countries at reduced costs due to supply issues, but will begin selling the vaccine to China. Pharmaceutical company Merck & Co., Inc. has ...
Ethiopia is building a dam that threatens Egypt’s access to water – a country that is expected to hit “absolute water scarcity” by 2030. The famous Nile River is a source of intense disagreement between ...
The World Health Organization is not considering Ebola in the Congo a ‘global emergency’ at this time, but the likelihood is high the disease will spread to neighboring countries. Although the Ebola virus is once ...
Chairs, stakeholders, employees, and more of one South African bank, Venda Building Society, committed $2.4 million in fraud over the course of only a few years. An investigation has revealed the most shocking instance of ...
In a controversial move, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and other Disney characters are being removed from Egyptian schools. The government intends to replace the characters with Egyptian war heroes and martyrs and hopes to develop ...
The campaign by pro-cannabis activists to legalize marijuana worldwide received a major boost in South Africa when a top court decriminalized its use in the country on Tuesday. With the ruling, South Africa became the ...
A 21-year-old woman is pushing gender standards in Libya through the development of her app, Yummy, which allows Libyan women to sell home-cooked food “Every cloud has a silver lining,” the saying goes. To testify ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised investments and loans to African nations worth $60 billion as a part of the Belt and Road Initiative. Xi denies the allegation that the financial support is a debt ...
Other than being a leading cause of death worldwide, air pollution is now also a leading cause of severe brain damage, according to a new study which has linked air pollution to decreasing levels of ...
Former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan is dead. After a short illness, the global peace icon and a role model for leadership died peacefully at the age of 80 on Saturday 18th in a Switzerland ...
While elephants may be famous for their dislike of mice, it’s their intense dislike of bees that may save them. A new study attempted to replicate bee pheromones in hopes of creating a “bee repellant” ...
Africa has some of the poorest nations in the world, and with billions of dollars per year lost through financial crime, the poor are only getting poorer. Rising financial crime in Africa has become a ...
Spurts of post-election violence in Zimbabwe were witnessed early this week moments after Zimbabweans voted in the first election since Mugabe was ousted in a bloodless coup. Mnangagwa has been declared winner while the opposition ...
The fight against global warming and climate change has never been deadlier according to a new report by Global Witness found activists defending the environment are being murdered in record numbers. At least 207 environmental ...
A movement to completely eradicate plastic use in Africa is gathering momentum as more countries are adopting policies to help create the world's first plastic-free continent. The hope is to create a continent and a global ...
For the last five years, there has been an upsurge in the rate of illegal immigration into Europe by Africans. The immigrants have continued to endure the dangerous journey through the Sahara desert and risk ...
United Nations human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein called for an immediate investigation into gross human rights violations in Cameroon. The announcement came as Zeid said he was especially “appalled” by video footage of reportedly armed ...
U.S. lawmakers are hoping to combat terrorism and poverty in Africa all by working to save endangered species like black rhinos and elephants. Senator Chris Coons, a Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, ...
Scientists are trying to grapple with how a Liberian woman who was cured of Ebola during the West African Ebola outbreak of 2014 – 2016 infected family members more than a year later. The revelation ...
The United States has begun to operate armed drones in the African country of Niger. This is in response to the perceived growing rate of extremism in the country and an attack on U.S. soldiers ...
Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed and opened a 2000-year-old sarcophagus in the Mediterranean town of Alexandria. The discovery has generated a whir of debate and excitement with some thinking it contains the remains of Alexander ...
Former President Barack Obama threw what many are calling thinly-veiled jibes at his successor Donald Trump over what he thinks are strong-man antics. Speaking during the Mandela at 100 celebrations in South Africa, Obama criticized the ...
A Moroccan, 37-year-old Badr Idrissi, has developed intelligent drones that track illegal fishing, poaching and deforestation activities. Idrissi and a friend, Younes Moumen, co-founded ATLAN Space, a technology startup developing unmanned aerial vehicles with artificial ...
July 18th will mark 100 years since the birth of Nelson Mandela – South Africa’s anti-apartheid hero, global icon and a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Mandela, who died in 2013, bore the brunt of the ...
The 20-year hostilities over a border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea officially came to an end on Monday. The New York Times reported that later in the day Monday, Ethiopia asked the United Nations to ...
A recent documentary titled #12 (number 12) premiered by ace Ghanaian Investigative Journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, on 6th June in Accra to expose the deep-seated corruption in the football circles in Ghana and Africa has ...
It’s a characteristic of funerals all over the world to be emotional as people bury their loved ones. Some will wail loudly, others may faint and others will be dumbstruck staring in disbelief at the ...
Visitors and dignitaries at the Ethiopia Information and Communication Technology Expo of 2018 held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia were wowed by the appearance of Sophia the robot. Sophia’s visit to Ethiopia, which is also where ...
Refugees at the Kakuma Refugee Camp celebrated World Refugee Day on June 20 just like in any other refugee center around the world; but with a bustling economy and a spending power running into tens ...
Mauritius is not only a luxurious holiday destination but also a place with a rich and diverse flora and fauna unique only to the island. This includes the dodo, an extinct flightless bird, which was ...
The Zimbabwe elections of 2018 are generating buzz within the political circles of Africa as excitement, anxiety and uncertainty elicit mixed opinion across Zimbabwe. The elections slated for July 30 will be the first without ...
There could be light at the end of the tunnel for the more than 12 million people of South Sudan who have had to contend with violent and politically instigated clashes over the last five ...
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