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*This article was first published on The Elephant. Something truly remarkable happened in Nairobi on 18 June. For the first time since Kenya’s independence, a people-driven movement ignited largely by Gen Z (those born after 1997, also known as the fully “digitally...
With the exception of a brief period, India has been more fortunate than many other nations in being able to maintain parliamentary rule over the last 77 years. With 900 million voters—more than the populations of Europe and Australia put together—the Indian elections...
On April 15, 2023, an alliance between General Abdelfatih Burhan of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (“Hemedti”), the leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), collapsed, catapulting the country into an unprecedented war. The war initially...
The international trade in diamonds, worth $87 billion in 2021, conceals the fact that the industry is a significant source of funding for the genocidal apartheid regime in Israel. Israel’s genocide in Gaza, now in its sixth month, has killed at least 32,000 people,...
Since the inauguration of President Bola Tinubu, a wave of fee hikes has swept through public universities and secondary schools in Nigeria. Across numerous campuses, students have risen in response to these policies, registering their dissent through campaigns,...
A desperate humanitarian crisis is underway in Haiti. Since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, the country has been gripped by crippling levels of gang violence characterized by regular street battles, kidnappings, sexual assault, and the...
The people of Gaza are endlessly re-experiencing the trauma within the very place of their suffering.
Interview with Gilbert Achcar Amandla!: The scale of Israel’s attack on Gaza is unprecedented. Do you see this largely as an act of vengeance or does it have a strategic purpose? Gilbert Achcar: Of course, one dimension of it resembles an act of vengeance. But it is...
HAMAS HAS BEEN DEMONISED since its attacks on October 7th 2023, leading to the death of 1,200 Israelis. Where did this party come from and how did it develop? Origins and Development Hamas, the Arabic acronym for “Islamic Resistance Movement”, was officially...