For anyone wishing to understand recent Egyptian history, Hossam El-Hamalawy's book offers invaluable insights. Review by John Green
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A helpful, easy to read and succinct book for those with a sketchy knowledge of the recent history politics and national tensions in the Horn of Africa
A substantial chapter on the Movement for Colonial Freedom makes interesting reading for Liberation members and supporters, writes Guillermo Thomas
Rwanda has played a central role in this conflict over mineral resources that has been destabilising the region and it has been backed by Europe and the US, writes Marc Botenga MEP
The key to peace and democracy in the Middle East is the recognition of the independence and sovereignty of nations, writes Jamshid Ahmadi
This book takes a refreshing look at relations between southern Africa and North Korea, freed from the blinkers of Cold War preconceptions, writes, writes John Green.
A biography that brings to our attention a monumental figure in the fight to reclaim Africa, its wealth and its history for its people, writes Bob Newland
Kevin Ochieng Okoth argues for a reassessment of the aspirations symbolised by the Third World movement unleashed at the Bandung Conference, writes John Green
Full interview with H.E. MOHAMED YASLEM BEISSAT, Ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic to South Africa
Medium-term prospects for peace, let alone democracy, are poor. It’s bad news for the long-suffering Sudanese, but all the more reason why progressive forces internationally should deepen solidarity, in part through demystifying what lies behind this unfolding tragedy, writes Jeremy Cronin
The countries of southern Africa owe their freedom and liberty to the people of Zambia and the UNIP’s potent strain of internationalism, Dikobé Ben Martins writes
Not an inevitable outcome of ancient ethnic hatreds, but a consequence of colonialism, imperialism, and neoliberalism, writes Thomas Kenny
The commitment to promoting internationalism and fostering solidarity among workers on the African continent and worldwide is growing, writes Dikobé Ben Martins
Compelling insight into the debate around restitution, illuminating the collective trauma and loss of cultural heritage that colonial theft engendered. By Steve Bishop
The war in Sudan has now been raging since 15 April 2023. The result is the worst and most pressing humanitarian crisis unfolding in the world today, writes Fathi El-Fadl.
Take Your Hands and Weapons Off the Women of Sudan! by Mohamed Khalid, a member of Omdurman's Karari Resistance Committee
Challenges effectively any opponents of reparations and provides extensive material for those who wish to support them. Book review by Bob Newland
John Green on his involvement in filming assignments in South Africa in the 1970s to help bring the abhorrent practices of the apartheid regime to world attention
Bob Newland on an internationalist who engaged in solidarity with anti-colonial struggles worldwide while also seeking to learn from them
Liberation was proud to have joined the demonstration in central London on Saturday 1 June, organised by the Sudanese anti-war forces
Jeremy Cronin on the huge advances under ANC rule, its failures and the multiple challenges, above all unemployment, poverty and yawning inequality
Interview with a direct participant in the events of 25 April 1974 on the revolution's enduring impact and legacy in Portugal and decolonialisation
As international and regional initiatives to address the conflict founder, Sudan is rapidly heading towards becoming a failed state, warns Fathi El-Fadl.
It was largely the increasing success of the liberation forces in Portugal's colonies that led to the Carnation Revolution in Portugal
Hain highlights the fragile qualities of South African democracy and the many ongoing threats to it against a backdrop of former colonial powers and those wishing to gain new power and influence competing at the expense of the people of South Africa and those of Africa as a whole.
A man of the people, a leader ahead of his time, on the environment, debt repayment, regional collaboration. national self-reliance and advocacy of women’s rights, writes Bob Newland
Two recently published books, one on the role in Africa of the US and the other on the Soviet Union on the continent provide greatly contrasting perspectives as well as significant additions to the historiology of Africa’s plight under colonialism and it its post-colonial years, writes Bob Newland
Ray Bush reviews a collection of essays that are relevant for understanding the constraints and opportunities for radical African transformation in the 21st century.
Updated statement in light of the rapidly moving developments and the growing threat of a military intervention by the ECOWAS bloc
Sylvia’s decision to take up the cause of a little-known (in England) African country was much appreciated by Black activists in Africa, the West Indies, Britain, and America - and can only be understood in the context of her anti-racism and anti-imperialism, writes Mary Davis
Big capital in the imperial metropoles still exert a vice-like grip on Africa’s economies and peoples but national liberation forces are developing a new agenda, writes Jonathan White
The view of the President of Socialist Party of Zambia on the second Summit For Democracy in Africa, hosted by the US
The twenty first century scramble for Africa is no less significant than that of the nineteenth century and is potentially even more dangerous, argues Steve Bishop