DRC Rwanda Qatar
DR Congo Rwanda United States

DRC–Rwanda leaders head to Washington for final peace deal with Trump

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda are expected to sign a peace deal in Washington on 4 December 2025, in a deal brokered by President Donald Trump.

Nicholas Mwangi
December 3, 2025
Indigenous seed exchange
Kenya

Kenya’s High Court rules in favor of smallholder farmers and indigenous seeds

The landmark ruling secures farmers’ right to save, share, and exchange indigenous seeds, by decriminalizing it and safeguarding traditional farming heritage.

Nicholas Mwangi
December 1, 2025
Food industry workers Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe

UFAWUZ pickets Nestlé Zimbabwe demanding the company pay workers a living wage

On Nov. 14, Nestlé Zimbabwe workers, led by UFAWUZ, staged a peaceful picket demanding living wages and an end to unfair labor practices. The action follows a protracted wage dispute in which Nestlé refused to increase wages.

Nicholas Mwangi
November 18, 2025
Ivory Coast
Africa

Africa’s recent elections: crisis and a continent’s youth in revolt

The recent elections in Tanzania, Cameroon, and Côte d’Ivoire lay bare the contradictions of neoliberal democracy in Africa, where the ruling class clings to power through coercion and electoral manipulation to protect imperial and class interests.

Nicholas Mwangi
November 14, 2025
President Samia Suluhu Hassan is sworn in
Tanzania

Post-election repression in Tanzania as President Suluhu “wins” with 97.66%

Tanzania’s disputed elections, already clouded by credibility concerns, ended with President Samia Suluhu declared the winner. Authorities have intensified arrests and crackdowns, while opposition leaders claim that thousands were killed during post-election protests.

Nicholas Mwangi
November 11, 2025
Sudan protests
Sudan

Progressive popular movements and organizations stand in solidarity with the people of Sudan

Popular organizations and movements across Africa and beyond have condemned the ongoing massacre of the Sudanese people by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), calling for an immediate end to the violence. Urging support for the Sudanese people’s struggle for peace, justice, and democratic self-determination.

Nicholas Mwangi
November 6, 2025
protests in Tanzania
Tanzania

Protests erupt in Tanzania amid disputed elections, internet shutdown, and curfew

Protests erupted as Tanzania went to the polls on October 29, 2025. With opposition leaders jailed, Internet access cut, the election has been criticized as ceremonial for President Samia Suluhu Hassan to get back to power.

Nicholas Mwangi
October 30, 2025
Photograph of Congress attendees, 1945 Pan-African Congress. Among the people to attend were George Padmore, W. E. B. Du Bois, Jomo Kenyatta and Kwame Nkrumah.
Africa

80 years since 1945 Manchester Congress and the need for revolutionary Pan-Africanism

The anniversary of the Manchester Congress calls for reflection on its enduring significance and the meaning of Pan-Africanism in today’s world, a time when the struggles for sovereignty, unity, and liberation remain as urgent as ever.

Nicholas Mwangi
October 25, 2025