Cost of living crisis worsens in Egypt soon after the IMF loan deal
Egypt

Cost of living crisis worsens in Egypt soon after the IMF loan deal

Egyptians, already reeling under a cost of living crisis amid record-high inflation, are suffering a further erosion of purchasing power

Pavan Kulkarni
March 25, 2024
Why has Niger declared US military presence in its territory illegal?
Niger United States

Why has Niger declared US military presence in its territory illegal?

Only months after forcing its former colonizer France to withdraw its troops, Niger, West Africa’s largest country, has said the presence of US troops is illegal. This could be a major blow to the US military’s power-projection capacity in the region

Pavan Kulkarni
March 19, 2024
Campesinos asesinados en el corazón agrícola de Sudán mientras el hambre asola el país devastado por la guerra
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Campesinos asesinados en el corazón agrícola de Sudán mientras el hambre asola el país devastado por la guerra

Mientras más de la mitad de la población del país devastado por la guerra pasa hambre, las tropas merodeadoras de las Fuerzas de Apoyo Rápido (RSF) matan a cientos de campesinos y despoblan las aldeas del corazón agrícola de Sudán.

Pavan Kulkarni
March 16, 2024
Farmers killed across Sudan’s agricultural heartland while hunger engulfs the war-torn country
Sudan

Farmers killed across Sudan’s agricultural heartland while hunger engulfs the war-torn country

While more than half the war-torn country’s population is suffering hunger, the marauding troops of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are killing farmers in their hundreds and depopulating the villages of Sudan’s agricultural heartland

Pavan Kulkarni
March 12, 2024
Starvation and disease threaten millions in Sudan as civil war rages on
Sudan

Starvation and disease threaten millions in Sudan as civil war rages on

With over half the population hungry and starvation deaths increasing by the hour, Sudanese brace for worse as the country enters the lean season on the heels of a harvest season lost to war.

Pavan Kulkarni
February 26, 2024
Abiy Ahmed faces a divided Ethiopia and growing pressure
Ethiopia

Abiy Ahmed faces a divided Ethiopia and growing pressure

Significant miscalculations by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government have pushed the once hopeful Ethiopia to worrying instability, says former diplomat Mohamed Hassan

Pavan Kulkarni
February 12, 2024
“We will fight in the streets of Nairobi for our brothers and sisters in Haiti”
Haiti Kenya

“We will fight in the streets of Nairobi for our brothers and sisters in Haiti”

Despite the prohibition by Kenya’s High Court, President William Ruto has vowed to deploy policemen within this week to Haiti. Communist Party of Kenya leader Booker Omole says Ruto is selling the country’s foreign policy to the highest bidder, namely the US

Pavan Kulkarni
February 5, 2024
What’s behind Ethiopia’s overtures toward recognition of Somaliland?
Ethiopia Somalia

What’s behind Ethiopia’s overtures toward recognition of Somaliland?

At a time when Israel’s shipping through Red Sea has been blocked by Ansarallah in Yemen, control over the coast of Somaliland to its south across the Gulf of Aden, has become strategically crucial for Western powers, Elias Amare, former editor of HOA TV, told Peoples Dispatch in an interview

Pavan Kulkarni
January 30, 2024