China and African countries take steps to enhance ties
Mikaela Erskog, a researcher with Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and a member of the Pan Africanism Today Secretariat, talks about the recent Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
Ethiopans march against TPLF and US intervention in their country
Thousands of Tigrayans residing in Addis Ababa held a rally in support of the federal government and against the US-backed Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).
Women mobilize against president Bolsonaro in Brazil
Thousands of women took to the streets across Brazil on Saturday, December 4 demanding the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro
Understanding Germany’s ‘traffic light’ coalition
Germany’s new coalition government is set to be voted in today. Pawel Wargan, organizer, researcher, and coordinator of the International Secretariat of the Progressive International, speaks on the contradictions of the coalition
Women’s groups stage protest during first reading of harsh anti-abortion bill in Polish parliament
The bill which was voted down in its first reading would have equated abortion with murder and led to prison terms of up to 25 years for those who underwent abortion and those who assisted them
Moroccans protest normalization of ties with Israel
On November 29, the the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, protests were held in Rabat against the normalization of relations with Israel and an agreement that was signed between the countries a few days before
Rights organizations call for renewed probe into possible war crimes in Yemen
The call by rights organizations comes a day after The Guardian revealed that Saudi Arabia had used a mixture of threats and inducements to persuade countries to vote down an extension of the probe into possible war crimes in Yemen
Saudi Arabia extensively lobbied to derail war crimes probe in Yemen, says report
A report by The Guardian said that an extensive Saudi lobbying effort was one of the reasons behind the defeat of a resolution to extend the term of an independent war crimes investigation into human rights violations in Yemen