Africa

“This decision is being taken] due to the violation of the rights of the Palestinian people,” Ramaphosa said

Are Saudis Deploying Army of Sudanese child-soldiers in Yemen?

Sudan leader Omar al-Bashir is said to have demanded from these Gulf countries $2 billion for every 1,000 Sudanese troops deployed in Yemen.

Sudan

Are Massive Protests Sudan’s ‘Arab Spring’?

Middle East Monitor

Rising prices, shortages of basic commodities and a cash crisis have driven protesters to the streets

Donald Trump

With South Africa Conspiracy Theory, Trump is becoming Dylann Roof

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – White nationalist terrorist Dylann Roof, who murdered nine African-Americans in a church, including a sitting state senator, confessed himself deeply disturbed by various white grievances. Before murdering his hosts, he accused them of “taking over our country” and “raping our women.” He wrote in his manifesto, “From this point I […]

Sudan

World Defends Sudanese Rape Victim Condemned to Death

TeleSur

Hussein attempted to escape her arranged marriage but was forcibly restrained by her in-laws while her husband raped her

astronomy and outer space

Diamond rain in Sudan evidence of ‘lost planet,’ Arab Scientists Find

contributors

Middle East Monitor | – – Diamonds from outer space formed inside a long-lost planet Diamonds found inside a meteorite which exploded over Sudan could prove the existence of a “lost planet”, scientists have announced. Following years of research, a new study has found that the tiny diamonds contain compounds that are only produced under […]

Israel/ Palestine

New South African Gov’t to Cut ties with Israel over Apartheid toward Palestinians

contributors

Middle East Monitor | – – South Africa has been a staunch ally of the Palestinian struggle and regularly spoken out against the atrocities committed by the Israeli government The South African government is intending to cut diplomatic ties with Israel in protest of its treatment of the Palestinian people, the country’s Science and Technology […]

Africa

Why Black Panther’s Wakanda Is the Black Utopia We’ve Been Waiting For

contributors

By Ingrid LaFleur | ( Yes! Magazine) | – – Before the film was released, the nation of Wakanda was taking shape in our minds. Ingrid LaFleur posted Feb 07, 2018 “When I wondered if imagination could be necessary for the revolution and transformation, you said yes, you said our dreams and visions matter, they […]

Africa

Black Panther: Honoring the legacy of Black style

Juan Cole

by Henry Navarro Delgado | (The Conversation) | – – One knows that something is touching a nerve in North American culture when a foreign luxury car company wants a piece of the pie. The movie Black Panther is that type of archetypical popular culture milestone. The release of Black Panther provides the opportunity to […]