On 19 June, the administration of President Donald Trump announced the United States withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
Abayomi Azikiwe
Tagged under Human Security North America Human rights in the USA
Republic of South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa hosted the tenth BRICS Summit where strong opposition to the burgeoning trade and currency wars initiated by the United States administration of President Donald Trump was assailed.
Tagged under Emerging Powers South Africa BRICS Summit Johannesburg 2018
On 1-2 July 2018, the 31st ordinary summit of the African Union (AU) was held in the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott under the theme of “Winning the Fight against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa’s Transformation. [[i]]”
Tagged under Pan-Africanism Mauritania African Union Summit
Two separate grenade attacks in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa and the Zimbabwean city of Bulawayo resulted in the deaths of several people.
Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and his wife Ri Sol Ju paid yet another visit to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) President Xi Jinping on 19 June 2018.
Tagged under Global South Asia DPRK-US relations
Six weeks of rallies, mass demonstrations and civil disobedience concluded in Michigan on Monday 18 June 2018 when hundreds of participants in the Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) moved their events to the city of Detroit, the most populated municipality in the state.
Tagged under Advocacy & Campaigns North America Working people struggles
In order to acquire an appreciation of the events surrounding United States-Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) relations it is first necessary to place the upcoming summit [[i]] meeting between Marshall Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump in
Tagged under Global South Asia USA-North Korea Summit
This year’s Africa Day, also known as Africa Liberation Day, marked the 55th anniversary of the formation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor of the African Union (AU).
Tagged under Pan-Africanism African Liberation Day 2018
A recently-held African National Congress (ANC) Land Summit (19-20 May 2018) was convened in the Republic of South Africa just several months after the passage of a parliamentary resolution which would theoretically redistribute white-owned farms to the African majority.
Tagged under Pan-Africanism South Africa Land reform
Despite the propaganda of the ruling class in the United States and the entire capitalist world suggesting that the impact of the Great Recession of 2007-2010 has been completely reversed, poor and working people are still suffering from the lack of adequate employment, substandard education, hou
Tagged under Advocacy & Campaigns North America May Day 2018