TRAORÉ SCHOOLS RUTO ON DEMOCRACY What should democracy mean in the African context? We’ve juxtaposed two visions - the first, that of Kenya’s William Ruto, delivering a noscripted condemnation of last July’s military coup against Niger’s Western-backed president;…

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have teamed up to form a joint military force of 5,000 troops whose job it will be to tackle armed groups in the Sahel region. This was announced on 20 January by Niger’s Defence Minister, General Salifou Mody, during a chat with…

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TIL that the last 'human zoo' was opened in 1994 in France. Twenty-five Ivorians, including children, had their passports confiscated and were kept for six months without pay. During that time, they were forced to work bare-chested, sleep in huts, and were…

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Media On this day, 1 August 1834, slavery in the British Caribbean officially ended, and the 800,000 people enslaved by Britons were "freed". The move followed major uprisings of enslaved people, for example in Jamaica and Demerara (now part of Guyana). However…

Good Idea: Unity https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-main-ingredient/202407/stop-fighting-and-embrace-the-power-of-unity Being faced with exploitation and injustice, often leads to thoughts of violent action against the powerful, such as targeting…