Tracks by Rema, Burna Boy and more were streaming in the billions, but hits are drying up. Stars and analysts across the African music industry fret about how to change course In 2016, Afrobeats – the catchall term for a range...
Credit: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters via Gallo Images By Nwabueze Chibuzor and Mighulo Masaka ABUJA, Nigeria / NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 22 2026 (IPS) In many countries across Africa, people have recently lined up to vote. But in country after country, there has...
About 18 months after the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria, security and political developments in Iraq, along with evolving relations between Baghdad and Damascus , prompted authorities to reconsider the presence of Syrian officers linked...
US President Donald Trump said he would indefinitely extend the ceasefire with Iran to allow for further peace talks, although it was not clear on Wednesday if Iran or Israel, the U.S. ally in the two-month war, would...
WEST BANK, (PIC) In a serious field incident, a group of armed settlers stormed the area surrounding the boys’ school in the village of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, on Tuesday in the middle of a regular school day, opening live fire...
In April 2026, Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, was scheduled to undertake a high-profile visit to Eswatini—Taiwan’s only remaining formal diplomatic ally on the African continent. The trip, planned for April 22–26, carried both symbolic and strategic importance, including participation in...
NABLUS, (PIC) Hordes of extremist Jewish settlers destroyed dozens of olive trees and carried out a terrorist arson attack in Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. In al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, south of Nablus, settlers wreaked havoc on more than 150 olive...
Trump chose to believe Netanyahu. Announcing the US-Israeli assault, Trump told Iranians that this was their opportunity to reclaim their country. To win the war on Trump’s terms, the Iranian theocracy needed only to survive. The attack killed the Supreme...
Aisha Wahab, a California state lawmaker and the daughter of Afghan immigrants, is running for US Congress to replace Eric Swalwell, who resigned earlier this month following allegations of sexual misconduct. Wahab is one of many contenders vying for...
As the ceasefire in Lebanon enters its fifth day, the Israeli army is expanding into border villages in the southern parts of the country, using the agreement to extend control over areas it did not occupy before the...
China’s latest move at Scarborough Shoal may appear routine. By tightening access controls with a barrier and layered vessel presence, Beijing has once again signaled that its strategy aims to normalize its presence along key maritime lanes. Yet this move...
With a shaky ceasefire in place between the US, Israel and Iran – and little progress on talks to resolve the complex issues at the heart of the war – where is this conflict going? The most likely scenario is...
Research shows natural hazards linked to climate crisis disrupted 23 elections in 18 countries in 2024 Democracy is under mounting threat from the climate crisis, with new analysis documenting how elections are increasingly shaped not only by political forces but also...
Amid all the tensions in the Middle East, the situation in East Asia looks a lot calmer. That’s especially true after a visit to Beijing by Taiwan’s opposition leader Cheng Li-wun, a positive sign for peace and an encouraging step toward Washington’s...
Israel did not recognize Somaliland out of love for the Somalilanders. It did so out of cold calculation, strategic necessity, and an urgent need for survival after its historic defeat at the hands of Iran. It is more of a...
The saga of TACO Trump (i.e., Trump Always Chickens Out) continues to add new chapters… A few hours before the end of the two week ceasefire with Iran, Trump unilaterally announced an indefinite extension of the ceasefire (see image above),...
The US Navy’s F/A-XX fighter bid underscores a deeper contest with China not just over next-generation carrier aircraft, but over which side can sustain carrier aviation as a credible instrument of power, deterrence and influence in the Indo-Pacific. The Navy...
With just a few weeks left before President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing to meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, it seems that the U.S. war in the Middle East will, in all likelihood, remain unfinished business, if not...
Instead of trying to end the war in Iran, Senate Republicans want to pass an authorization for the use of military force (AUMF), which would essentially give the Trump administration congressional blessing to fight it. Since the U.S. and Israel began...
On February 20, the New York Times reported that over 60 U.S. military aircraft were stationed at a base in central Jordan, around triple the usual number parked at the site. Satellite imagery revealed an increase in U.S. F-35 jets...
This statement was originally published on cipesa.org on 20 April 2026. The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) welcomes the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) adoption of the Resolution on Elections...
Last Friday, President Trump posted a series of announcements on Truth Social, claiming that Iran had given him everything he wanted in exchange for nothing. The President asserted that Iran had agreed to hand over what he...
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 17 April 2026. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Angolan authorities to investigate the harassment of Folha 8 reporter Hermenegildo Caculo, who was illegally detained for almost four...
This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 20 April 2026. Mass dissolution of civic groups, enforcement of repressive laws Burkina Faso ’s military government is intensifying its sweeping crackdown on civil society through restrictive legislation, administrative pressure, and...
By: Tomoaki Takei - - - - Nikkei Asia photo Japan is suffering a nationwide shortage of surgeons in more than half of its teaching hospitals, even in major urban centers like Tokyo and Osaka. Even as the total number...
The one great big positive that has come out of the Donald’s Iran fiasco is that he has not held back in blackening the name of NATO in a manner that has heretofore been unthinkable: “NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE...
In the latest episode of MintCast, MintPress director and host Mnar Adley is joined by Dr. Setareh Sadeqi, assistant professor at the University of Tehran, to examine how the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is unfolding on the ground as Iranian...
At dawn, as the sun rises across the Indian Ocean, Venance Shayo perches on the edge of his boat, hauling in a net. The sea gently ripples under the breeze and the sound of revving engines. Barefoot, the 56-year-old pulls...
Discussions reportedly come after Trump’s decision to stop initiative that allowed group to apply to resettle in the US The Trump administration is in discussions to potentially send up to 1,100 Afghans who helped US forces during the war in Afghanistan...
China and the United States are extending their rivalry beyond artificial intelligence and space into fusion energy, widely seen as a virtually limitless, carbon-free power source. Both are racing to build domestic capabilities while securing supply chains for future reactors....
A $238 million drone mysteriously vanished during the war with Iran earlier this month — only for the Navy to later confirm it had crashed in a mishap . The episode marks the MQ-4C’s first major accident in active...
GAZA, (PIC) Several civilians were injured on Tuesday evening following an Israeli strike targeting a group of people in the town of Beit Lahiya, in the northwestern Gaza Strip. The PIC correspondent reported that at least two individuals were wounded by Israeli...
La vittoria elettorale dell’ex Generale Rumen Radev alle elezioni politiche anticipate in Bulgaria rilancia la contrapposizione tra Mosca e Bruxelles nel Mar Nero, con Washington quale spettatore attivo sullo sfondo. Segue nostro Telegram . Come delineato nella Comunicazione congiunta del...
NABLUS, (PIC) A young man was injured on Tuesday evening after being assaulted by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the village of Iraq Burin, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that its teams transported...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Settler attacks against Palestinians and their property in the West Bank have seen a significant increase since October 7, 2023, with data indicating an unprecedented expansion in the scale of violence and its human and material toll. Statistics released...
The conviction of two Palestine solidarity protest organisers in the UK, after lobbying by the Zionist lobby, is indicative of rising authoritarianism in Europe. Des Freedman is Professor of Media and Communications in the Department of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths,...
Long read which makes the case for the left to re-calibrate its attitude towards governments in the global south which are in the cross-hairs of American imperialism. Steve Ellner is a retired professor of the Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela where...
Is Trump’s cult-like following the foundations for American fascism? Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served as the Middle East Bureau Chief and Balkan Bureau...
The head of the US delegation to anticipated peace talks with Iran had yet to leave Washington on Tuesday, with Tehran still undecided on whether it would participate as the end of a temporary ceasefire drew near. The two sides have...
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was extending a ceasefire with Iran to allow more time for negotiations, while maintaining a US naval blockade of the country's ports. Trump said on social media that he would "extend the...
The transatlantic security relationship may be entering a new phase as Washington signals a tougher stance toward European allies. Statements attributed to Elbridge Colby, a key figure in shaping US strategic thinking, suggest a shift toward a model in which...
For any unfamiliar, Baedeker was THE standard for travel guides last century…and the century before. Those pocket-sized earthly thesauruses provided not only the sites you needed to see but also included commentary by historical figures who earlier passed your way. My personal...
Across the West Bank, security is never guaranteed. Locked doors and alarm systems pale in comparison to the complex and completely embedded surveillance network that the Israeli occupation has put into place. Palestinians are never fully at peace because of the...
Lai Ching-te abandons visit after Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar revoke overflight permission Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, has cancelled his trip to Eswatini, the democratic island’s only diplomatic ally in Africa, after his government said several countries had revoked overflight permits...
Following the last round of talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad, Iran’s foreign minister and negotiator Abbas Araghchi declared in a post on X on April 17 that the Strait of Hormuz was “completely open.” This came...
A woman sits in a public space in Kabul. Under new Taliban laws, a wife who visits her relatives without her husband's permission faces up to three months in prison. Credit: Learning Together. By External Source KABUL, Apr 21...
Recent findings from research we have been carrying out at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern in Geneva suggest that we might be closing in on signs of undiscovered physics. If confirmed, these hints would overturn the theory, called...
President Donald Trump has admitted he is considering a currency swap arrangement with the United Arab Emirates after reports that Abu Dhabi raised concerns over dollar liquidity risks linked to the Iran war. The UAE was among...
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