Andrée Blouin was a significant figure in the early 1960s African liberation struggles. She is featured in Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, the 2024 documentary film about the events leading to Patrice Lumumba's assassination.
Internationalism on the rise
The battle cry of democracy is heard far and wide
Member states back Correct the Map campaign that urges governments and organisations to use more accurate map
After two decades, and many failed counterterrorism efforts, the Trump administration is considering shuttering U.S. Africa Command.
Western donors are cutting budgets, but the aid model they built—rooted in control and dependency —still shapes Africa’s development. As aid shrinks, the work ahead is not just to survive the cuts, but also to refuse the system that made them matter.
Hot war, cold war, trade war, class war
The world economy is going through some stuff
Women worldwide speak as one
Thousands of women march against Trump — in the UK
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