The African Union should be working hard to ensure that there is no impunity in Africa. If Kenyatta and Ruto are innocent they should not be afraid to get their day in court. Any discussion at the AU about mass withdrawal from the ICC could be tantamount to self-delegitimization

The Somali militant group Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the September 21 attack at an upmarket shopping mall in Nairobi in which dozens of people were killed. Progressives must intensify their opposition to extremists who manipulate Islam, but also reject the imperial forces inside Africa and their allies

When Western commentators who are supposedly opposed to militarism write in ways that suggest AFRICOM should step up its activities in Africa, citing the failed states index that was prepared by militarists and lobbyists for private military contractors, it is the obligation of people in the peace and justice movements to speak up

The killing of seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin in the US requires a new movement for human dignity amongst all progressive forces and people genuinely committed to freedom, justice and equality for all in America

This phase of the revolution will require clarity from those who understand that the future of Egypt depends on the conscious and organized action of the people to avoid open warfare. The agents of militarism are ready to use the excuse of violence and security to hijack the will of the people

In recent years, the United States has increasingly been sidelined in areas of deep economic transformation in Africa because US engagement with Africa has been primarily through militarism and military relations. The current visit of US President Barack Obama to Africa should be viewed against this background.

There are many contemporary questions regarding emancipation, transformation, unity, and rights for which today’s youth must seek answers, taking inspiration from the gallant struggles of previous generations

While the heads of state busied themselves with neo-liberal discourses about ‘poverty reduction and governance’ at last week’s AU Summit, the intellectuals, activists, artists and writers focused on acceleration of the full unification of the peoples of Africa and the need for concrete steps towards a government that can defend Africans at home and abroad

The kind of tragic exploitation of workers in Bangladesh is present all over Africa, where people are denied basic labour rights as part of state efforts to attract and retain foreign investment. Militant and sustained efforts are needed to resist this trend

Hagiographic obituaries and analysis of Margaret Thatcher in the US and UK seek to revise the reality that not only was Thatcher a divisive politician but her government laid the ideological foundation for the rampant neoliberalism alongside, racism, militarism, imperialism that exist today.