Gulf States and Warring Militias Alike Are Profiting From War in Sudan
Joshua Craze
A grotesque economic logic.
Tag: Africa
The New Scramble for Africa in the Vacuum of Empire
Richard Hames meets James Pogue
Guns for hire in the neocolonial hinterlands.
In Search of Red Africa
Kevin Okoth excavates the revolutionary history of a continent to make the case against Afropessimism.
On Migration, the Polish Left Has All But Given Up
Dan Davison & Ewa Pospieszyńska
It isn't too late to grow a backbone.
The Four Neat Tricks Corporations Used to Take Over the World
Claire Provost & Matt Kennard
A step-by-step guide.
Angolans Are Done With a One-Party State
Joana Ramiro
Democracy now.
How Europe’s Migrant Crisis Reached the Canary Islands
Eoghan Gilmartin & Tommy Greene
The tourist hotspot has become a death-trap for migrants.
Operation Legacy: How the British Elite Re-Wrote World History
Conservatives are obsessed with the idea that the left wants to erase Britain’s history. Yet that’s precisely what happened when its empire collapsed after 1945, as re-writing the past became a matter of state policy executed on an industrial scale. Here Aaron Bastani explains what was called ‘Operation Legacy’ and how those who care about […]
How We Won: The Ugandan Feminists Who Overturned an Anti-Porn Law
Sophie K Rosa
They fought back "from the word go".
England Is in the Midst of an African Renaissance – but It’s Still Racist As Hell
Kojo Koram
J-Hus, Dave and Michaela Coel are just some of the English-Africans dominating British culture.
Why It’s Eco-Socialism or Collapse
Climate change is better understood as climate systems breakdown, and it’s only through the lens of the latter that we can grasp the scale of the crisis ahead. On this episode of Downstream, Aaron Bastani is joined by Mat Lawrence and Laurie Laybourn-Langton to discuss their new book, Planet on Fire: A Manifesto for the […]
The Rich Are Skipping the Vaccine Queue. What Are We Going to Do About It?
James Meadway
Under Threat: the Sengwer Minority
Kenyan authorities and the EU are now negotiating the resumption of a controversial forest conservation project suspended in 2018 due to serious human rights concerns. The Sengwer, one of Kenya’s marginalised minorities, face eviction from their ancestral land. Despite a moratorium on evictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and huge pressure from human rights groups, […]
African Oil in the City: a New Kind of Colonialism
Chloe Farand and Mat Hope
We Paid Attention to Catalonia’s Independence Bid. Why Are We Ignoring the Crisis in Cameroon?
Ayo Awokoya
Zimbabwe in Crisis: Who Will Replace Robert Mugabe?
Ayo Awokoya
