We have seen time and time again in Africa that simply removing a dictator does not remove the institutions through which dictators maintain themselves in power. For example, N igeria is no longer under military rule, yet the military continues to commit human rights abuses in Nigeria because none of the Nigerian governments have made a serious
Anti-Corruption Champion Contest
Africans Rising for Justice, Peace & Dignity would like to congratulate Lala Touray from The Gambia on being voted as the 2018 Africans Rising Anti-Corruption Champion. Congratulation Lala! 20 years old Lala is an award-winning Gambian Poet and CEO of Kids Community Library Foundation. In 2017, Lala started the “Gambia in-Depth” project which she has
Lessons from South Sudan’s Civil War
The issue in the Sudan was not that the “Black African” south needed to be liberated from the “Arab” north. Those distinctions were the product of European and Arab imperialism in the Sudan. The issue was the lasting impact of foreign imperialism in Sudan and the only way to correct this issue is to create a new national identity. Garang’s vision is even more relevant now given that the role that tribalism has played in South Sudan’s civil war.
Why the African Union needs to become self-sufficient
“The reliance of our race upon the progress and achievements of others for a consideration in sympathy, justice and rights is like a dependence upon a broken stick, resting upon which will eventually consign you to the ground.” -Marcus Garvey In 2012 Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who was serving as the chairperson for the African Union
Africans Rising Mourns Kofi Annan
On August 18th 2018, a giant and great son of Africa took his last breath. Our dear Kofi Annan, a proud son of Africa who has served the world as an outstanding diplomat and very first Black secretary general of the United Nations passed away at age 80. Kofi Annan, a native of Ghana, was
Vote Now for Your Anti-Corruption Champion
VOTE FROM AUGUST 27TH-SEPT 20, 2018 VOTE
UGANDA: “If you do not want to pay tax, you just go and die!”
Uganda recently made history as the first country to initiate a Mobile Money & Social Media tax. A history that however further stains the cloth of freedom in this Eastern African country whose president Yoweri Museveni is the longest-serving president in the region. The 32 years rule of president Museveni has seen Uganda turn into
Afrophobia in South Africa
Farida Nabourema on Deportation of Africans by South Africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG6mSuINEMQ&t=9s
Africans Rising Urges The Government Of Cameroon To Stop The Killings!
PRESS RELEASE: Africans Rising for Justice, Peace & Dignity Condemns the Extra-Judicial Execution of Women & Children by Cameroonian Soldiers and urges the government to stop the grave violations of Human Rights. Video footage of men in military gear executing women and their babies tied on their back after being blindfolded has been circulating on