Africa Archives - Solidarity (Ireland)

Sudan is ravaged by two years of counter-revolutionary war

By Liv Shange Moyo, PRMI in Sweden Two years of civil war between the RSF and the SAF – two counter-revolutionary forces that together suppressed the revolutionary movement that was sparked in 2018 before falling out – has left Sudan’s people ravaged,

Apr 17, 2025

World News

Imperialist-backed horror for peoples of DRC

By Robert Cosgrave Since January, the March 23 Movement (M23), with the support of the Rwandan State, have made deep advances in the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where they have been in conflict with the state since

Feb 20, 2025

World News

Kenya in revolt: What’s fueling the uprising?

By Cathal Curran For over a month, massive protests have engulfed Kenya, with large demonstrations taking place in 43 out of the 47 counties. In Nairobi, protestors stormed and occupied Parliament and set parts of the building on fire. The state’s response

Jul 30, 2024

World News

Niger Military Coup: Workers everywhere must oppose invasion

By Aj. Dagga Tolar, Movement for a Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in Nigeria) We say: *No to war or any military invasion of Niger. *No Nigerian soldier needs to go die to defend a bourgeois democracy that impoverishes and oppresses the

Aug 20, 2023

World News

Coup in Niger: Oppose the military intervention — let the Nigerien people decide

Ory, Militant CI — our sister organisation in Côte d’Ivoire What seemed like a rumor finally became a certainty. The Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum was ousted from power by the military. How did we get here and what lessons have been learned

Aug 7, 2023

World News

Sudan: Counter-revolutionary forces fall out

By Serge Jordan, International Socialist Alternative (the international movement to which we are the Irish section of) Since the early morning of Saturday, 15 April, the chiefs of the Sudanese armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia have been waging

Apr 25, 2023

World News

Pharma companies “drowning in vaccines” while millions of unvaccinated suffer and die

By Dan O’Rourke A recent headline on a prominent African news outlet read “Africa needs a billion Covid vaccines, but supply is slowing down”. Just a couple of weeks prior, an article in the Financial Times exclaimed, with zero irony, “‘We are

May 26, 2022

World News

Ethiopia: New war offensive amid worst global famine

By Per-Åke Westerlund—Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (our sister organisaton in Sweden) The war in Ethiopia has entered a third phase close to a year after its start, with a new offensive launched by the federal army against Tigray. The human consequences of the war

Oct 28, 2021

Covid-19 Pandemic·Environment·World News

Climate catastrophe and Covid spurs human catastrophe in the Global South

By Robert Cosgrave The Covid crisis, reflecting the existing global inequalities of capitalism, hit the Global South, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, with extreme severity. What measly healthcare infrastructure was available crumbled in the face of the virus. Non-existent safety nets The economic impact

Aug 16, 2021

Covid-19 Pandemic

Africa & Covid-19: Capitalism driving a continent into the abyss

By Serge Jordan, International Socialist Alternative (the international socialist organisation to which the Socialist Party is affiliated to) The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into sharp relief the profound social inequalities prevailing under modern capitalism. Nowhere more than in Africa. The Global Health

Apr 15, 2020

Africa

Sudan is ravaged by two years of counter-revolutionary war

Imperialist-backed horror for peoples of DRC

Kenya in revolt: What’s fueling the uprising?

Niger Military Coup: Workers everywhere must oppose invasion

Coup in Niger: Oppose the military intervention — let the Nigerien people decide

Sudan: Counter-revolutionary forces fall out

Pharma companies “drowning in vaccines” while millions of unvaccinated suffer and die

Ethiopia: New war offensive amid worst global famine

Climate catastrophe and Covid spurs human catastrophe in the Global South

Africa & Covid-19: Capitalism driving a continent into the abyss

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Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden