Several reports and analytical articles have been circulating, alleging possible ties between Israel and Somaliland. Suhaib Mahmoud traces how these claims have moved from the fringes to the mainstream.

ICJ Vice-President Julia Sebutinde’s defense of Israel’s war in Gaza exposes the colonial roots of Christian Zionism in East Africa. Her stance reflects how borrowed theology still shapes African elites and their politics today.

Reports of negotiations between Israel and South Sudan over displacing Palestinians from Gaza have sparked outrage and confusion. Both governments deny the claims, so what’s really going on?

Once a symbol of shared anti-colonial struggle, Palestine held a powerful place in Africa’s political imagination. That bond has frayed — but it isn’t lost. What happened to Afro-Palestinian solidarity, and what would it take to rebuild it?

When global solidarity meets Africa’s overlooked struggles, a university director reflects on the delicate balance between empathy, history, and the need for deeper understanding.

The ‘Sumud’ convoy from Tunis to Gaza is reviving the radical promise of pan-African solidarity and reclaiming an anticolonial tactic lost to history.

The expulsion of Israel’s ambassador from the AU’s Rwanda genocide commemoration was a striking act of solidarity with the Palestinians — one rooted in a long history across the continent.

South Africa’s decision to take Israel to the ICJ on charges of genocide could cost his country, says former South African ambassador and anti-apartheid activist Ebrahim Rasool, but is an act of “enormous integrity”

Israel’s war on Gaza relies on the dehumanisation of the Palestinian people. We know about that in Somalia and we need to urgently use our voices to push back.  In a conversation organised by Science and Nonduality between...

South Africa and Algeria have relied on diplomatic and judicial activism to end the war in Gaza, but African leaders more widely have distanced themselves from western double standards on human rights  Since October 2023, the...

As Israel’s genocide in Gaza continues, Hussein Abdilahi Bulhan’s work on Fanon acts as an urgent reminder of the role of psychology in resisting oppressive systems not accommodating us to themAs an anti-racist psychologist,...

It is a bitter joke that Israeli president Isaac Herzog received a wreath at the genocide memorial in Rwanda while his country is accused of investigating one itself The Israeli President, Isaac Herzog, participated on April...

Matthew Gordon reflects on what a reductive analogy can tell us about the unfolding catastrophe.You know a geopolitical situation has gotten really out of hand when people start invoking Somalia.Indeed, after six months of...