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Comprador Repression In Kenya

May 13, 2026 Black Alliance for Peace. , , , ,
The Kenyan state has demonstrated a consistent and brutal willingness to deploy state terror against organized political dissent, targeting revolutionary leaders, working-class organizers, and anti-colonial voices with impunity. Past cases have laid bare the state’s methods: the violent abduction, torture, and illegal detention of Comrade Booker Ngesa Omole, Secretary General of the Communist Party Marxist Kenya, followed by the grotesque inversion of reality in which the victim of state torture was framed with fabricated assault charges.

Mali Still Stands: A Sahelian Coup D’état That Almost Was

May 7, 2026 Jeremy Miller, Black Agenda Report. , , ,
In the early morning hours of April 25, 2026, a very sophisticated and coordinated attack was made against the Republic of Mali.  Armed groups simultaneously struck in Kidal and Gao to the north-east, Mopti and Sévaré in the center of the country, and critically, Bamako, and Kati in the center-west of the country.  Bamako is the national capital and Kati is a garrison town 9 miles north-west of Bamako, the largest town of the Koulikoro region. These were not random targets.  Reportedly The 1st Military Region and 13th Combined Arms Regiment are based in Gao; the 3rd Military Region is based in Kati; and the 6th Military Region is based in Sévaré.

Defense Minister Killed In Coordinated Terror Attacks Across Mali

April 27, 2026 Nicholas Mwangi, People's Dispatch. , , ,
Mali faced a wave of coordinated terrorist attacks on Saturday morning, as armed groups launched near-simultaneous assaults on multiple cities, including the capital, Bamako. The attacks, which targeted military installations and strategic points, represent a major escalation of violence in the country in recent months. Reports from multiple sources indicated heavy gunfire and explosions near military bases and barracks, prompting Malian security forces to respond swiftly. Similar incidents were recorded in other parts of the country, suggesting a well-planned and coordinated operation by militant groups.

Kenyan Left Mobilizes Against France-Africa Summit

April 22, 2026 Nicholas Mwangi, People's Dispatch. , , ,
From May 11–12, 2026, Kenya is set to host the France–Africa Summit, officially branded the “Africa Forward Summit: Africa-France Partnerships for Innovation and Growth”. Jointly organized by the Kenyan and French governments, it is the first time such a high-level France–Africa summit is being held in a non-Francophone African country. Framed by its organizers as a platform to strengthen partnerships in business, technology, and sustainable development, the summit is expected to bring together African heads of state, government officials, corporate leaders, and representatives from civil society.

The Ag Coop That Shares More Than Machinery

April 3, 2026 Pauline Petit, Resilience. , , ,
What if, instead of going into debt to invest in their farms, farmers came together to pool equipment? What if, instead of struggling to run a small farm alone, there was extra help at hand? What if new entrants could draw on the experience of more established farmers in their local area? It may sound too good to be true, but this is the reality with France’s network of Agricultural Machinery Cooperatives (CUMA). With more than 10,000 local branches all over France, the CUMA is a space for farmers of all stripes to come together in a neighbourly spirit of mutual aid and solidarity.

France’s Communists Hold Back the Far Right, For Now

March 28, 2026 Phineas Rueckert, Portside. , , , ,
The setting of Émile Zola’s 1885 novel, Germinal, is nothing if not bleak. In the northern French mining settlement where the book takes place, the roads were “black like mourning trim,” the village “dead . . . draped in its shroud.” “The wide streets, divided into small terraced gardens, remained deserted between four large uniform buildings,” Zola writes. It’s a kind of social realism that has long shaped the collective idea of what the old industrial north is like. Visiting Méricourt, one of the many former mining villages that dot northern France, that image feels far from present reality.

Positive Action: Education Superheroes Climate Fresk

February 26, 2026 Extinction Rebellion, Popular Resistance. , , ,
Born in France in 2018, the Climate Fresk movement has now educated over 2.3 million people in 168 countries across the world. At its heart, it’s a collaborative workshop that gets participants thinking about the causes and effects of climate change. But for many, it’s a turning point in their lives, motivating them to set up new green initiatives in their schools, workplaces and beyond. Like Extinction Rebellion, Climate Fresk adopted its organisational model from Sweden’s Pirate Party, first codified in Rick Falkvinge’s 2013 handbook Swarmwise. He described the “swarm” structure: a light central scaffold that empowers people with shared tools, enabling an autonomous movement that scales quickly through decentralisation and initiative.

Tensions Escalate Between Niger And Its Former Colonizer France

February 18, 2026 Nicholas Mwangi, People's Dispatch. , , ,
Tensions between Niger and France have continued to escalate following the recent attack on Diori Hamani International Airport and Air Base in Niamey, an incident Niger authorities say is part of a broader destabilization campaign allegedly linked to France. Relations between the two countries have been at an alltime low following the removal of French military forces from Niger and the formation of the Alliance of Sahel States in 2023. The Nigerien authorities have consistently maintained that France bears responsibility for the airport attack, which occurred several weeks ago and heightened already strained diplomatic and security relations between the two countries.

New Poll: Washington Viewed As ‘Unreliable Ally’ By Western Partners

February 12, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , , , ,
A new poll shows that the US is losing credibility among its traditional western partners, who are beginning to view Washington as an “unreliable ally,” POLITICO reported on 12 February. Among Canadians, French, and Germans, “Far more people described the U.S. as an unreliable ally than a reliable one,” the US-based news outlet wrote, citing a poll conducted by London-based Public First. “American credibility was highest in the U.K., but only by comparison,” POLITICO added. Only 35 percent of respondents in the UK said the US was a reliable ally, while 39 percent said it was unreliable.

France’s Bold Experiment In Commons-Based Development

February 1, 2026 David Bollier. , , ,
The western world has long promoted “development” as a high-minded mission to bring capitalist markets and growth to impoverished areas of the world. But what if development were seen not just as a matter of creating markets, but of strengthening social collaboration and sharing in meeting needs? In short, what if development agencies were to support commoning? One major national development agency – the French Development Agency, or AFD – is actively experimenting with this very challenge. For the past five years, Stéphanie Leyronas, an AFD research fellow specializing in the commons, has been working with an internal expert network at the agency to investigate how it might support commoners in the Global South.

Algerian Parliament Declares French Colonial Rule A Crime

December 26, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. , , ,
Algeria’s parliament unanimously passed legislation on 24 December declaring France’s colonization of Algeria a crime, stating that “full and fair compensation for all material and moral damages” is an inalienable right of the Algerian state and people. The law was adopted by Algeria’s lower house in Algiers, with lawmakers voting in favor of a bill explicitly assigning France “legal responsibility for its colonial past in Algeria and the tragedies it caused.”  The vote took place on Wednesday inside the Algerian parliament, with MPs marking the moment by standing in the chamber wearing national colors, chanting “long live Algeria,” and singing the national anthem before and after the vote.

Burkina Faso Suspends Participation In Francophone Judicial Body

December 18, 2025 Pavan Kulkarni, People's Dispatch. , , , ,
In yet another move away from Françafrique, Burkina Faso’s High Council of the Judiciary (CSM) announced on December 15 its decision to suspend participation in the Francophone Network of Judicial Councils, known by its French acronym, RFCMJ. Headquartered in Quebec, a French-speaking part of Canada, the organization seeks to “develop common standards” in judiciaries of Francophone countries. Over half of its 23 members are former colonies in Africa. Burkina Faso’s CSM was one of the five judicial councils in RFCMJ’s current bureau, alongside Guinea, Lebanon, Quebec, and France, which presides over it.

Madagascar Erupts, Indian Ocean Power Dynamics In Flux

October 21, 2025 Aidan J. Simardone, The Cradle. , , , ,
After weeks of protests and a mutiny, former Madagascar president Andry Rajoelina boarded a French military plane and fled the country. With a public angry at a corrupt, western-aligned government, Madagascar has the potential to shape its future and the whole Indian Ocean. This development comes as global powers scramble for strategic access in a region that holds five of the world’s nine maritime chokepoints. India, China, and the US are expanding their naval and commercial footprint, while France – once the uncontested gatekeeper of these waters – finds itself besieged and in retreat.

FIDH Report: The Repression Of The Solidarity Movement With Palestine

October 15, 2025 the International Federation for Human Rights. , , , , , , , ,
Behind the fight against hate, a trend of repressing dissenting voices is emerging. Titled Criminalisation and Narrative Control: Solidarity with Palestine in the Crosshairs, the report documents how across all the countries studied, the dynamics observed since 7 October 2023 have intensified pre-existing structural trends: the continued shrinking of civic space, the weakening of democratic safeguards, the normalisation of Islamophobia, and the institutionalisation of racial profiling. Under the guise of maintaining public order, fighting antisemitism, or protecting national security, authorities have resorted to exceptional measures such as bans on demonstrations, arbitrary arrests, repression within academic institutions, media censorship, and legislative threats.

France Is A State Sponsor Of Terror, AES Countries Declare

October 7, 2025 Pavan Kulkarni, People's Dispatch. , , , , , , , ,
“Terrorism is being used” by imperialist forces “to pillage African resources,” said Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister Rimtalba Ouédraogo in his address at the 80th UN General Assembly (UNGA). “A case in point is France,” whose troops Burkina Faso expelled in early 2023. Mali, which had also expelled French troops the year before, had sought a meeting of the UN Security Council in 2022, “so that my country could provide irrefutable proof of France’s support for terrorist activities,” recalled its Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maïga in his address. “So far, this request has not been followed up on,” while France continues its “sabotage”.
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