How do Nigerian gay and bisexual men cope? This is what they told us
Many Africans who are not gay or bisexual – sexually attracted only to people of the same sex or of both sexes – claim that […]
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Australian unions seek to “balance the power of the powerful” in historic election
On 18 May, Australians will cast their votes in an election that has workers’ rights at centre-stage. In what has been declared by the main […]
Delft backyard dwellers demand housing
Eindhoven backyarders say that they will not allow the housing project to continue if they are not going to benefit.
Meet the women succeeding in the fishing industry
In the port of General Santos, the centre of the Filipino tuna industry, Mercy Ong is one of the few women who gives orders. When […]
Protestors clash with police in Grabouw
A community protest to support the Oak Valley strikers has been met by police violence and threats from ‘Coloured’ workers.
Many Accra-dwellers will know that December is the month of the returnees. In the days leading up to Christmas, Ghanaians from across the diaspora pour […]
Grabouw farmworkers strike to continue into next week
Farmworkers in Grabouw led by CSAAWU have been on strike since Monday, 6 May.
Farmworkers in Grabouw strike for R250 daily wage
Workers at Oak Valley Farm have been on strike since Monday. With support from the nearby Grabouw community, they aim to lead a shutdown of the town.
“We have an historic opportunity to put an end to the AIDS epidemic in Africa”
Parked on Ouagadougou’s red soil opposite the association’s clinic under the burning sun, the ‘mobile screening’ van is the pride of the African Solidarity Association […]
Funding of community media a concern on World Press Freedom Day
Speakers at the World Press Freedom Day seminar agreed that journalism is under threat from both political and economic influences.
“Strikes have not died out in the 21st century, they are being transformed”
[This article was first published on May 1st, 2018.] At the AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization) they are very busy […]
Farmworkers tell of slave-master relationship with farmers after 25 years of democracy
Farmworkers and their organisations organised a speak-out to highlight the new wave of evictions that is said to be linked to calls for expropriation of land without compensation.
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