Many Kenyans are angry with Kelis, and rightfully so! In my latest for Africa Is a Country, I wrote about why her farming venture in Kenya is emblematic of a lack of solidarity from celebs in the Black diaspora, who risk becoming the new wave of gentrifiers. africasacountry.com/2025/05/pan-af…

What...if the Gen Z movement congregated on its terms rather than in response to yet another police killing? What if the groups that have been effective at mobilizing protestors were used to organize study groups and distribute weekly readings? tinyurl.com/y9jdvkef

As you remember Palestine, remember Sudan, remember Congo. We are all fighting the same oppressor.

Rashid Khalidi: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

“We fear this could be a prelude to massacres in Gaza City,” Al Aqsa TV’s correspondent told عبد القادر صباح at the graveyard in Gaza City where Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues were being buried. He said the Israeli occupation does not want the true horror in Gaza to be made

Really glad to be part of Security in Context’s publication "Palestine and the Global Order": I write about the UAE’s sub-imperial role in Africa including investments in agribusiness, security and carbon credits. Free to download via Tadween Publishing

🧵 Ten years ago, I visited a place that that Kenya forgot. A small hamlet that sprung up between godowns and depots in Changamwe, Mombasa. What I saw there stayed with me in a way that very few stories I have told do. A community was slowly being poisoned to death. A lead

In the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher, starving children eat animal feed, doctors shelters in foxholes and drones fire on approaching U.N. food convoys. nytimes.com/2025/09/15/wor…

Before he was a Senator, a candidate for President, and our greatest champion in the fight against oligarchy, Bernie Sanders was the four-term Mayor of Burlington, VT. I sat down with Bernie in Astoria to talk about the lessons he learned—and the work ahead.

"Multipolarity, if understood only as the replacement of one patron with another, risks repeating old mistakes under new banners. The critical issue is whether African states can approach these emerging institutions not as passive recipients but as active negotiators."

EXCLUSIVE: My new investigative report for Foreign Policy investigating #Turkey’s deadly drone war in #Somalia, which has resulted in the deaths of nearly two dozen civilians — including numerous young children. foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/24/tur…

Kola Ibrahim argues that climate justice movements must look beyond much-hyped climate negotiations to challenge the dominant capitalist interests driving imperialist warmongering & climate breakdown. #COP30 #ClimateAction roape.net/2025/10/01/cli…

It was lovely to chat w/Mamka Anyona & rene.pdf (draft) about Kenya's ties to US empire. Trump's claim that it's "not America’s job to guard countries like Kenya” fails to account for how much the US military relies on Kenya for much of its dirty work at home & abroad (Somalia, Haiti).

"Agricultural policy in Africa is formulated in Washington D.C., in London, and in Paris." "They dictate the kind of agriculture that the countries in Africa can actually practice" "If we don't disrupt this [...] Africa will continue to be food insecure"

The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications. Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 . sudansolidarity.com

While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty. Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵 transitionsecurity.org

Victory for the people! 🙌🏾 The court has upheld the revocation of the Lamu coal plant license - a historic win for communities, climate, and justice. Years of resistance have paid off. This is what people power looks like. Savelamu RRI - Rights and Resources Initiative Katiba Institute #NowOrNever

One of the things people are asking for is support for evacuations so that they can reach Tawila and other places that are relatively close by where there is some food and aid available. You can support the folks we support by donating at sudansolidarity.com.

Delighted to join a fantastic group of fellows Transition Security Project, which investigates military industrial complexes as economic, climate and geopolitical threats. The launch event is in less than one hour! eventbrite.co.uk/e/war-climate-…

Extremely grateful to Bhakti Shringarpure @radicalbooks.bsky.social for the opportunity to be in dialogue about my book! 😊