The Sudanese Revolution in Crisis
One year since armed fighting broke out, the country’s social movements are losing the battle for public opinion The war that broke out in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on 15 April 2023 brought an abrupt end to the..
Farmers’ Seeds: The Key to Agroecology
Our food systems are broken and farmers’ seeds and agroecology are the only real sustainable fix to the problems. Farmers’ seeds offer us locally produced food and fight hunger while saving the environment through climate change adaptation and protecting our..
Corporate Capture of African Agriculture
The future of Africa’s food and agriculture is under threat as powerful multinational corporations take over the sector with support from wide-ranging actors including African governments and initiatives such as the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). State..
The Seed Struggle in Africa
Whoever controls seed controls our food. The battle for farmers’ seed rights is raging on the African continent as international seed companies set up shop to promote industrial seeds for staple food production by small-scale food producers as a solution..
Africa Needs Economic Sovereignty
Africa Needs Economic Sovereignty An upcoming conference in Dakar seeks to promote policies and pathways to empower the continent Perhaps no continent suffers more from the legacy of European colonialism than Africa. Following centuries of enslavement, violent dispossession, and..
International Conference: African Economic and Monetary Sovereignty
The Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung in collaboration with the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity – GISP and the network “Politics of money” are organizing the second edition of the International Conference: “The quest for economic and Monetary Sovereignty in 21st Century..
The war in Ukraine divides Africa
After two months of inconclusive attempts, Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelynsky succeeded on June 20 in addressing African representatives at a closed-door meeting of the African Union in Addis Ababa.[1] Since Ukraine’s independence in 1991, Kiev has never shown any..
There is war in Europe – Africa is looking for its position
On 2 March 2022, during a United Nations General Assembly vote, the large majority of UN member states condemned Russia’s war of aggression on Ukraine. Only Belarus, North Korea and Syria, along with one African country, Eritrea, voted with Russia..
France’s African policy is at a dead end. And Putin is in the fast lane
Mali’s military junta has booted out the French ambassador, Joël Meyer, for criticising its decision to postpone national elections indefinitely
Our Food, Our Story: Reclaiming the Food Systems Narrative
A 4-part online event series hosted by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung and partners on the occasion of the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) on 7 September, 9 September, 14 September, and 16 September
Webinar series on the African continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
Webinar series on the African continetal Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
Webinar Series on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
A series of events organized by offices of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung and SEATINI