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Patriarchy, Economic Crisis and the Struggle for Gender Justice in Global Africa

The article examines how men themselves are positioned within unequal economic and political structures while asking who benefits when masculini…

Default Mothers, Doubted Wives: Patriarchy’s Legal Architecture in Kenya

Examining how patriarchal assumptions continue to shape Kenya’s legal system and gaps in laws intended to protect and advance women’s rights.

Gendering Masculinity as Quintessential Patriarchal Privilege

A historical account of masculinity and a challenge to traditional arguments that view masculinity as benevolent versus toxic forms within patri…

Public Morality: Nigeria's War On its Marginalised Groups

As a fresh wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation sweeps across western and eastern Africa, increased profiling of persons identifying with different s…

Patricia McFadden | Pambazuka News

Somalia’s New Speaker Was Built by Turkey. His First Call Proved It.

The United States had helped force out Somalia’s most Turkey-aligned minister. He recently came back as Speaker of parliament. The day after his…

Kenya's Subjective Shield: How the Law Itself Licenses the Police to Kill

Article 25 and Article 26 of the Constitution of Kenya provide full right to life and protection from inhumane treatment, but other legislations…

Türkiye’s Neo-colonialism in Africa & the Islamic Cover: Somalia’s Case

This essay examines Türkiye’s two-stage intervention in Somalia since 2012. First came humanitarian involvement during the Somali famine in the…

Hubris of White Supremacy and the Limits of U.S. Psychological and Information Warfare in Global Africa

The U.S. Army's July 15, 2026 activation of “Drongo Company,” a new Psychological Operations company within the 7th Psychological Operations Bat…

Nyerere’s Legacy on Trial: Activism, Terrorism Labels, and Tanzania’s Shrinking Civic Freedoms

Saba Saba Day evokes the traditions upon which the activism and struggles for Tanzania’s independence were built. Rubara critically examines Pre…

Ronald Nathan | Pambazuka News

The Forgotten Architects: Pan-African Clerics and the Making of African Liberation

Often treated only as a political movement, Nathan argues that one of Pan Africanism’s strongholds has always been the church. Black churches an…

Editorial: Failed Negotiations, a Fragile Ceasefire and the Blockade of Hormuz

US-Iran negotiations over the last weekend reached no deal; ceasefire raises little hope amid double blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

Reflections on the UN General Assembly: Better together - 80 years and More for Peace, Development and Human Rights

A critical reflection on the 80th Anniversary (Session) of the UN General Assembly (New York, 23 - 29 September 2025)