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Pavan Kulkarni
The DRC’s Historic Case Against Apple Over Blood Minerals in its Supply Chain
15 Jan 2025
The war-torn country has accused the US-based global tech giant of war crimes, forgery and deception by using illegally extracted and smuggled minerals in its products.
Pavan Kulkarni
67 Killed in Stampedes at Christmas Food Drives in Nigeria as IMF-Induced Hunger Engulfed Millions More in 2024
15 Jan 2025
After dozens died in stampedes, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu remarked, “We should just get on with it.” Tinubu’s IMF-prescribed policies have more than doubled food prices in the country,…
Pavan Kulkarni
Looting of Food Grains Continues in Nigeria as Almost Half its Population Suffers Hunger
17 Apr 2024
President Bola Tinubu’s lifting of fuel subsidies and liberalization of currency trade has pleased the IMF and increased hunger in Africa’s most populous country.
Pavan Kulkarni
Thousands Rally in Support of Niger’s Coup Leaders as Western-Backed ECOWAS Threatens Military Intervention
02 Aug 2023
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has threatened military intervention if deposed President Mohamed Bazoum is not restored in a week. Bazoum was overthrown in a coup by officers who…
Pavan Kulkarni
Violations Mar Sudan’s Soon-to-Expire Ceasefire, Paramilitary RSF Occupies Communist Party’s Office
31 May 2023
The ceasefire agreement between rival military factions in Sudan was extended on May 29 as it was on the verge of collapsing. Civilians are suffering, and the Sudanese Communist Party is under attack…
Pavan Kulkarni
Sudan: The Left Welcomes Ceasefire, Calls for Involvement of Civil Society, Regional Institutions
24 May 2023
The Sudanese Communist Party has welcomed the ceasefire between the army and the Rapid Support Forces but has warned against monopolization of the peace process by US and Saudi Arabia. It has called…
Pavan Kulkarni
As Army and Rapid Support Forces Battle It Out, Sudanese Left Calls for Restoring the Revolution
19 Apr 2023
The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have begun fighting each other. The root of the conflict lies in disagreements over integrating the paramilitary into the army. The…
Pavan Kulkarni
Protests in Breakaway Somaliland Call for Reunification with Somalia
25 Jan 2023
Even as the US and UK are increasingly legitimizing secessionist rule in Somaliland, whose sovereignty has no international recognition, a unionist movement seeking a united Somalia threatens to…
Pavan Kulkarni
“December Revolution’s rebirth”: Sit-ins Mark New Stage of Protests Against Sudan’s Military Junta
20 Jul 2022
In the aftermath of the violent repression of protesters on June 30, sit-ins have been organized in various parts of Sudan even as the military junta tries to consolidate power.
Pavan Kulkarni
Sudanese March Yet Again, Demanding Full-Fledged Civilian Rule
02 Nov 2021
The people of Sudan are protesting against the US and NATO trained coup leaders. They demand civilian rule and the rights to self-determination guaranteed under international law.