Sonallah Ibrahim, Egyptian Novelist of Irony and Dissent, Dies at 88
Starting with “That Smell” in 1966, he wrote with stark power about themes of repression in the Egyptian police state.
Starting with “That Smell” in 1966, he wrote with stark power about themes of repression in the Egyptian police state.
An effort to have a statue of Marcel Bigeard removed has reignited the debate over how the colonial past should be remembered.
An effort to have a statue of Marcel Bigeard removed has reignited the debate over how the colonial past should be remembered.
Outraged residents took to the streets of the southern African nation when a taxi strike descended into chaos.
Zackie Achmat, once at the center of South Africa’s push for lifesaving H.I.V. treatment, has come out of retirement as U.S. funding cuts and his own government’s inertia revive old…
Simmering anger against President William Ruto’s government has boiled over into clashes between protesters and the police, who have deployed live rounds, tear gas and water cannons.
At the funeral for Albert Ojwang, protesters in Kenya said his death was a call to action for the country’s youth.
Thousands demonstrated on Wednesday to express their anger over government corruption and police brutality.
The police fired tear gas at demonstrators who were expressing anger at the government over growing economic hardship and a lack of accountability for killings at earlier rallies.
Images from Los Angeles this week of demonstrators throwing rocks and police officers spraying tear gas mirror scenes of other recent confrontations between protesters and the authorities from around the…