🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

A Tufts PhD student is being held by the US Govt for a month now for the sole crime of co-authoring an op-ed critical of Israel. Rümeysa Öztürk, in the US legally, was stripped of her visa for that prohibited op-ed and is locked in a for-profit detention prison in Louisiana.

Today, 11AM Toronto, 3PM Accra. Don't miss the opportunity to hear cartoonist and artist Bright Ackwerh speak about his latest artwork that he's bringing to Toronto and why he was denied entry into Canada - to be here himself. RSVP me and see you there!

“It must mean rebuilding public institutions, confronting the neoliberal wreckage of the SAP era, and rejecting the NGO-ization of the state…. It will require political struggle—inside African states, across civil society, and in global fora.” See also Firoze Manji …

A great piece by my IAS Carleton U colleague, Isaac Odoom ! What Canada can learn from China on effectively engaging with Africa theconversation.com/what-canada-ca… via The Conversation Canada

A fascinating piece on the varying dimensions of artisanal and industrial gold (geo)politics in fueling the shifting (and violent) terrains in Sudan. ispionline.it/en/publication…

"Who Broke the Internet?" is a new podcast from CBC Understood that I host and co-wrote - it's a four-part series that explains how the enshitternet came about, and, more importantly, what we can do about it. Episode one is out this week: cbc.ca/listen/cbc-pod… 1/

ICRC report on M23-occupied eastern Congo: "Hospitals are overwhelmed; essential services such as water & sanitation are in jeopardy due to widespread infrastructure damage; remnants of war, widespread food insecurity, and outbreaks of disease further endanger civilians."

Not your traditional refugee exodus.

New Episode: Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Adequate #Housing Leilani Farha 🍉 on the global housing crisis: How to solve #homelessness & housing affordability using a #HumanRights approach. On Ricochet Media’s podcast “In Bed with the Elephant.” podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/in-…

Join us for a public talk: Gender, Migration, Property, and the Law in Ghana 🇬🇭 🗣️ Speaker: Prof. Takyiwaa Manuh (Univ. of Ghana) 🎙️ Moderator: Prof. Nduka Otiono Date: Friday, May 16 |1:00 PM EST 📍 In-person: Dunton Tower 2017 💻 Online (Zoom) – Free registration:

300 people in 48 hours. How can anyone let this go on

Ottawa Charge playoff attendance: Game 3 semifinal: 7,282 Game 4 semifinal: 8,001 Game 1 finals: 6,184 City of Ottawa/OSEG still convinced a 5,500 seat new arena at Lansdowne is adequate?

Africa has been notably absent from the new Canadian government's foreign policy signaling. Time for that to change? Here's a recommended read on how the #G7 and #NATO look from an African perspective. Mark Carney Anita Anand Foreign Policy CAN

New report launch: Moving the Needle, co-hosted by Aga Khan Foundation Canada & @NPSIA. Prof. Val Percival authored the report & Director Teddy Samy joins the panel.  #GlobalDevelopment #HumanitarianPolicy

How much longer will Canada tolerate Israeli violence, including directed near a delegation of diplomats, including Canadian, in the West Bank… Mark Carney Anita Anand

Good (if brief) take on UK's cuts to #ForeignAid: successive governments have mis-represented the sector and cut it off at the knees. "This isn’t reinvention – it’s abdication, wrapped in spin". Canada, take note Global Affairs Canada Anita Anand Randeep S. Sarai

South African official rubbish 'white genocide claim'... ‘Five of six farm murder victims were black’ — Police Minister Senzo Mchunu rubbishes Trump’s white genocide lies dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-0…

In our latest podcast, Rene Loewensen of Zimbabwe's Training and Research Support Centre (TARSC) discusses the importance of conducting Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) on extractive industries and TARSC's HIA capacity building training initiative soundcloud.com/aegt-ca/aegt-p…

President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, on the “white genocide” lies and misinformation peddled about South Africa from the White House. Great column that reflects sentiment across Africa.👏🏽👏🏽 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

From a Mbare beer hall comes a thriving community arts centre: “Mbare Art Space is also becoming an exciting hub for collaboration and education. Community workshops, for example, are led by resident artists. Local schools take part in art education…”