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Fifa in Africa: has Gianni Infantino really helped football development?

The Conversation — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:59:27 +0000

African nations consistently vote for Infantino because they depend on Fifa for financial support.

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Lithium Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A new mineral rush spearheaded by the United States, Europe, and other major powers

Globetrotter — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:57:01 +0000

Lithium, the "white gold" driving the green energy transition, has sparked a devastating global mineral rush. While fueling electric vehicles, this surging demand has plunged the biodiverse Democratic Republic of the Congo into a brutal war economy. Driven by neocolonial corporate exploitation and great power rivalries, the current extraction model exacerbates severe environmental destruction and violent conflict rather than reducing fossil fuel dependency.

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African rugby boss Herbert Mensah lauds Boks’ global dominance

Enock Muchinjo — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 19:10:54 +0000

‘You’re not playing for 60 million people, you’re playing for 1.4 billion people’: African rugby boss Herbert Mensah lauds Boks’ global dominance, says South Africa has a big role in the rest of the continent.

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Life or Debt: The Stranglehold of Neocolonialism and Africa’s Search for Alternatives

Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 12:01:23 +0000

Many countries across the Global South, particularly those in Africa, are currently in the throes of fiscal crises. The Third World must re-imagine a path out of our current crisis that doesn’t depend on the IMF, its allied institutions, and Western capital. The last seventy years or so have demonstrated that a reliance on these institutions only serves to trap the Third World in a perpetual state of underdevelopment.

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Dear Comrade President: book highlights ANC leader Oliver Tambo’s role in preparing South Africa for democracy

The Conversation — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 06:22:25 +0000

A historian counters the popular view that the 1989 collapse of the Berlin Wall set in motion talks to end apartheid. The process was unstoppable by then.

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