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In the DRC, around 74% of the population lives in extreme poverty, living on less than $2.15 per day. Photo: Alexis Huguet/AFP
AFRICA ALGERIA

A war has raged in Great Lakes region for decades and we can no longer ignore

The M23 rebels, backed by Rwanda, have expanded their attacks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Vijay Prashad
3 min read
Members of the South African Russian association together with Ukrainian and Lithuanian nationals demonstrate in Mandela Square in Sandton, Johannesburg, on February 27, 2022 against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by LUCA SOLA / AFP) (Photo by LUCA SOLA/AFP via Getty Images)
ACTIVISM

Ukraine: A conflict soaked in contradictions

There are wars in Africa and Asia and some are rarely commented on in the media, so why is Ukraine different?

  • Vijay Prashad
9 min read