• Home
  • About
    • Mission
    • Who We Are
    • TF History
    • Submissions
    • Contact
  • Lloyd Investigative Fund
  • Donate
  • Subscribe to Newsletter
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Toward Freedom
  • Our Investigations
  • Africa
  • Americas
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • West Asia
  • Reviews

Africa

Unidentified women in Adagom, the refugee settlement in southeastern Nigeria where about 5,000 Cameroonians reside / credit: Philip Obaji, Jr.

After Losing Babies to Traffickers, Refugees in Cameroon Are Fighting Back

Philip Obaji Jr February 6, 2023 Philip Obaji Jr

Trafficking of adults and children has become rampant as a war rages in Cameroon between the Francophone government and Anglophone forces. Philip Obaji, Jr., reports from Mamfe, Cameroon.

Burkina Faso Gives France 1 Month to Leave

African Stream January 25, 2023 African Stream

Burkina Faso has given France one month to pull troops out. France was conducting an anti-terror operation that the people of Burkina Faso deemed a failure. African Stream reports.

A protest in Taleex, Somalia, on January 15 / credit: Khaatumo Media Office

Protests in Breakaway Somaliland Call for Reunification with Somalia

Pavan Kulkarni January 18, 2023 Pavan Kulkarni

As the United States and the United Kingdom are increasingly legitimizing secessionist rule in Somaliland, whose sovereignty has no international recognition, a unionist movement seeking a united Somalia threatens to unravel the self-declared republic. Pavan Kulkarni of Peoples Dispatch reports.

Credit: Netflix

Film Review: Netflix’s ‘Descendant’ Shows Capitalism Continues to Oppress African Descendants

Jacqueline Luqman December 30, 2022 Jacqueline Luqman

The story of a bet a wealthy businessman made, as well as a slave ship he financed, and the descendants of the Africans brought to Mobile, Alabama, are the focus of a recently released Netflix documentary, “Descendant.” TF board member Jacqueline Luqman explains why the film is worth viewing in her review.

A protest in Atbara, Sudan / source: Socialist Worker

Hundreds More Injured in Anti-Coup Protests in Sudan As December Revolution Enters Fifth Year

Pavan Kulkarni December 29, 2022 Pavan Kulkarni

Attempts by an alliance of foreign powers, domestic right-wing parties and the military junta to consolidate an authoritarian state in Sudan will be defeated by mass movements, said the Sudanese Communist Party. Pavan Kulkarni reports for Peoples Dispatch.

Screenshot from African Stream video report / credit: African Stream

Genocide Orphans Evicted As U.K.-Rwanda Asylum Treaty Goes Into Effect

African Stream December 23, 2022 African Stream

Digital Pan-African publisher African Stream has produced an exclusive video report on Rwandans who became orphans during the 1994 genocide. Now, they are in limbo because of U.K.-Rwanda asylum policy.

Posts navigation

1 2 … 10 »

SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

    Trending

    • After Losing Babies to Traffickers, Refugees in Cameroon Are Fighting Back
    • City of Atlanta and DeKalb County Announce ‘Agreement’ Amid Growing Opposition to Cop City
    • Palestinians File Objection to U.S. Plan to Build New Embassy on Stolen Land in Jerusalem
    • Lula Returns to Power, Welcoming an Indigenous Vision of Governance in Brazil
    • Atlanta Fights $90M ‘Urban Warfare,’ Corporate-Backed Cop City Police Training Facility

    Copyright Toward Freedom 2019

    Please consider donating to Toward Freedom!

     

    Your donation will help support independent journalism.

     

     

    Choose a donation amount:(Required)
    Payment Method
    MasterCard
    Visa
    Supported Credit Cards: MasterCard, Visa
     

    Toward Freedom logo

    Thanks for subscribing to our newsletter!

    You will be sent an email confirming your subscription.