African and Caribbean Teams at the 2026 FIFA World Cup: Where Things Stand
South Africa, Morocco, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire Advance. Senegal and Tunisia Go Home. Haiti and Curacao Go Down Fighting. The Continent Waits on Cape Verde and Egypt.
Author: Maurice O. Ndole (Maurice O. Ndole)
Bafana Bafana Shuts Down African Hostility, For Now
A historic World Cup knockout qualification could not silence the continent's rage over South Africa's Afrophobia crisis. Nor should it. But the players deserve better than to carry their country's shame.
Juneteenth’s Hidden History: How Texas Enslavers Profited From a Two-Year Delay
Formerly enslaved Texans described learning of their freedom months, even years, after the law had already granted it. Historians trace a pattern far more deliberate than a simple delay.
Hope Gets a Permanent Home: Obama Presidential Center Opens to the World on Juneteenth
The $850 million campus opens on the South Side of Chicago on Juneteenth, the federal holiday marking the end of slavery in the United States.
Africans Delight in South Africa’s World Cup Defeat
Bafana Bafana's return to the World Cup ended in two red cards and a 2-0 defeat in the hands of co-hosts Mexico. On the team's own Facebook page, the rest of the continent showed up to celebrate Mexico.
How South Africa’s Afrophobia Fractured African Football Solidarity
As South Africa makes its World Cup return, fans across Africa are cheering for the opposition, in an act of pan-African protest that governments, journalists, and ordinary supporters have made impossible to ignore.
A Wound in Christian Memory: The Vatican Apologized for Authorizing the Slave Trade. The U.S., Israel and Argentina Voted Against Calling It the Gravest Crime Against Humanity.
Pope Leo XIV issued the most specific papal apology for slavery in history. The same week, the United States, Israel, and Argentina cast the only votes against a UN resolution declaring the slave trade the gravest crime against humanity.
Rejected in Kilifi, Imposed on Siaya. Kenya’s Nuclear Plant on Lake Victoria: Science Said No. Politicians Said Yes. Resistance Is Growing
Kenya is pressing ahead with a nuclear power plant on the shores of Africa's largest freshwater lake, on ground its own scientists said was too dangerous, without consulting the millions who depend on the lake, and without a single published plan for managing the radioactive waste it will produce for thousands of years.
A Mother is Never Gone
She taught us to always seek the simpler solutions first and to never give up
What’s happening in South Africa?
Reports of attacks against African migrants have alarmed Ghana, Nigeria, and human rights officials, raising new questions about immigration, safety, Afrophobia, and African unity.
