Analyses et commentaires de l'ensemble de l'Alliance.
If you live in Kenya, you will have seen it countless times. A message in a family or church WhatsApp group. Someone is sick, the diagnosis is serious, and the hospital wants money before treatment. An M-Pesa till number is…
A qualified science teacher, Mr. Elias Chikwava, cooked sadza – our staple food – on the pavements of Harare – not because he wanted to, but because Zimbabwe’s economy gave him no choice. Harare city officials detained him for doing…
ZIMBABWE recently did something rare. It turned down health funding from the United States. As a Zimbabwean activist, I felt proud when my government refused a package worth US$367 million after Washington demanded access to critical minerals and sensitive health…
Every year around this time Forbes publishes its global billionaire rankings like a fantasy football league table for the ultra rich. The graphics sparkle, the fortunes climb, and commentators analyse the movements as if the global economy were a competition…
Zambia deserves an economy that works for the 99%, not the 1%. By Mputa Ngalande* Read in Spanish, French, Portuguese For Jane, a 34-year-old mother of four from Lusaka’s Garden Compound, skipping meals has become the norm over the last…
On World Social Justice Day, we are asked to imagine a fairer world but how do we do that when we live with colonial systems built to marginalize and control? Written By Chanelle Beatrice Leer en espanol On World Social…
As the world’s elite gather once again in Davos, the World Economic Forum looks less like a problem-solving space and more like a ritual of self-congratulation. By Jenny Ricks Read in: French, Spanish, Portuguese As the world’s elite gather once…
By Jenny Ricks and Deepak Xavier* Barely 10 Kilometres North East of Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa – the venue for the G20 Leaders Summit this year – is the historical Constitution Hill, popularly known as “a living…
The protest that danced for fiscal justice Michelle Cruz, FIA Volunteer for “Weavers of Equality” In the heart of Mexico City, the Hemiciclo a Juárez woke up with a different atmosphere. Among the last vendors of the Alameda Central’s political…
Mputa Ngalande, FIA Zambia National Coordinator shares the story of gentrification of a traditional marketplace in Lusaka, Zambia, and how this is being resisted. This is a phenomenon in many cities across the world. In the heart of Lusaka, Zambia,…