Billionaire wealth at new high, Oxfam warns of political influence ahead of Davos
By: RFI The wealth of the world’s billionaires went up 16.2 percent in 2025, the anti-poverty group said in its report released to coincide with the opening of the Davos forum, which brings together some of the world’s wealthiest people together with political leaders, CEOs, financiers, and international institutions. Oxfam says the increase has been driven in
Dr. King’s warnings seem more prescient than ever
By:Dedrick Asante-Muhammad Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s words from his “Beyond Vietnam” speech still ring true. “When machines and computers, profit motives, and property rights are considered more important than people,” he warned, “the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.” Those words, delivered in 1967, still summarize today’s
Africa is not in a democratic crisis – because democracy does not exist there
By Achille Mbembe The continent’s struggle is not about broken institutions but a failed model of ‘auto-colonisation’ where elites treat citizens as subjects. To explain the current dynamics unfolding across the continent as a “crisis of democracy” is a category error. Quite simply, substantive democracy does not exist in Africa. With the exceptions of South
Iyennayer and the grammar of the earth
The Amazigh New Year unfolds as a language spoken by land, labor, and memory rather than by numbers. Across North Africa, Iyennayer renews an ancient contract between people, soil, and time. At the dawn of every Amazigh year, time is not celebrated as a passing number but approached as an extension of memory, awareness, and
Dr. King’s warnings seem more prescient than ever
By Dedrick Asante-Muhammad – This op-ed was distributed by OtherWords.org. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s words from his “Beyond Vietnam” speech still ring true. “When machines and computers, profit motives, and property rights are considered more important than people,” he warned, “the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.” Those
