By uniting social movements, trade unions, and anti-imperialist forces under a common program, the Second WAPO Congress reaffirmed that West Africa’s liberation will not come from foreign patrons or neo-colonial elections, but from the organized power of its people.

Around 1.6 million people took to streets across France during Thursday’s general strike, protesting Emmanuel Macron’s austerity policies.

Representatives from over a dozen countries, including Iran, Turkiye, and Saudi Arabia walked out of the regional conference on Thursday when Israeli President Isaac Herzog started speaking.

Prioritizing food self-sufficiency as a central plank in its pursuit of sovereignty, the policies of the Ibrahim Traoré-led government have increased Burkina Faso’s cereal production to meet 124% of the national need, before launching an even more ambitious plan for 2026-28.

Progressive groups have announced a national mobilization on October 10, to protest alleged rigging of elections and the removal of the election commissioner. The protests have faced serious state repression.

Many Palestinians feel that the comprehensive closure Israel imposed aims to push them to permanently leave their homeland by escalating the already stifling restrictions on movement in the occupied West Bank.

Opposition groups, including the Workers’ Democratic Way Party, are boycotting the September 23 elections, arguing that the existing political system falls short of meeting the basic standards of a genuine democracy.