Born from exclusion and resistance, black British art has carved out creative space to tell untold stories and challenge racism, says ROGER McKENZIE
THE Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) reported on February 28 that the police force of Africa’s last absolute monarchy had shot and “disappeared” one of their members, Mvuselelo Mkhabela, age 21.
“Comrade Mvuselelo was badly shot at and dragged to the police van helplessly and his whereabouts and condition are unknown and the armed to teeth police force continued its attacks on the protesting community,” CPS tweeted. Reportedly this abduction happened at around 1pm local time on February 28.
This latest act of violence by the Swaziland police force comes amid an uptick in police repression of recent protests against the “farcical” parliamentary elections.
Anyone who criticises those in power in Kenya risks their freedom or worse. The brutal abduction of Booker Omole marks a new escalation in a country sliding toward authoritarian rule, says MARC VANDEPITTE
Nigeria’s presidential spokesman grovels to the West in response to Washington intimidation, writes PAVAN KULKARNI
JOE ATTARD explains why trade unionists are rallying in solidarity against the recent arrest of political activists in Gilgit-Baltistan, the northernmost region of Kashmir, administered by Pakistan
The spectre of ethnic cleansing looms over hundreds of thousands trapped without food, water, or medicines in the North Darfur state’s besieged capital, El Fasher, writes PAVAN KULKARNI



