
CUBAN authorities worked around the clock to restore pockets of electricity back to the country today.
This comes after millions of people were left without power on Saturday after a failure of the nation’s electric grid left the island in the dark the previous night.
The massive blackout is the fourth in the last six months as the illegal United States blockade against the Caribbean country bites hard.

As the Alliance of Sahel States and southern African nations advance pan-African goals, the African Union must listen and learn rather than parroting the Western line on these positive developments, writes ROGER McKENZIE

Money makers already exploit cleaning and catering contracts while the military-industrial complex diverts billions from health to warfare — but Bevan’s vision will endure as long as people fight for it, writes ROGER MCKENZIE