The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem is one of the holiest sites in the world and one of the most contested. Why is it so significant? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains.

Hollywood actor @amrwaked investigates whether the Bilderberg Group – a group of political and economic elites - is trying to control the world through capitalism.

“L’Égypte était une civilisation noire”. 35 ans après sa mort, la thèse de l’égyptologue sénégalais Cheikh Anta Diop plus que jamais d'actualité.

Saviez-vous qu’au moment de l’abolition de l’esclavage, la France avait indemnisé les propriétaires d’esclaves plutôt que les esclaves ? Une liste exhaustive vient en effet d’être publiée par des chercheurs du CNRS dévoilant en détail toutes les indemnités reçues par les propriétaires “déchus”.

Connaissez-vous l’histoire des empires africains d’avant la colonisation ? Et comment se fait-il qu’on en entend si peu parler à l’école ?

Abdel En Vrai te parle d’une des plus vieilles démocraties du monde et de son système basé sur la démocratie directe.

Nestle, the world’s largest food and beverage company, bottles Michigan’s water for next to nothing and sells it at great profit. And the state has just approved its request to pump even more, despite the failed promise of jobs and 80,000 public comments against Nestle. Meanwhile, just two hours away, Flint still doesn't have clean water. AJ+'s Dena Takruri meets those who have a stake in this fight, including local environmentalists, a tribal citizen, ordinary residents and a Nestle spokeswoman.

L’élan de solidarité international envers l’Ukraine montre l'humanisme mais pointe la différence de traitement des réfugiés en fonction de leur pays d'origine.

Decades after the European powers carved up the African continent for their own imperial needs, Africa is undergoing a new wave of resource and strategic exploitation – some are calling it the new scramble for Africa.

The United States is increasing its footprint across Africa with AFRICOM, fighting terrorism and ensuring stability are the trumpeted motivations. Resource security is a more hushed objective.

But it is not just about the US.

During the last decade, China's trade with Africa not only caught up with America's, it has more than doubled it.

The new battle for Africa does not deploy strong-arm tactics, it is now a soft power game: economic and humanitarian aid, interest-free loans, preferential trade agreements and investments in infrastructure are currency across a continent that is, for the world's established and emerging powers, seemingly up for grabs.

India, Brazil and Russia are all invested in Africa's present and future, and old imperial powers like France are fixing to retain their loosening grip on the riches of former colonies.

So what does all this mean for Africa and Africans?

Empire travels to Kenya to examine the continent at the centre of the world as it is courted, cajoled and carved up by global powers to its East and West.