PLO LUMUMBA EXPLAINS SIGNIFICANCE OF NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT

The Non-Aligned Movement’s recent summit in Kampala saw the 120-member bloc make headlines by denouncing Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip and demanding an immediate ceasefire. But do you know how the movement - the largest global bloc after the UN - came into existence?

Here, in an exclusive round table with African Stream, Pan-African scholar PLO Lumumba breaks down what motivated the founding members of the movement, explaining that these countries were opposed to joining either of the two major Cold War-era military and political blocs. Out of the five founders, two were African - Nasser’s Egypt and Nkrumah's Ghana.