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Stanley Kwabla Arku
Niger to Host Conference in Solidarity with the Sahel Amid its Anti-Imperialist Upsurge
13 Nov 2024
Activists from across Africa and the world will gather in Niger from November 19 to 21 for the “Conference in Solidarity with the Peoples of the Sahel”.
Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report Contributor
United Nations Security Council Renews Mission for the Western Sahara as Independence Remains Elusive
06 Nov 2024
For more than five decades the Sahrawi people of Northeast Africa have been denied their rightful place in the international community.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Jean Leonard Teganya Faces Torture in Rwanda
30 Oct 2024
Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s regime continues its lawfare against Rwandans in the Western diaspora.
Tunde Osazua
Weaponizing Aid: How USAID and the Global Fragility Act Sustain U.S. Imperialism in Libya
30 Oct 2024
The Global Fragility Act is a mechanism through which the US gives itself the authority to utilize soft power in Africa through organizations like USAID. The act places a specific focus on Libya,…
Sam Biddle
U.S. Military Makes First Confirmed OpenAI Purchase for War-Fighting Forces
30 Oct 2024
The Pentagon explored the AI software for research, but the new deal is the first by a combatant command whose mission is one of killing.
Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report Contributor
United Nations Releases New Report on the Death of Former Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold in 1961
23 Oct 2024
Apparent assassination and cover-up occurred during a critical period in African history.
Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report Contributor
Martinique Masses Continue Rebellion Against French Colonial System
16 Oct 2024
Rising prices and state repression prompt strikes and demonstrations.
Kodjovi Kpachavi
AES Interrupts a $50b Shakedown in the Sahel
16 Oct 2024
The Alliance of Sahel States has already begun to change the conditions of the people in the region for the better. Bold actions, including the expulsion of exploitative mining contracts, put these…
Joel Mukisa
The problem is systemic: understanding the #OccupyParliament movement in Kenya
09 Oct 2024
Reflecting on the mass protests that recently shook Kenyan society from top to bottom, Joel Mukisa argues that we must go much further than a choiceless democracy to find answers. A systematic…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
How the US Destabilized the Horn of Africa
02 Oct 2024
In 2018, the leaders of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia signed a regional cooperation agreement that raised great hope in the Horn, but now, six years, later, it lies in tatters.