Africa

Darío Mizrahi
29 Years Ago, Thomas Sankara, the African Che Guevara, was Murdered
26 Oct 2016
by Darío Mizrahi Thomas Sankara was a young communist officer who attempted to take Burkina Faso out of the neocolonial orbit of France, but was murdered by his closest comrades. During Sankara’s…
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Two Anniversaries: The Congo Invasion and Ingabire’s Arrest
26 Oct 2016
by Ann Garrison It was 20 years ago this month that Rwanda invaded the Democratic Republic of Congo, setting in motion a genocide that has claimed more than six million lives. Six years ago this…
Thomas C. Mountain
Preventing Cultural Genocide with the Mother Tongue Policy in Eritrea
26 Oct 2016
by Thomas C. Mountain Eritrea, a small nation on the African coast of the Red Sea, is home to six million people speaking nine different languages. Despite punishing sanctions imposed by western…
Black Agenda Report for Week of Oct 24, 2016
25 Oct 2016
20 Years of Genocide in Congo Friends of Congo marked the 20th anniversary of the invasion and genocide that has killed at least six million Congolese with an all-day event at Thoughtworks, in New…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
South African Students March on the Chamber of Mines to demand #Fees Must Fall
19 Oct 2016
by BAR Editor and Columnist Dr. Marsha Adebayo The Freedom Charter, the socialist document that united South Africans in the battle against apartheid, has become the focus of a new wave of activism…
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
The Black President and the Black-on-the-Inside Preacher, A Bad Day for Identity Politics
19 Oct 2016
by Ann Garrison
Horace G. Campbell
Why East Africa Should Reject an Economic Deal with Europe
19 Oct 2016
by Horace G. Campbell Europe is in crisis, and yet countries in East Africa are ready to sign on a poorly understood trade agreement with the EU whose overall impact will be disastrous for years to…
Mark P. Fancher
Will U.S. Troops Become the Ethiopian Government’s Thugs?
12 Oct 2016
by Mark P. Fancher Ethiopia’s authoritarian regime, dominated by elites of the Tigrayan ethnic group, faces growing protest by the Oromo and Amhara people, who together make up the majority of the…
Thomas C. Mountain
Eritrea; The African Cuba
12 Oct 2016
by Thomas C. Mountain Eritrea and Cuba have a great deal in common. Both are relatively small countries attempting to build socialism in the crosshairs of imperialist embargoes, sanctions and…
Peter Cole
The Secret Struggle Against Apartheid
12 Oct 2016
A book review by Peter Cole In the 1960s, a group of leftists risked everything to revive the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. These international activists who embraced a working-class…