Africa

Netfa Freeman
Brexit: A Nail in the Coffin of Neo-colonialism in Africa
29 Jun 2016
by Netfa Freeman Brexit is cause for celebration for the peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America. The European Union is the historical heir to the Berlin Conference of 1884 that divided the world…
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Obama's AFRICOM Nominee Will Seek Authority to Assassinate
29 Jun 2016
by Ann Garrison The next commanding general of AFRICOM, the U.S. Military Command in Africa, wants the authority to assassinate people designated as “terrorists,” without first getting permission of…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
U.S. Sets Stage for Libya-Like Regime Change in Eritrea, “Africa’s Cuba”
16 Jun 2016
The U.S. is moving towards war against Eritrea, a fiercely independent African nation of only six million people.
Judi Rever
What Remains Hidden in Rwanda: The Role of Tutsi Civilians in Killing Hutus
08 Jun 2016
by Judi Rever When Paul Kagame’s Tutsi forces invaded Rwanda in the early 1990s, they spawned two genocides. First came the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Hutus,…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
South Africa’s EFF: Julius Malema and the Struggle to Continue the Revolution
01 Jun 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo For many South Africans, Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters are the answer to the neoliberal policies of the ruling African National…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
The Centrality of Africa in the Class Struggle to Come
01 Jun 2016
by Danny Haiphong Africa – it’s natural resources and the labor of its people – built the economies of the West, which has no intention of leaving. The West drains Africa of hundreds of billions each…
Henry Makori
Kenya Needs a People’s Revolution
01 Jun 2016
by Henry Makori Kenya is ruled by a “deep state” beholden to comprador capitalists, foreign interests, and ethnic-based politicians. “Nearly everyday there are fresh reports of mysterious murders,…
Abayomi Azikiwe
Africa Liberation Day: Pentagon and CIA Continue to Destabilize the Continent
25 May 2016
by Abayomi Azikiwe African Liberation Day is always a cause for celebration – but also for sober assessment of how far off the goal of continental liberation remains. The great pan-Africanist Kwame…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
A Glimpse of Justice for South Africa’s Gold Miners: High Court Allows Largest Class Action Suit in History
18 May 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo Under colonialism and apartheid, South African miners have died by the tens of thousands from silicosis, an incurable lung disease. The…
Thomas C. Mountain
25 Years of Struggle Building Socialism in Eritrea; Fighting the Cancer of Corruption
18 May 2016
by Thomas C. Mountain Eritrea, the socialist nation of 6 million people on the Red Sea that has been called “the Cuba of Africa,” is replacing all of its old currency with new bills and moving away…