Africa

Zwelinzima Vavi
Zuma’s Denialism and Betrayal
11 May 2016
by Zwelinzima Vavi South African President Jacob Zuma run “a pro-big business government that is implementing neoliberal and anti-poor economic policies,” writes the author, a former trade union…
Amber Murrey
“Our stomachs Will Make Themselves Heard”: What Sankara Can Teach Us About Food Justice Today
11 May 2016
by Amber Murrey In recent weeks, news of food crises in countries across Africa has been intensifying. From the Democratic Republic of Congo all the way down to South Africa – via Malawi, Zimbabwe,…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of May 4, 2016
03 May 2016
Min. Farrakhan Should Join Anti-Police Terror Movement – and Stop Flirting with Trump Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan has said there are some things he likes about Donald Trump. What’s to…
Peter Donatus
Ecocide in the Niger Delta
27 Apr 2016
by Peter Donatus The majority of refugees come from war and conflict zones, illegitimate states, areas of natural disasters and economically weak countries. In many cases, companies from the…
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Rwanda: Genocide Included Hutus Massacred by Kagame Forces
27 Apr 2016
by Ann Garrison The Rwandan Genocide is commemorated in Rwanda and at the United Nations as “the genocide against the Tutsi.” However, there is ample evidence that hundreds of thousands of…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Was Libya a Mistake or a Planned Imperialist Catastrophe?
20 Apr 2016
The U.S.-led regime change in Libya failed to create a new regime, but did succeed in killing thousands of people and destroying the economy and infrastructure of Africa’s most prosperous society.
Farooque Chowdhury
Libya: Hillary’s War, the Empire’s Mistake
20 Apr 2016
There is no question that Hillary Clinton was the main culprit in the destruction of Libya. However, it was the Empire’s war, not Hillary’s.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Barack, Hillary and the Libya Crime
13 Apr 2016
It took two warmongering politicians to unleash the “shit storm” that the U.S. created in Libya: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Zwelinzima Vavi
South Africa: The Hyenas are Gathering to Defend Themselves
06 Apr 2016
by Zwelinzima Vavi The author, the former head of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, says the ruling African National Congress has “hammered another nail in the coffin of the revolutionary…
FikreJesus Amahazion
Western Sahara: Another Misinformed Imperial Analysis
06 Apr 2016
Dr. Fikrejesus Amahazion The same imperial nations that colonized most of the rest of the world now try to sit in judgement of which countries should be “allowed” their independence. U.S. operatives…