Africa

Thomas C. Mountain
Millions Starve as Ethiopia Rejects Aid Through Eritrean Ports
06 Apr 2016
by Thomas C. Mountain Ethiopians faces mass starvation. Drought is the immediate cause of the catastrophe, but the ruling minority regime has exacerbated the crisis by refusing to take up neighboring…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of March 28, 2016
29 Mar 2016
Colonial Chickens Come Home to Roost in the West In the wake of the Brussels bombing, we hear variations of the same old theme: “They [Muslims] hate us [the ‘West’] because of our freedoms.” However…
Patrick Bond
Austerity Gathers Pace in Schizophrenic South Africa
16 Mar 2016
by Patrick Bond The unprecedented contagion of what President Zuma has called “gossip and rumor” around his inner circle threatens the internal stability of the Pretoria regime. The loyalty of many…
Charles Quist-Adade
The Coup That Set Ghana and Africa 50 Years Back
09 Mar 2016
by Charles Quist-Adade Nkrumah wanted to industrialize Ghana within a generation, and everything was on course until the Americans and their British cousins used some disgruntled and self-serving…
Norman Richmond
Remembering Mama Africa Miriam Makeba
09 Mar 2016
Remembering Mama Africa Miriam Makeba Last week marked the 86th birthday of the late South African singer and Miriam Makeba, known to millions worldwide as “Mama Africa.” She “used her…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of March 7, 2016
08 Mar 2016
New FBI Guidelines for Targeting Classroom “Radicals” The nation’s teachers will soon be getting revised FBI guidelines on how to spot “radicalized” students. “The modern FBI ‘counter-violence and…
International League of Peoples’ Struggle Commission No. 6
Oppose Massive Land Grabbing, Human Rights Abuses by Ethiopian Government
02 Mar 2016
by International League of Peoples’ Struggle Commission No. 6 The regime has killed over 140 students, teachers and farmers since last November. This is part of a crackdown on anti-government…
Ronnie Kasrils
South Africa: An Interview with 'Red Ronnie' Kasrils
24 Feb 2016
by Janet Smith In 2013, Ronnie Kasrils, a former commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the once-outlawed African National Congress who also served as minister of intelligence in the ANC…
Abayomi Azikiwe
The Coup Against Nkrumah and the Role of African Americans in the African Revolution
24 Feb 2016
by Abayomi Azikiwe African American political organizations played a key role in influencing Kwame Nkrumah from the 1930s, until his removal from power in 1966 and beyond. Although the coup was…
Ebrahim Shabbir Deen
AFRICOM: Protecting US Interests Disguised as 'Military Partnerships'
24 Feb 2016
by Ebrahim Shabbir Deen AFRICOM, the U.S. military command in Africa, has subverted African militaries and enmeshed the continent in Washington's 'war on terror.' It is a one-side partnership. "…