Africa

Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Scholar Says Rwandan Massacres Were Class War; Faces Deportation
16 Sep 2015
by Ann Garrison Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame sends hit squads around the globe to eliminate critics of his minority-based government. The regime is seeking to silence dissident Léopold Munyakazi…
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Scholar Says Rwandan Massacres Were Class War; Faces Deportation
16 Sep 2015
by Ann Garrison Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame sends hit squads around the globe to eliminate critics of his minority-based government. The regime is seeking to silence dissident Léopold Munyakazi…
Patrick Bond
South Africa’s Deal with the Devil, Revisited: Mandela’s ‘Faustian Pact’ with World Capital
16 Sep 2015
by Patrick Bond An intelligence document has surfaced claiming that the white establishment through the private sector has a huge influence in the running of the South African National Treasury and…
Former Leader of Chad and CIA Tool Denounces U.S. Imperialism at His Trial
09 Sep 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford It is said that the Americans have no permanent friends, only permanent interests. Actually, the U.S. seems to have no friends at all,…
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
South Sudan Conflict Won't End Until Oil Wealth Benefits South Sudanese: An Interview with Horace Campbell
01 Sep 2015
by Ann Garrison Scholar Horace Campbell warns that unaccountable leaders and foreign interests cannot bring justice to the people of war-torn South Sudan. The United States bear heavy responsibility…
A Rare Conviction of Killer Cops in South Africa
26 Aug 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford The conviction of eight Black South African policemen in the grizzly murder of a Black cab driver represents a break from the culture of…
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Africa’s Problem from Hell: Samantha Power
12 Aug 2015
by Ann Garrison Barack Obama will likely be remembered by history as the president that honed “humanitarian” intervention into a favored weapon of regime change. Samantha Power is the trigger. The U.…
Thomas C. Mountain
US vs China in Djibouti
12 Aug 2015
by Thomas C. Mountain China will soon station 10,000 troops in Djibouti, on the Red Sea in the Horn of Africa, alongside U.S., French and Japanese bases. When they wake up to the new reality,…
Alemayehu G Mariam
Barack Obama, Tell the Truth About Ethiopia!
12 Aug 2015
Alemayehu G. Mariam Last month, President Obama declared that Ethiopia has a “democratically elected government.” That is the country where, in May elections, the ruling party won all the 547 seats…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Obama’s Africa Hypocrisy
29 Jul 2015
By BAR editor and Senior Columnist Margaret Kimberley The president's visit to East Africa has been the occasion for the same kind of hypocritical finger pointing Barack Obama usually reserves for…