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Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
French Court Convicts French-Cameroonian Journalist Charles Onana of Speech Crime
11 Dec 2024
A French criminal court has convicted a journalist for writing dissident history about Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Kodjovi Kpachavi
Lawton’s Second Parasite: The Empire’s First Cobalt Refinery
27 Nov 2024
The domestic expression of imperialism has once again been made clear with the installation of a new cobalt refinery in an Oklahoma town. Through the extraction of raw materials from the global south…
Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report Contributor
United Nations Releases New Report on the Death of Former Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold in 1961
23 Oct 2024
Apparent assassination and cover-up occurred during a critical period in African history.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
The Victims’ Pact: Rwanda and Israel
31 Jul 2024
Rwanda weaponizes the Rwandan Genocide to justify its violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), just as Israel weaponizes the Holocaust to justify its violence in Gaza and the West Bank.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Israel in Palestine, Rwanda in DRC
17 Jul 2024
Palestinians and Congolese both find themselves victims of a genocide that they did not commit and that did not take place on their territory.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Congo “Coup” Was Reality TV; Morehouse Congo Protest Was Real
22 May 2024
Morehouse College professors protested US complicity in Congo Genocide by unfurling a Congolese flag behind Joe Biden as he addressed the 2024 graduating class. A brief, quixotic coup took place in…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
In Praise of Blood: Crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front
10 Apr 2024
Judi Rever risked her life to write the true story of the Rwandan Genocide.
Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
Kagame: Murderer of Millions in Congo and Rwanda
10 Apr 2024
In what may be the world’s most bizarre spectacle, notables from around the globe this year pay homage to Rwandan President Paul Kagame, as if he is the savior of Africa.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Colonialism, Imperialism, and Conflict in the Congo
23 Feb 2024
Abayomi Azikiwe joins us to discuss events in eastern Congo, the role of US backed nations such as Rwanda, and the history of exploitation and imperial control which caused the…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Congolese Journalist: It’s Time to Stop Negotiating with Rwanda
21 Feb 2024
Rwanda’s M23 militia and Rwandan Special Forces have been advancing on Goma, the capital city of North Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Ann Garrison speaks with Congolese…