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Death Toll Mounts in Kenya as Police Intensify Crackdown on Protests Against US-IMF Backed Tax Regime
26 Jul 2023
Kenyans have been protesting President William Ruto’s Finance Act that increases taxes on essential goods while making concessions to foreign capital.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Escaping Debt Slavery: Ethiopia, Africa, and the IMF
17 May 2023
In 1987, at the Organization for African Unity, Thomas Sankara said, "Debt is a cleverly managed reconquest of Africa." Ethiopia might actually be better off if the US keeps the IMF from signing off…
Ndongo Samba Sylla , Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Open Veins of Africa Bleeding Heavily
07 Dec 2022
African nations are rich in resources yet remain impoverished due to onerous IMF and World Bank loan policies and capital flight.
Black Alliance For Peace
AFRICOM Watch Bulletin #41
28 Sep 2022
The Black Alliance for Peace AFRICOM Watch Bulletin #41 analyzes how white supremacy operates through the actions of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. As always the AFRICOM Watch…
Tanupriya Singh
Zambia’s Debt Crisis a Warning for What Looms Ahead for Global South
28 Sep 2022
Zambia is heading toward critical negotiations to restructure its mounting debts. The IMF has approved a $1.3 billion bailout plan for the country, which will impose cruel austerity measures on the…
Dian Maria Blandina
IMF Loans Continue to Undermine Health in Africa
29 Jun 2022
The International Monetary Fund has a long history of insisting on loan conditionalities which are harmful to public services. This practice did not change even during the pandemic, with African…
Bryce Greene
What You Should Really Know About Ukraine
23 Feb 2022
The history of U.S. involvement in Ukraine is rarely analyzed by corporate media. The desire to open Ukraine to finance capital, the 2014 U.S.