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Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Aggressors Unnamed in Rwanda-DRC “Peace Agreement”
02 Jul 2025
Rwandan and M23 forces are the aggressors in the DRC. They are integrated under Rwandan command.
Maurice Carney
Donald Trump’s Congo Venture: A Scramble for Minerals Under the Guise of Peace
02 Jul 2025
Trump’s ‘peace deal’ between Rwanda and the DRC is a corporate resource grab disguised as diplomacy, rewarding Rwandan war crimes while U.S. investors stake claims to Congo’s coltan mines.
Essam Elkorghli , Matteo Capasso
Fabricating Enemies in Times of Decline: NATO 2025 Summit
02 Jul 2025
The 2025 NATO summit exposed a dying empire escalating wars and austerity to hide its collapse while backing genocide in Gaza and illegal attacks worldwide.
Pedro Stropasolas
Mali Takes Control of One of Africa’s Largest Gold Mines and Launches Its Own Refinery
02 Jul 2025
Mali’s mining code change in 2024 puts pressure on foreign companies in the country.
Tamanisha John
Resisting Dependency: U.S. Hegemony, China’s Rise, and the Geopolitical Stakes in the Caribbean
25 Jun 2025
The Caribbean has become an emerging battleground in the U.S.-China rivalry, as regional states strategically navigate between the demands of superpowers and their own development needs.
Aiyana Porter-Cash
False Promises of Protection Embedded in U.S. Militarism and Carcerality
11 Jun 2025
"Protection" is a lie—a pretext for state violence, militarism, and control, targeting the marginalized while masking harm as care. True safety comes not from oppressive systems, but from resistance…
Aby L. Sène
Drones, Elephants and Imperialist Interests in Africa
04 Jun 2025
Conservation in Africa has long been a smokescreen for imperial power. Veiled behind the cause of environmentalism and stopping poachers, western governments, intelligence agencies, and billionaire-…
Abdirahman M. Ahmed
Using Lessons from the Horn of Africa to Protect the Alliance of Sahelian States
04 Jun 2025
The Horn of Africa was filled with hope in 2018, when Somali President Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed an agreement…
Black Alliance for Peace US Out of Africa Network
AFRICOM Watch Bulletin #56
04 Jun 2025
The Congo remains ground zero for Africa’s resource wars, where Rwanda and Uganda act as looters for the West. While international scrutiny has largely focused on Rwanda’s aggression, Uganda’s role…
John Perry , Roger D. Harris
US Reinstates Funding to Propaganda Outlet: NED Weaponizes “Democracy” in Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba
04 Jun 2025
After a brief pause, Washington's regime-change efforts against Latin American countries via the National Endowment for Democracy has returned.