Africa

T.J. Coles
Backed by AFRICOM, Corporations Plunder DR Congo for “Climate-Friendly” Materials and Blame China
07 Dec 2021
Mineral riches bring great power rivalry and resource wars to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Peoples Dispatch
Moroccans Protest Normalization of Ties with Israel
07 Dec 2021
Governments choose to make deals that often do not reflect the wishes of the people. Normalization of relations with Israel elicited protests in Morocco, the latest state to
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
China is Not Colonizing Africa
01 Dec 2021
International media cannot be trusted to give accurate information. Skepticism is especially warranted when China is the topic and allegations of colonizing Africa make headlines.
Dina M. Asfaha, Tunde Osazua
Eritrea Versus AFRICOM: Defending Sovereignty in the Face of Imperialist Aggression
01 Dec 2021
The rapid expansion of AFRICOM on the African continent should be a cause for concern as African nations are quickly surrendering their sovereignty to the US.
Simon Tesfamariam
#NoMore Censorship of Africa’s Roving Digital Army of Peace
01 Dec 2021
The removal of Twitter accounts advocating for peace in the Horn of Africa shows the connection between the state and big tech companies.
Jeff Pearce
Ethiopia: The West’s Diplomats Meet in Secret to Decide How to Help the TPLF
01 Dec 2021
Former and current diplomats from the US, EU and UK met with representatives of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).
World Health Organization
WHO Stands with African Nations and Calls for Borders to Remain Open
01 Dec 2021
Scientists in Southern African nations revealed the presence of the Omicron Covid-19 variant but the good deed was punished with worldwide travel bans. The World Health Organization m
Center for Constitutional Rights
Kenyan Families Say U.S. Government Fueling “War on Terror” Disappearances and Killings, Demand Records
24 Nov 2021
Security forces trained by the CIA and the UK's MI6 use the "war on terror" as justification for killing and abducting Kenyans. In fact, the US/EU/NATO axis wage a war of te
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
Interview: Queen Mother Moore, Westindian Digest, September 1982
23 Nov 2021
In a 1982 interview, Queen Mother Audley Moore raps on imperialism, neocolonialism, emancipation, and reparations -- and the need for Black people to get in our “right mind” to understand our d
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Ethiopians Rally Against CNN, the TPLF, and US Aggression
23 Nov 2021
Ethiopians and Eritreans are decrying CNN’s slander of their nations and peoples, but CNN’s just fulfilling their mission, manufacturing consent for aggression, deprivation, and war, most of al