Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

Conge President Invites US Help to Fight Non-Existent ISIS Threat
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
06 May 2019
🖨️ Print Article

Felix Tshisekedi, the new president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, requested US help in dealing with an alleged threat from ISIS, although only two percent of the country’s population is Muslim. “The notion that terrorism from ISIS is a major concern for Congo is a stretch, at best,” said Maurice Carney, director of Friends of Congo. Moreover, “wherever the US goes, they have “exacerbated instability” and “created terrorists and conflict.”

US Imperialism

Related Podcasts

United Nations General Assembly
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
U.S. Exerts Its Influence Over the United Nations as General Assembly Meetings Convene
25 September 2026
Ajamu Baraka discusses U.S.
Israel and Somaliland
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
U.S. and Israeli Interference in Somalia, Eritrea, and Ethiopia
25 September 2026
Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African Newswire, discusses Israeli recognitio
No war with Iran
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
U.S. Hybrid War and the Plan to Attack Iran
20 February 2026
All signs indicate that a US attack on Iran is imminent.

More Stories


  • First Public Comments After African People’s Socialist Party Members Indicted for Colluding with Russia
    Julie Varughese
    First Public Comments After African People’s Socialist Party Members Indicted for Colluding with Russia
    17 May 2023
    Members of the African People's Socialist Party and its Solidarity Committee were indicted on charges of acting under the influence of the Russian government. They vigorously defended themselves in…
  • Black Agenda Radio May 12, 2023
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
    Black Agenda Radio May 12, 2023
    12 May 2023
    African People's Socialist Party indictments, Cuban solidarity, and the 1970 police killings at Jackson State.
  • Federal Indictments of African People's Socialist Party
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
    Federal Indictments of African People's Socialist Party
    12 May 2023
    Omali Yeshitela is chairman of the African Peoples Socialist Party, leader of the Uhuru Movement, and the Black is Back Coalition.
  • Solidarity with Cuba
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
    Solidarity with Cuba
    12 May 2023
    Netfa Freeman just returned from Cuba, where he was one of the coordinators of the National Network on Cuba's delegation to the U.S. May Day Brigade.
  • 1970 Jackson State Shootings
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
    1970 Jackson State Shootings
    12 May 2023
    C. Liegh McInnis is a poet, short story writer, and former instructor at Jackson State University.
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us