Africa

Mark P. Fancher
Will U.S. Troops Become the Ethiopian Government’s Thugs?
12 Oct 2016
by Mark P. Fancher Ethiopia’s authoritarian regime, dominated by elites of the Tigrayan ethnic group, faces growing protest by the Oromo and Amhara people, who together make up the majority of the…
Thomas C. Mountain
Eritrea; The African Cuba
12 Oct 2016
by Thomas C. Mountain Eritrea and Cuba have a great deal in common. Both are relatively small countries attempting to build socialism in the crosshairs of imperialist embargoes, sanctions and…
Peter Cole
The Secret Struggle Against Apartheid
12 Oct 2016
A book review by Peter Cole In the 1960s, a group of leftists risked everything to revive the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. These international activists who embraced a working-class…
FikreJesus Amahazion
Examining International Sanctions: The Case of Eritrea
04 Oct 2016
by Dr. Fikrejesus Amahazion Under U.S. pressure, the United Nations refuses to lift an embargo against the tiny nation of Eritrea, while ignoring constant aggressions by its huge neighbor, Ethiopia.…
Emily Williams and William Minter
Making Violence Visible: From #BlackLivesMatter to #StoptheBleeding Africa
04 Oct 2016
by Emily Williams and William Minter The violence plaguing Africa remains far too invisible to most Americans and the world. Unlike the pillage of Africa in earlier periods of the slave trade and…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
Winnie Mandela Turns 80, Vows to lead Marikana Campaign
28 Sep 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Adebayo Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the indomitable heroine of the South African freedom struggle, celebrated her 80th birthday surrounded by friends and enemies…
Thomas C. Mountain
The UN’s Next Genocide in Somalia
28 Sep 2016
by Thomas C. Mountain The United Nations, acting as a foreign policy arm of the U.S., allowed a quarter million Somali children to starve to death in 2011. Another drought, and continued occupation…
Chandre Gould
South Africa Study: Why Societies Must Protect Children if They Want Fewer Criminals
28 Sep 2016
by Chandre Gould The author studied the lives of South African men that had been jailed for violent crimes – and discovered the abused and forsaken child at the core of each of them. “Preventing and…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of September 26, 2016
26 Sep 2016
Prison Strike Against Slave Labor Continues Despite a near-total lack of corporate media coverage, the national prison strike that began September 9 continues at facilities in 11 states, said Pastor…
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Uganda: A Brilliant Genocide
21 Sep 2016
by Ann Garrison The U.S. deploys demons to justify imperial conquest. In central Africa, the demon’s name is Joseph Kony, the guerilla who served as an excuse for Yoweri Museveni, the dictator of…