Africa

Abayomi Azikiwe
Africa Liberation Day: Pentagon and CIA Continue to Destabilize the Continent
25 May 2016
by Abayomi Azikiwe African Liberation Day is always a cause for celebration – but also for sober assessment of how far off the goal of continental liberation remains. The great pan-Africanist Kwame…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
A Glimpse of Justice for South Africa’s Gold Miners: High Court Allows Largest Class Action Suit in History
18 May 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo Under colonialism and apartheid, South African miners have died by the tens of thousands from silicosis, an incurable lung disease. The…
Thomas C. Mountain
25 Years of Struggle Building Socialism in Eritrea; Fighting the Cancer of Corruption
18 May 2016
by Thomas C. Mountain Eritrea, the socialist nation of 6 million people on the Red Sea that has been called “the Cuba of Africa,” is replacing all of its old currency with new bills and moving away…
Zwelinzima Vavi
Zuma’s Denialism and Betrayal
11 May 2016
by Zwelinzima Vavi South African President Jacob Zuma run “a pro-big business government that is implementing neoliberal and anti-poor economic policies,” writes the author, a former trade union…
Amber Murrey
“Our stomachs Will Make Themselves Heard”: What Sankara Can Teach Us About Food Justice Today
11 May 2016
by Amber Murrey In recent weeks, news of food crises in countries across Africa has been intensifying. From the Democratic Republic of Congo all the way down to South Africa – via Malawi, Zimbabwe,…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of May 4, 2016
03 May 2016
Min. Farrakhan Should Join Anti-Police Terror Movement – and Stop Flirting with Trump Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan has said there are some things he likes about Donald Trump. What’s to…
Peter Donatus
Ecocide in the Niger Delta
27 Apr 2016
by Peter Donatus The majority of refugees come from war and conflict zones, illegitimate states, areas of natural disasters and economically weak countries. In many cases, companies from the…
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Rwanda: Genocide Included Hutus Massacred by Kagame Forces
27 Apr 2016
by Ann Garrison The Rwandan Genocide is commemorated in Rwanda and at the United Nations as “the genocide against the Tutsi.” However, there is ample evidence that hundreds of thousands of…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Was Libya a Mistake or a Planned Imperialist Catastrophe?
20 Apr 2016
The U.S.-led regime change in Libya failed to create a new regime, but did succeed in killing thousands of people and destroying the economy and infrastructure of Africa’s most prosperous society.
Farooque Chowdhury
Libya: Hillary’s War, the Empire’s Mistake
20 Apr 2016
There is no question that Hillary Clinton was the main culprit in the destruction of Libya. However, it was the Empire’s war, not Hillary’s.