Africa

Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Barack, Hillary and the Libya Crime
13 Apr 2016
It took two warmongering politicians to unleash the “shit storm” that the U.S. created in Libya: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Zwelinzima Vavi
South Africa: The Hyenas are Gathering to Defend Themselves
06 Apr 2016
by Zwelinzima Vavi The author, the former head of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, says the ruling African National Congress has “hammered another nail in the coffin of the revolutionary…
FikreJesus Amahazion
Western Sahara: Another Misinformed Imperial Analysis
06 Apr 2016
Dr. Fikrejesus Amahazion The same imperial nations that colonized most of the rest of the world now try to sit in judgement of which countries should be “allowed” their independence. U.S. operatives…
Thomas C. Mountain
Millions Starve as Ethiopia Rejects Aid Through Eritrean Ports
06 Apr 2016
by Thomas C. Mountain Ethiopians faces mass starvation. Drought is the immediate cause of the catastrophe, but the ruling minority regime has exacerbated the crisis by refusing to take up neighboring…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of March 28, 2016
29 Mar 2016
Colonial Chickens Come Home to Roost in the West In the wake of the Brussels bombing, we hear variations of the same old theme: “They [Muslims] hate us [the ‘West’] because of our freedoms.” However…
Patrick Bond
Austerity Gathers Pace in Schizophrenic South Africa
16 Mar 2016
by Patrick Bond The unprecedented contagion of what President Zuma has called “gossip and rumor” around his inner circle threatens the internal stability of the Pretoria regime. The loyalty of many…
Charles Quist-Adade
The Coup That Set Ghana and Africa 50 Years Back
09 Mar 2016
by Charles Quist-Adade Nkrumah wanted to industrialize Ghana within a generation, and everything was on course until the Americans and their British cousins used some disgruntled and self-serving…
Norman Richmond
Remembering Mama Africa Miriam Makeba
09 Mar 2016
Remembering Mama Africa Miriam Makeba Last week marked the 86th birthday of the late South African singer and Miriam Makeba, known to millions worldwide as “Mama Africa.” She “used her…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of March 7, 2016
08 Mar 2016
New FBI Guidelines for Targeting Classroom “Radicals” The nation’s teachers will soon be getting revised FBI guidelines on how to spot “radicalized” students. “The modern FBI ‘counter-violence and…
International League of Peoples’ Struggle Commission No. 6
Oppose Massive Land Grabbing, Human Rights Abuses by Ethiopian Government
02 Mar 2016
by International League of Peoples’ Struggle Commission No. 6 The regime has killed over 140 students, teachers and farmers since last November. This is part of a crackdown on anti-government…