Africa

Black Alliance For Peace
Amidst the Biden Administration’s Forever-Wars Policy in Africa, BAP Launches a Month of Action Against AFRICOM (U.S. Africa Command)
21 Sep 2022
The Black Alliance for Peace hosts a Month of Action Against the US Africa Command, AFRICOM, every October. AFRICOM continues to play a dangerous role in enforcing US foreign policy that is…
Abayomi Azikiwe
COP27 to be Held in Egypt amid Global Challenges
21 Sep 2022
African nations and other developing regions are facing greater economic turmoil as extreme weather events, imperialist war and capitalist exploitation continue to damage the planet. The next United…
World Rainforest Movement
Oil Palm Plantations and Water Grabbing: Ivory Coast and Gabon
21 Sep 2022
Industrial palm oil production in West and Central Africa is mainly controlled by five multinational corporations and could continue expansion. Plantations take up large tracts of land. Land and…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Behind the Mau Mau: George Padmore, 1953
14 Sep 2022
George Padmore’s account of British rule and Black resistance in Kenya reminds us that “Queen” Elizabeth is both the symbol and beneficiary of the savagery of colonialism and white supremacy.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Maano Ramutsindela, Frank Matose, and Tafadzwa Mushonga’s Book, “The Violence of Conservation in Africa”
14 Sep 2022
This week’s featured authors are Maano Ramutsindela, Frank Matose, and Tafadzwa Mushonga. Ramutsindela is Professor of Geography in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the…
Sinawo Thambo, Leigh-Ann Mathys, Sixolise Gcilishe
Economic Freedom Fighters Statement on the Death of Queen Elizabeth
14 Sep 2022
The brutal history of British imperialism should not be forgotten in the wake of the Queen's death. The South African organization, Economic Freedom Fighters, recounts the many crimes…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Rwanda and Uganda’s M23 Militia Reappears to Slaughter and Plunder in DRC; US backs Rwanda and Uganda
07 Sep 2022
Rwanda and Uganda are again plundering the Congo. As always they do so with the backing of the U.S. Ann Garrison interviews Maurice Carney, Executive Director of Friends of the Congo.
Mark P. Fancher
Reparations by Appeal to Conscience or by Demands from a Position of Strength?
07 Sep 2022
The pursuit of justice and reparations for African people has been constant. The question of whether to pursue appeals for concessions or active struggles for power, has not been resolved.
Aby L. Sène
Land Grabs and Conservation Propaganda
07 Sep 2022
The African conservation movement is run by European and American NGOs and wealthy individuals. Land grabs are committed in the name of biodiversity.
Hermela Aregawi
The “International Community” is an Unreliable Broker in Ethiopia Conflict
31 Aug 2022
The ongoing conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region has been fueled by support from the United States. It is yet another proxy war which has brough great suffering to thousands of people.