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Tunde Osazua
Weaponizing Aid: How USAID and the Global Fragility Act Sustain U.S. Imperialism in Libya
30 Oct 2024
The Global Fragility Act is a mechanism through which the US gives itself the authority to utilize soft power in Africa through organizations like USAID. The act places a specific focus on Libya,…
Sam Biddle
U.S. Military Makes First Confirmed OpenAI Purchase for War-Fighting Forces
30 Oct 2024
The Pentagon explored the AI software for research, but the new deal is the first by a combatant command whose mission is one of killing.
Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report Contributor
United Nations Releases New Report on the Death of Former Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold in 1961
23 Oct 2024
Apparent assassination and cover-up occurred during a critical period in African history.
Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report Contributor
Martinique Masses Continue Rebellion Against French Colonial System
16 Oct 2024
Rising prices and state repression prompt strikes and demonstrations.
Kodjovi Kpachavi
AES Interrupts a $50b Shakedown in the Sahel
16 Oct 2024
The Alliance of Sahel States has already begun to change the conditions of the people in the region for the better. Bold actions, including the expulsion of exploitative mining contracts, put these…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio October 11, 2024
11 Oct 2024
This week, we discuss efforts in Pennsylvania to end the sentence of life in prison without parole for felony murder. Also, we examine Syria and US imperialist policy there and elsewhere. First, we…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Solidarity with the Alliance of Sahel States
11 Oct 2024
Prudence Iticka and Obioma Ohia recently returned from a delegation that traveled to Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, nations that recently formed the Alliance of Sahel States. They join us to discuss…
Joel Mukisa
The problem is systemic: understanding the #OccupyParliament movement in Kenya
09 Oct 2024
Reflecting on the mass protests that recently shook Kenyan society from top to bottom, Joel Mukisa argues that we must go much further than a choiceless democracy to find answers. A systematic…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
How the US Destabilized the Horn of Africa
02 Oct 2024
In 2018, the leaders of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia signed a regional cooperation agreement that raised great hope in the Horn, but now, six years, later, it lies in tatters.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
US Shooting Itself in the Foot with Info Warfare in Africa
25 Sep 2024
US efforts to control information in Africa will ultimately backfire, says African journalist, author, and filmmaker David Hundeyin.