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Dylan Sullivan , Jason Hickel
Plundering Africa – Income Deflation and Unequal Ecological Exchange Under Structural Adjustment Programmes
12 Mar 2025
Presenting new research, Dylan Sullivan and Jason Hickel mount a devastating critique of the impact of structural adjustment in Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. Drawing on recent data on Africa’s…
Pavan Kulkarni
67 Killed in Stampedes at Christmas Food Drives in Nigeria as IMF-Induced Hunger Engulfed Millions More in 2024
15 Jan 2025
After dozens died in stampedes, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu remarked, “We should just get on with it.” Tinubu’s IMF-prescribed policies have more than doubled food prices in the country,…
Keston K Perry
The IMF and the World Bank Must be Abolished to Save the Planet
27 Nov 2024
The IMF and the World Bank give the appearance of aiding Global South nations with economic relief for climate disasters, but in reality, they are burdening them with more debt.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Rwanda's Stillborn Middle-Income Economy
10 Jul 2024
Rwanda’s economic miracle is a lie.
Krys Cerisier
South Africa’s Case Against Israel and the (Il)Legitimacy of World Governance
15 May 2024
The U.S. and the West as a whole maintain dominance over the Global South through their control of international institutions they wield as a weapon against nations who attempt to move from under…
Pavan Kulkarni
Looting of Food Grains Continues in Nigeria as Almost Half its Population Suffers Hunger
17 Apr 2024
President Bola Tinubu’s lifting of fuel subsidies and liberalization of currency trade has pleased the IMF and increased hunger in Africa’s most populous country.
Peoples Dispatch
Death Toll Mounts in Kenya as Police Intensify Crackdown on Protests Against US-IMF Backed Tax Regime
26 Jul 2023
Kenyans have been protesting President William Ruto’s Finance Act that increases taxes on essential goods while making concessions to foreign capital.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Escaping Debt Slavery: Ethiopia, Africa, and the IMF
17 May 2023
In 1987, at the Organization for African Unity, Thomas Sankara said, "Debt is a cleverly managed reconquest of Africa." Ethiopia might actually be better off if the US keeps the IMF from signing off…
Ndongo Samba Sylla , Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Open Veins of Africa Bleeding Heavily
07 Dec 2022
African nations are rich in resources yet remain impoverished due to onerous IMF and World Bank loan policies and capital flight.
Black Alliance For Peace
AFRICOM Watch Bulletin #41
28 Sep 2022
The Black Alliance for Peace AFRICOM Watch Bulletin #41 analyzes how white supremacy operates through the actions of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. As always the AFRICOM Watch…