To justify US and European military occupation of much of Africa, migrants seeking jobs in the north of the continent or in Europe “are labeled as criminals and terrorists” when they are “just looking for work,” said Ampson Hagan, a PhD candidate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “These migrants, traveling along paths that have been traveled for centuries, are now implicated in terrorist activity,” said Hagan. “Terrorism becomes a way of legitimizing a foreign presence” in the Sahel region, centered in Niger. Hagan asks: “What does it mean for Europe to be policing African migration within Africa?”
An open letter from government attorneys questions the legal cover for arms transfers to Israel.
Reports of the downsizing of Pentagon troops in Chad comes as the United States continues to delay departure from Niger.
One cannot begin to understand the story of Southern resistance without recognizing the role of communism in the struggle.
Just two months ago, Biden said that the invasion of Rafah is a “red line” Israel must not cross.
This week, we discuss a lawsuit filed by incarcerated people in Alabama, asking the state to end involuntary servitude and the crackdown on student protests, abortion rights, and a rogue…
