Abayomi Azikiwe

Pentagon intervention in Africa grows

Developments in Central and East Africa have dominated news coverage of Africa since December. The split within the ruling Sudan…

February 13, 2014

Fannie Lou Hamer remains a symbol 50 years after Freedom Summer

More than 1,000 student volunteers, along with rank-and-file workers and professionals from the northern and western cities of the U.S.,…

February 7, 2014

South African platinum strike continues amid threats of more layoffs

Feb. 3 — A government mediation team is seeking to resolve the ongoing strike in the platinum industry in the…

February 4, 2014

Anti-NATO forces retake areas in southern Libya

For nearly seven months in 2011, NATO planes — particularly from the U.S., France, Britain and Canada — carried out…

January 29, 2014

South Africa struggles continue in platinum mines

An 11-week strike by 7,000 members of South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has resulted in a settlement granting…

January 23, 2014

Dr. King’s struggle legacy and today’s crisis of the cities

The federal holiday that commemorates martyred civil rights, social justice and peace activist Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. takes…

January 20, 2014

Thousands of African migrants strike in Israel

Tens of thousands of African migrants suspended a general strike Jan. 13 that had been in effect since January 5…

January 20, 2014

Conflicts in Africa facilitate imperialist intervention

Fierce battles took place in early January in two states of oil-rich South Sudan — Unity and Jonglei states, not…

January 15, 2014

Imperialist intervention further destabilizes South Sudan, Central African Republic

Republic of Sudan President Omar Hassan al-Bashir flew to the capital of the Republic of South Sudan on Jan. 6…

January 13, 2014

Egypt sets referendum as coup regime cracks down on activists

A 50-person committee to draft an amended Egyptian constitution completed its work. The military-appointed regime that came to power through…

January 8, 2014