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Unable to prevail through ground war, U.S. bombs Somalia

On March 7, the Pentagon announced it had killed 150 members of the al-Shabab [“the youth”] guerrilla movement in a…

March 17, 2016

Implications of Clinton’s setback in the Michigan primary

Democratic Party bosses and corporate media pundits were taken aback on March 8 when they grossly miscalculated the strength of…

March 16, 2016

Zimbabwe diamonds, El Nino and the economic crisis in Southern Africa

The Zimbabwe ministry of mines announced in the capital Harare on Feb. 23 that all but one of the firms…

March 14, 2016

Three South African universities closed due to unrest

During the week of Feb. 22 student protests over different issues at universities around South Africa erupted into clashes with…

March 13, 2016

Elections no solution to racism, poverty

Donald Trump’s hesitancy and denial of knowing much about the Ku Klux Klan in response to an endorsement by former…

March 9, 2016

Detroit officials nervous as public anger grows

Former-Detroit Mayor Dave Bing is warning local corporate leaders that the city could be on the verge of an urban…

March 2, 2016

Guyana commission confirms Burnham gov’t murdered Walter Rodney

A long-delayed investigation into the assassination of African-Caribbean historian Walter Rodney (1942-1980) has concluded that former President Forbes Burnham of…

February 28, 2016

U.S. bombs Libya — again

Over 40 people were killed by Pentagon F-15E fighter jets in a bombing operation Feb. 19 in Sabratha, Libya, which…

February 24, 2016

Nkrumah: 50 years since CIA-led coup

On Feb. 24, 1966, a coup was carried out against Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, leader of Ghana’s independence movement and the…

February 21, 2016

70 years after the Moore’s Ford Bridge lynching

One of the most outrageous and well-publicized lynchings in U.S. history took place on July 25, 1946, when two African-American…

February 18, 2016