Africa

World Economic Forum hosted by Nigeria amid internal security crises

Africa’s leading oil-exporting state and most populous country, Nigeria has been designated by the West as Africa's largest economy, yet…

May 6, 2014

Africa labor in motion

Workers are striking in both the private and public sectors in Egypt and students are demanding jobs in Tunisia. While…

March 31, 2014

Nigerian Labor Congress co-hosts solidarity conference with the Saharawi people

A long-delayed referendum on the independence of Saharawi from Morocco was the subject of the African Conference in Solidarity With…

November 10, 2013

Kidnapping off Nigeria exposes U.S. expanded role

A series of military operations and engagements in the countries of West Africa near the Gulf of Guinea have exposed…

November 1, 2013

Attack on Kenya’s mall related to U.S.-backed invasion of Somalia

Sept. 23 — Billows of smoke emanated from the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, on the third day of a…

September 24, 2013

Zimbabwe defies West

Africa’s ZANU-PF wins in landslide Zimbabwe held national harmonized elections on July 31 that returned President Robert Mugabe to office…

August 8, 2013

Zimbabwe sets elections to end coalition rule

The Southern African nation of Zimbabwe will hold “harmonized elections” on July 31. Registered voters will select local and national…

July 25, 2013

U.S. anti-war movement to discuss imperialist aims in Mali

The United National Antiwar Coalition will host an educational conference call on Feb. 24 to discuss the current situation in…

February 22, 2013

Opposition grows worldwide to French invasion of Mali

In response to the French imperialist intervention in January, the Coalition of Patriotic Organizations of Mali (COPAM) called demonstrations against…

January 21, 2013

Algerian gas field takeover ends in bloody attack

French military invasion in Mali escalates regional tensions Jan. 17 — France has escalated its military intervention into the West…

January 17, 2013