Africa

Dockworker unions gather in Durban, South Africa

By Lyse Comins The following article first appeared in South Africa’s Freight News, Jan. 25, 2023. (tinyurl.com/y3mz77c6) Lyse Comins is…

February 11, 2023

Burkina Faso asks French army to leave

The government of Burkina Faso on Jan. 23 officially asked the French army to remove its special forces detachment and…

February 8, 2023

Amílcar Cabral – African Marxist liberation leader – murdered 50 years ago by agents of Portuguese colonialism 

The author, a former member of the Secretariat of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde…

January 20, 2023

Pelé meant the world to us Africans

By Tafi Mhaka The following article first appeared on aljazeera.com on Dec. 31, 2022. The death of football legend Pelé…

January 13, 2023

U.S. holds meeting with African states: promises and realities

The author, a veteran of the liberation movement in Guinea and Cape Verde, is a regular contributor of articles on…

December 23, 2022

Solidarity with Palestine marks World Cup games

If there is a clear victor at the World Cup soccer games in Qatar, it is the Palestinian people. Even…

December 16, 2022

They want to lead us into war – interview with historic African leader from Mali

By Raphaël Schmeller This interview with Aminata Dramane Traoré was first published Nov. 30 in the German newspaper junge Welt…

December 2, 2022

U.S. hybrid war against Venezuela: the case of diplomat Alex Saab

By John Philpot and Roger D. Harris Sept. 29, 2022 Reprinted from Resumen LatinoAmericano and the Third World at tinyurl.com/4xb5cxrt…

October 7, 2022

Mr. Blinken’s blinders

Last month, another chapter of U.S. domination in Africa was written, a chapter of such hubris and arrogance toward independent…

September 9, 2022

Sierra Leone: Fight for reproductive rights closes in on major victory

The 10th African Conference on Sexual Health and Rights was held in Freetown, Sierra Leone, June 27-July 1. Almost 1,000…

August 24, 2022