Africa

Defeat The Fascist War On African People In The US And Abroad

June 23, 2024 Jacqueline Luqman, Black Agenda Report. Strategize! Africa, Black Liberation, Fascism, US Imperialism

“Defeat the War on African People in the US and Abroad” has been the rallying cry for the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) since the formation’s inception in 2017. As we rolled out and expanded the campaign, we were frequently met with the same question in the teach-ins, webinars, panel discussions, and outreach efforts we conducted among colonized and oppressed Africans across this country and even the world: “What war on Africans?” We were similarly asked as a follow-up, “Who is waging war on us?” Those are excellent questions, but before we get to those questions, let us deal clearly with the relationship of the working class and poor Africans, and others in the U.S. to the state.

Nigerian Trade Unions Hold Two-Day Strike Amid Economic Crisis

June 19, 2024 Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report. Resist! Africa, Nigeria, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

Nigeria is Africa’s most populous state and is listed as having the largest economy on the continent with huge deposits of oil, natural gas and other strategic resources. In possession of these material assets along with the 223 million people that inhabit the West African state, the achievements of Nigeria should be limitless. However, the system of neo-colonialism in Africa, where the national wealth of various states largely benefits imperialism, is still maintaining a dominant position over the labor and resources of the people. This system of exploitation constitutes the major impediment to genuine sovereignty, economic independence and social emancipation.

Lavrov Opens BRICS Meeting In Russia, First After New Members Joined

June 11, 2024 Al Mayadeen, Orinoco Tribune. Organize! Africa, Brazil, BRICS, China, Egypt, Russia, Sameh Shoukry, Sergey Lavrov, South Africa, Türkiye, Wang Yi

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov opened the two-day BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting as its chair in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod from June 10 to 11. Among those attending are: China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Dr. Naledi Pandor, Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry, and Brazil’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mauro Vieira, while Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is attending in the extended format of the meeting. This marks the first after the bloc was joined by new members – Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, as its original members are Russia, China, India, Brazil, and South Africa.

How Europe Outsourced Border Enforcement To Africa

June 7, 2024 Andrei Popoviciu, In These Times. Educate! Africa, Europe, European Union (EU), Immigration

When Cornelia Ernst and her delegation arrived at the Rosso border station on a scorching February day, it wasn’t the bustling artisanal marketplace, the thick smog from trucks waiting to cross, or the vibrantly painted pirogues bobbing in the Senegal River that caught their eye. It was the slender black briefcase on the table before the station chief. When the official unlatched the hard plastic carrier, proudly unveiling dozens of cables meticulously arranged beside a touchscreen tablet, soft gasps filled the room.

Reflections On The Legacy And Modern-Day Impact Of Malcolm X

June 5, 2024 Ujima People's Progress Party, Black Agenda Report. Strategize! Africa, Black Liberation, Capitalism, Malcolm X, Palestine, Politics, Zionism

With the recent celebrations of the 99th birthday of Malcolm X, the Ujima People’s Progress Party feels it is a good time to reflect on his legacy and modern-day impact. Granted that this cannot be done complete justice in one column. Our objective here is to simply highlight a few things in his legacy that we feel contribute to his ideological lineage which in no small measure led to the forming of our party. First and foremost, Malcolm X was a Pan Africanist and as such the unification of all people of African descent was of the utmost urgency. The primary urgent objective was then and is today to recapture the motherland home of Africa and secure her resources both economic and cultural first for the benefit of African people and then the rest of the world in need.

African Liberation Day And The Struggle For Freedom In Palestine

May 23, 2024 Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Africa, African Liberation Day, Israel, Palestine

This commemoration of African Liberation Day comes at a critical conjunction in the overall struggle against imperialism and for the total liberation of our continent along with other oppressed and exploited peoples throughout the globe. Since October 7, the people of Palestine have once again renewed their leading role in ending the yoke of Zionism and imperialism over their land and people. Some 76 years ago on May 15, 1948, the Zionists regime was recognized by the United States under President Harry S. Truman as the purported “legitimate” entity over the land of Palestine. Even prior to 1948, the Zionist project had been advanced by the French and British imperialists.

Iran’s President Raisi Joined BRICS, Pushed For Multipolar World

May 22, 2024 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. Resistance Report Africa, BRICS, Burkina Faso, China, Cuba, Ebrahim Raisi, Iran, Latin America, Multipolar World, Multipolarity, Nicaragua, Russia, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Venezuela

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19, left behind a legacy of working to build a more multipolar world. Under Raisi, Iran joined BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Global South-led institutions that he noted could challenge US unilateralism and hegemony. The late Iranian leader advocated a “Look East” strategy, strengthening relations with China, Russia, and other countries in Asia. Raisi represented a more nationalist wing of the political class in Tehran, which sees the futility of trying to win Western approval, and instead recognizes that Iran’s political and economic future lies in deepening integration with the Global South.

Decolonization Movement Is Expanding In Africa’s Sahel Region

May 20, 2024 Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. Podcast - Clearing The FOG Africa, AFRICOM, Decolonization, Joe Biden, Sahel region, US military

The United States announced that it will remove its troops from Niger in September after the government ordered them to leave. Mali and Burkina Faso have done the same. Chad is the most recent country in the Sahel Region of Africa to order the US out. This follows a wave of resistance against French colonization in the region. Clearing the FOG speaks with Abayomi Azikiwe of Pan African News Wire about the growing resistance in the Sahel and the United States. He discusses the unfulfilled promises of the Biden administration and the uncommitted movement in this presidential election.

Imperialist Weaponry And Shifting Alliances In The Sahel

May 15, 2024 Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Africa, AFRICOM, Chad, Decolonization, Sahel, US Imperialism

$95 billion in supplemental defense spending aimed at furthering the interests of the United States in various geopolitical regions of the world was recently passed by the legislative branches of the government. These actions speak volumes on the actual priorities of Congress and the administration of President Joe Biden. During the course of the first Biden administration, the Congress failed to pass pieces of legislation which were promised during the 2020 presidential campaign such as the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, among many others. Inflation remains a serious problem for working and oppressed peoples even though the White House is praising its economic agenda which has left tens of millions locked in poverty and social deprivation.

The Sahel Seeks Sovereignty

May 14, 2024 No Cold War, West Africa Peoples' Organization, People's Dispatch. Resist! Africa, Decolonization, France, Sahel region

The call “La France degage!” (“France, get out!”), against the ongoing legacy of French colonialism in the region, has long echoed across West Africa. In recent years, this call has reached a new pitch of intensity, from the 2018 grassroots movements in Senegal and newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s campaign promise to unshackle his country from the neocolonial monetary system of the CFA franc to the popularly supported military coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger and the ejection of French military forces from these countries between 2021 and 2023.

In Africa They Say, ‘France, Get Out!’

May 10, 2024 Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Educate! Africa, Decolonization, France, Sahel region

On 2 October 1958, Guinea declared its independence from France. Guinea’s President Ahmed Sékou Touré clashed against France’s President Charles De Gaulle, who tried to strong arm Touré into abandoning the project for independence. Touré said of De Gaulle’s threats, ‘Guinea prefers poverty in freedom to riches in slavery’. In 1960, the French government launched a covert operation called Operation Persil to undermine Guinea and overthrow Touré. The operation was named after a laundry detergent, used to wash away dirt. This provides a clear window into the French attitude toward Touré’s government.

For The Defense Of The Alliance Of Sahel States, Revolutionary Pan-Africanism

May 1, 2024 The Coalition For The Elimination Of Imperialism In Africa, Black Agenda Report. Resist! Africa, Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), History, Pan Africanism, US Imperialism, Western imperialism

In 2011, Africa suffered a devastating blow with the collapse of the socialist Libyan Jamahiriya and the assassination of a great son of Africa, Comrade Muammar Gaddafi, at the hands of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), in complicity with corrupt Africans. To the collective west, Gaddafi's crime was that he wished for a truly independent and sovereign Africa. In 2009, as Chairman of the African Union, Gaddafi suggested the creation of an independent continental currency, the gold dinar. This would free the continent from its economic subservience to the US dollar and the French African Franc (CFA).

Chad Moves To Kick Out United States Military

April 29, 2024 Steve Lalla, Orinoco Tribune. Resist! Africa, AFRICOM, Anti-Imperialism, Chad, US Imperialism, US military

The US is staring at yet another strategic loss in Africa. Chad’s Air Force Chief of Staff has written to Washington’s defense attaché ordering the Pentagon to cease its operations at the Adji Kossei Air Base near the capital, N’Djamena. In another letter addressed to Chad’s armed forces minister, Idriss Amine Ahmed said the presence of US soldiers had not been satisfactorily justified, noting also that the US side had not provided sufficient documents on support for logistics and personnel. Chad has threatened to cancel the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) that regulates the operations of roughly 100 US military personnel in the Sahelian country.

What’s Next For The Struggle To Stop The East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline

April 27, 2024 Phil Wilmot, Waging Nonviolence. Strategize! Africa, East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines

In 2006, oil speculators finally stumbled upon a long-sought reserve under Lake Albert in midwestern Uganda. President Yoweri Museveni, who had already been in power for 20 years, eagerly declared that production would commence in 2009. He argued that oil drilling would spare Ugandans from biting poverty — despite the government projecting zero revenue from the project for decades to come. Still clinging to his despotic throne today, Museveni and his bankrollers and business partners — namely TOTAL, China National Offshore Oil Corporation and the neoliberal regimes of Uganda and Tanzania — have been unable to commence production.

Africa’s National Liberation Struggles Brought Democracy To Europe

April 26, 2024 Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Educate! Africa, African Liberation Movement, Decolonization, Democracy, Europe, History

Fifty years ago, on 25 April 1974, the people of Portugal took to the streets of their cities and towns in enormous numbers to overthrow the fascist dictatorship of the Estado Novo (‘New State’), formally established in 1926. Fascist Portugal – led first by António de Oliveira Salazar until 1968 and then by Marcelo Caetano – was welcomed into the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in 1949, the United Nations in 1955, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 1961 and signed a pact with the European Economic Community in 1972.

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