Africa

Targeting China, the U.S. brings its New Cold War to Africa

January 5, 2023 By Vijay Prashad

Will U.S. pledges of aid, which are largely earmarked for private firms, support African development or merely subsidize U.S. multinational corporations?

Biden wines and dines Macron, but hostilities simmer between U.S. and France

December 2, 2022 By Vijay Prashad

So much of Africa was once France’s colonial dominion, but today there are more imperial players.

UN climate conference should be the ‘African COP,’ environmental activist says

November 7, 2022 By Morning Star

Elizabeth Wathuti stressed that whatever was agreed at the conference would directly impact millions of people across Africa, especially women.

35 years after his assassination, Thomas Sankara still inspires liberation in Africa

October 27, 2022 By Nigel Flanagan

“Africa’s Che Guevara,” as he was known, was shot down in a coup d’etat by soldiers rebelling against his socialist transformation of Burkina Faso.

Colonialismo verde: Europa busca gas natural africano, rompiendo promesas climáticas

July 30, 2022 By Unsere Zeit

Las críticas a las principales potencias europeas por parte de las naciones africanas han estallado en las últimas semanas, ya que las primeras han estado recorriendo el continente en busca de suministros de gas natural desde...