colonialism
Imperial disintegration: What’s happening in West Africa?
August 2, 2023For centuries, Africa suffered under slavery, oppression, and exploitation from European colonialism. The situation in Niger shows the suffering still isn’t over.
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Nigeriens face harsh sanctions as former European colonial powers punish coup leaders
August 1, 2023Niger is already the world’s third-poorest country, but the economic situation is about to get a lot worse.
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Guatemalans remember 1954 U.S.-backed coup as they battle today’s right-wing election theft
July 21, 2023The right-wing ruling class was shocked when Bernardo Arévalo and the center-left Semilla party surged into the presidential run-off.
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Zimbabwean women fight for sexual freedom; challenge law banning sex toys as ‘obscene’
June 28, 2023Sexually liberated women frighten the men who dominate Zimbabwe’s political, social, and cultural spaces.
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Victory in Peru as corporations denied right to exploit Indigenous lands
June 27, 2023Activists welcomed a decision by lawmakers to drop plans for a new law labelled a “Genocide Bill” by Peru’s Indigenous people.
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