Africa

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

Mining and military interests underlie Congo war

The continuing conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province led to convening a regional summit in…

November 30, 2012

Clinton’s Africa tour advances U.S. militarism, attacks on China

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton toured nine African countries over an 11-day period beginning Aug. 1. During the tour…

August 8, 2012