Africa

After 35 years, killers of African hero Thomas Sankara condemned

The trial of the Burkinabè soldiers who in 1987 killed Thomas Sankara, the president of Burkina Faso, and some of…

April 18, 2022

NATO’s global history of reaction

The U.S.-commanded military alliance called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization – NATO, was founded April 4, 1949. Its initials describe…

April 4, 2022

France agrees to withdraw troops from Mali

President Emmanuel Macron of France announced that French troops will be pulling out of their bases in Gossi, Menaka and…

February 25, 2022

Mali: Mass anti-imperialist mobilizations win Pan-African solidarity

An historic mobilization of the Malian people by the hundreds of thousands in support of the transitional government in Mali…

January 26, 2022

Sudanese Communist Party spokesperson: ‘Organizing the masses’

The following are edited excerpts from an interview with an official spokesperson of the Sudanese Communist Party, Dr. Fathi al-Fadl,…

January 12, 2022

Archbishop Desmond Tutu – his spirit reflected a giant

This commentary, recorded by Prison Radio, aired on Democracy Now on Dec. 28. Archbishop Tutu visited Mumia Abu-Jamal in 2007,…

January 7, 2022

A tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a friend of Palestine

Our beloved global elder, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, became an ancestor on December 26, passing peacefully amongst his family the day…

January 4, 2022

Ethiopia: U.S. sanctions create misery and division

Washington plans to impose sanctions on the central government in Ethiopia starting Jan. 1. The sanctions remove Ethiopia’s Special Trade…

December 16, 2021

People of the Sahel oppose imperialism

After two weeks of struggle — burning barricades, smashed windows and mirrors, Molotov cocktails, masses of people on the road,…

December 10, 2021

Popular struggle challenges Sudan ‘agreement’

By Carlos Lopes Pereira The author, a veteran of the liberation movement in Guinea and Cape Verde, is a regular…

December 2, 2021