Africa

Anti-U.S. protests spread worldwide

Sept. 17 — In more than 20 countries throughout Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe, hundreds of thousands of…

September 19, 2012

Derrick Duncan: Jamaican immigrant & revolutionary

It’s tragic when a person in his 40s dies suddenly of a mysterious illness. But it’s especially tragic when he…

September 6, 2012

South African miners cheer as murder charges dropped

Some 50 workers celebrated outside the jail as South African authorities announced on Sept. 2 that they were provisionally dropping…

September 5, 2012

Unrest continues in South Africa mines after Marikana massacre

Mineworkers and their supporters have continued to express outrage at the police killing of 34 strikers and wounding of 78…

September 2, 2012

Conditions for African farmers improve after land reform

Black Zimbabweans lost their land during the colonial era, beginning in the late 19th century. In 1998 it became clear…

August 3, 2012

50 African states meet in Beijing

A two-day meeting on July 19-20 in Beijing was the focus of international attention as ministers from 50 African states…

July 26, 2012

African Union summit faces challenges

With growing threats to the independence and sovereignty of the African continent, the African Union held its 2012 summit in…

July 20, 2012

Sham elections in Libya & imperialist plans

Western-based corporate media outlets have proclaimed Mahmoud Elwarfally Jibril the Western-backed National Forces Alliance winner of the first post-Jamahiriya election.…

July 17, 2012

Africans applaud China’s role in development

An op-ed piece by Dambisa Moyo in the New York Times takes a firm position that the role of the…

July 16, 2012