Central African Republic

French racism, repression ignite protests in Africa

More protests took place throughout the Muslim world after the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo once again highlighted a cover cartoon…

January 20, 2015

‘Defend President Aristide!’

An emergency demonstration was held in San Francisco on Sept. 30 in defense of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. About…

October 11, 2014

Central African Republic: Mass protests hit French-backed regime

Discontent among the people in the Central African Republic capital of Bangui with the French-imposed government has erupted in demonstrations…

June 15, 2014

Gathering in Brussels undermines African unity

EU-Africa Summit may lead to increased imperialist interventions The EU-Africa Summit on April 2-3 in Brussels was not attended by…

April 9, 2014

African workers, youth strike against poverty

From Central Africa Republic, Egypt and Kenya to South Africa Although escalating instability and threats of civil war have dominated…

March 19, 2014

French president visits Africa as U.N. proposes more troops

A proposal submitted to the 15-member U.N. Security Council on March 3 calls for the deployment of an additional 12,000…

March 5, 2014

Pentagon intervention in Africa grows

Developments in Central and East Africa have dominated news coverage of Africa since December. The split within the ruling Sudan…

February 13, 2014

Conflicts in Africa facilitate imperialist intervention

Fierce battles took place in early January in two states of oil-rich South Sudan — Unity and Jonglei states, not…

January 15, 2014

Imperialist intervention further destabilizes South Sudan, Central African Republic

Republic of Sudan President Omar Hassan al-Bashir flew to the capital of the Republic of South Sudan on Jan. 6…

January 13, 2014

Central African Republic marches demand French troops out

The French government has admitted that 1,600 of its troops are now deployed in the Central African Republic, a former…

January 2, 2014