Africa
Africa, let us help – just like in 1884 by George Monbiot, The Guardian, 10 June 2013
Bangladeshi textile factory collapse: Over 900 dead, Lessons for Africa by Horace Campbell, Pambazuka News, 9 May 2013
Why France Won't Intervene in the Central African Republic by Sasha Ross, CounterPunch, 28 March 2013
With Little More Than a Note, Obama Deploys US Troops To Niger by Jon Queally, Common Dreams, 22 February 2013
The West's War Against African Development Continues by Dan Glazebrook, CounterPunch, 15 February 2013
The Mali Blowback: More to Come? by Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus, 1 February 2013
The dangers of intervention in Mali, Letters, The Guardian, 31 January 2013
Al-Qaida: how great is the terrorism threat to the west now? by Jason Burke, The Guardian, 29 January 2013
Dutch Court Delivers Blow to Nigerians with Shell Acquittals by Jon Queally, Common Dreams, 30 January 2013
Habits of French Colonialism by Vijay Prashad, NewsClick, 22 January 2013
UK intervention in Mali treads a familiar - and doomed - path by Simon Jenkins, The Guardian, 30 January 2013
How Cameron created the chaos in north Africa by Brendan O'Neill, spiked, 22 January 2013
Mali: the fastest blowback yet in this disastrous war on terror by Seumas Milne, The Guardian, 22 January 2013
'War on terror' is a tempting defence, but it isn't that simple by Patrick Cockburn, The Independent, 20 January 2013
Mali, France, and Chickens by Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus, 19 January 2013
On To Timbuktu II by Eric Margolis, Common Dreams, 19 January 2013
Burn, burn - Africa's Afghanistan by Pepe Escobar, Asia Times, 19 January 2013
France escalates Mali war amid Algerian hostage crisis by Kumaran Ira, World Socialist Web Site, 18 January 2013
Mali, dynamic of war by Paul Rogers, openDemocracy, 15 January 2013
The bombing of Mali highlights all the lessons of western intervention by Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian, 14 January 2013
Military Intervention in Mali: Special Operation to Recolonize Africa by Alexander Mezyaev, Global Research, 14 January 2013
The war in Libya was seen as a success, now here we are engaging with the blowback in Mali by Owen Jones, The Independent, 13 January 2013
The U.S. Military Swarms Over Africa by Glen Ford, Countercurrents.org, 13 January 2013
Africa's Ridiculous ‘Rising' And Overdue Uprising by Patrick Bond, ZNet, 23 December 2012
Something rotten in the ANC state by Hilary Wainwright, Red Pepper, December 2012
South African Political Economy After Marikana by Patrick Bond, ZNet, 20 October 2012
Beware Those Wicked Malians by Eric Margolis, EricMargolis.com, 13 October 2012
Letter: The process of decolonisation for Western Sahara must start now, Letter, The Guardian, 11 October 2012
New declaration of class war Hillel Ticktin analyses the importance of Marikana, Weekly Worker, 6 September 2012
Desmond Tutu expresses outrage at failing politicians in South Africa by David Smith, The Guardian, 4 September 2012
South Africa: Marikana is a turning point by William Gumede, The Guardian, 29 August 2012
Why young South Africans are turning away from Mandela and ANC by Tamara McLachlan, The Observer, 26 August 2012
Marikana miners: The massacre of our illusions by Leonard Gentle, Red Pepper, August 2012
As Rwanda's Alliance with U.S. Wanes, What's Not Being Said? by Michael McGehee, NYTimes eXaminer, 1 August 2012
Mau Mau verdict: Britain must undo its imperial anmesia by Priyamvada Gopal, The Guardian, 31 July 2012
In Climate Of Repression, Who Can Surf South Africa's Micro-Protest Wave? by Patrick Bond, ZSpace, 18 July 2012
Tomgram: Nick Turse, America's Shadow Wars in Africa, TomDispatch.com, 12 July 2012
How Somalia's Fishermen Became Pirates by Ishaan Tharoor, Time, 18 June 2012
Geldof's obsession with aid hurt Africa. But now trade is healing the scars by Ian Birrell, The Independent, 28 May 2012
The Western Sahara: forgotten first source of the Arab Spring by Carne Ross, The Guardian, 17 April 2012
Is the EU taking its over-fishing habits to west African waters? by John Vidal, The Guardian, 2 April 2012
George Clooney isn't helping Sudan by Nesrine Malik, The Guardian, 19 March 2012
The way to a new Somalia by Nadifa Mohamed, The Guardian, 4 March 2012
Military action in Somalia will not solve root causes of conflict, Letters, The Guardian, 22 February 2012
"A Catastrophic Year" as Hunger Crisis Looms over Sahel by Kristin Palitza, IPS, 15 February 2012
Rwanda: at last we know the truth by Linda Melvern, The Guardian, 10 January 2012
The Indian Land Grab In Africa by GOI Monitor, Countercurrents.org, 20 December 2011
Kenya's Criminal Assault on Famine-Stricken Somalia by Stephen Roblin, ZNet, 18 December 2011
Obama, the king of Africa by Pepe Escobar, Asia Times, 18 October 2011
African-Arab relations have much more to offer than Gaddafi-style politics by Nesrine Malik, The Guardian/Comment is free, 21 September 2011
The New Scramble for Africa by Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus, 14 September 2011
Global Warming Behind Somali Drought by Julio Godoy, Inter Press Service, 26 August 2011
Famine we could avoid by John Vidal, The Guardian, 21 July 2011
A world in hunger: east Africa and beyond by Paul Rogers, openDemocacy, 21 July 2011
Crocodile Tears As Food Aid Blockade Continues In Horn of Africa by Thomas C. Mountain, Countercurrents.org, 19 July 2011
World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis in Somalia: U.S. Sends in the Marines and More Drones by Glen Ford, Information Clearing House, 16 July 2011
The CIA's Secret Sites in Somalia by Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, 12 July 2011
Monbiot's worst gaffe? by The Editors, Media Lens, 17 June 2011
Re: Do As We Say, Not As We Do Monbiot to MediaLens, 17 June 2011
US universities in Africa 'land grab' by John Vidal and Claire Provost, The Guardian, 8 June 2011
Africa: Battleground for NATO's 21st Century Strategic Concept by Rick Rozoff, Media Monitors Network, 20 May 2011
From Ivory Coast to Libya And Beyond: The Conquest of Africa by Rick Rozoff, Global Research, 8 April 2011
Morocco must leave Western Sahara by John Hilary, The Guardian/Comment is free, 1 April 2011
The Conquest of Africa: NATO Wages War On Third Continent by Rick Rozoff, Global Research, 31 March 2011
These winds of change may now reach across the Sahara by Wangari Maathai, The Guardian, 8 March 2011
Africa: Global NATO seeks to recruit 50 New Military Partners by Rick Rozoff, Media Monitors Network, 19 February 2011
Pentagon And NATO Apply Afghanistan-Pakistan War Model To Africa by Rick Rozoff, Global Research, 2 January 2011
Upsurge in repression challenges nonviolent resistance in Western Sahara by Stephen Zunes, openDemocracy, 17 November 2010
Spain's lie still hurts Western Sahara by Miguel-Anxo Murado, The Guardian/Comment is free, 17 November 2010
Western Sahara Talks Drag on Amid Deadly Clashes by Haider Rizv, Inter Press Service, 10 November 2010
South African Development Goals Will Not Be Met by Patrick Bond, ZNet, 29 September 2010
The White Atheists' Burden: save the savages by Brendan O'Neill, spiked, 16 September 2010
Small country, big struggle: Swaziland's repressive monarchy by Mike Marqusee, ZNet, 3 September 2010
U.S. policy on Somalia sowed seeds for chaos by Gwynne Dyer, The Japan Times, 1 September 2010
Nadine Gordimer goes back into battle by Stephen Moss, The Guardian, 31 August 2010
Somalia has a role model for success on its doorstep by Ioan Lewis, The Guardian/Comment is free, 26 August 2010
U.S. Military Intervention in Africa: The New Blueprint for Global Domination by Paul C. Wright, Global Research, 20 August 2010
Europe's assault on Western Sahara by David Cronin, The Guardian/Comment is free, 10 July 2010
Connecting the Dots from Detroit to Dakar by Bankole Thompson, Inter Press Service, 25 June 2010
Nigeria's agony dwarfs the Gulf oil spill. The US and Europe ignore it by John Vidal, The Observer, 30 May 2010
'It's fantasy to believe the World Cup will help reduce poverty in South Africa' by Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom, The Observer, 16 May 2010
Land Grabs Continue as Elites Resist Regulation by Hilaire Avril, Inter Press Service, 13 April 2010
U.S. Lawmakers Support Illegal Annexation by Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus, 5 April 2010
Obama Expands Military Involvement in Africa by Daniel Volman, Inter Press Service, 2 April 2010
For Rwandans, the pope's apology must be unbearable by Martin Kimani, The Guardian, 29 March 2010
NATO: AFRICOM's Partner in Military Penetration of Africa by Rick Rozoff, Media Monitors Network, 26 March 2010
How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab by John Vidal, The Observer, 7 March 2010
Darfur: every celeb's favourite African war by Philip Hammond, spiked, 5 March 2010
South Africa's Zulu king by RW Johnson, The Guardian/Comment is free, 18 January 2010
Hollywood Pretends to Learn from Nelson Mandela by Jason Hickel, MR Zine, 15 January 2010