Africa

Palestinians Starve While White House Feast Honors Kenya’s Killer President Ruto: Biden Backs 1000 Kenyan Troops to Enforce US-imposed Haitian Dictatorship

July 17, 2024 UNAC Editor Haiti, Imperialism, Kenya, US Government Action, US Politics

by Joe Allen, published on Socialist Action, July 11, 2024 [Editor’s note, Jeff Mackler (of SA): We reprint here Joe Allen’s CounterPunch account of “Genocide Joe” Biden’s May 23 White House state dinner with 500 dignitaries invited to honor Kenyan President William Ruto. Allen’s article was originally entitled, “Brandon Johnson [ChicagoMayor] Dines with Biden, While Protests at the DNC Loom on[…]

The Sahel Stands up and the World Must Pay Attention

July 13, 2024 UNAC Editor Burkina, Colonialism, coup, Mali, NATO, Niger, Revolution

by Vijay Prashad, produced by Globetrotter, July 9, 2024 This article provides a good synopsis at one level. Although the focus is on French intervention, we wish to note that the U.S. was forced to abandon it’s largest drone base in Africa, located in Agadez Niger, following last year’s coup. [jb] On July 6 and 7, the leaders of the[…]

Reparations for the people of Kenya, not debt!

July 8, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Kenya, Neocolonialism

By Staff, published on Workers World, June 27, 2024 Workers World is in full solidarity with the people of Kenya, who have been carrying out a popular rebellion for almost a week. They are protesting a bill passed by the parliament to raise taxes on basic necessities of life, such as food, gas, health care and education. Kenyans are demanding[…]

The Facts about ECOWAS by The Black Alliance for Peace Africa Team

June 29, 2024 UNAC Editor Africa, Colonialism

Statement by The Black Alliance for Peace, June 1, 2024 The US and EU states work with intergovernmental regional organizations like the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a geo-strategy to give cover for neo-colonialist interests. As developments in Africa have reached a crucial point, it becomes more important to critically understanding the origin of ECOWAS and its[…]

Ansar Allah Are Not Working With Al Shabaab – Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad

June 29, 2024 UNAC Editor Africa, Global Alliances, Israel, Somalia, U.S. Aggression, Yemen

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, June 26, 2024 US and EU forces have been unable to defeat Ansar Allah and now the US is floating a story that they’re working with Al Shabaab. On October 19, 2023, Yemen’s Ansar Allah began launching missiles and armed drones at Israel, demanding an end to its war and blockade on[…]

The U.S. Did Not Fail To Intervene in Rwanda

May 5, 2024 UNAC Editor Africa, Book Review, Neocolonialism, Propaganda, Rwanda

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, April 17, 2024 The U.S. kept the U.N. Security Council from sending in troops to stop the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. The most widespread and pernicious myth about the Rwandan Genocide may be that the US stood by and let it happen, but nothing could be further from the truth. The US in[…]

Rejecting the Bantustan ‘Two-state Solution’, Mandla Mandela Calls for a Single Democratic State in Palestine

January 29, 2024 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Rights of Opressed Peoples, South Africa, South Africa, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Tim Anderson, published on One Democratic State of Palestine , January 29, 2024 Washington and the Israelis understand that the fig leaf of ‘two states’ hides apartheid and prevents the construction of a broad anti-apartheid movement. The popular but fallacious touchstone of a political resolution in Palestine has been a ‘two-state solution’. Washington constantly reverts to this and, more[…]

World Court Orders Israel to Abide by Genocide Convention and Stop Killing

January 27, 2024 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, South Africa

by Sam Husseini, published on Sam’s Substack, January 26, 2024 I put together this news release for accuracy.org this morning: World Court Orders Israel to Abide by Genocide Convention and Stop Killing The International Court of Justice on Friday morning ordered: “The State of Israel shall, in accordance with its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of[…]

Red Sea Politics: Ethiopia, Somalia & US/EU/NATO

January 23, 2024 UNAC Editor Africa, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Imperial Wars, Imperialism, Neocolonialism, Somalia

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, January 17, 2024 An MOU pairing Ethiopia’s Red Sea ambitions with Somaliland’s secessionist aspirations heightens tensions in the Horn of Africa. The world’s eyes are now on the geostrategic Red Sea waterways where Yemen’s Ansar Allah fighters have stopped Israeli and Israel-bound ships from passing. Other regional tensions have come into play[…]

Israel on Trial: Historic days in The Hague

January 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Occupation, Political Analysis, South Africa, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy, Zionism

by Mahmoud Elenani, published on Peoples Dispatch, January 17, 2024 Egyptian journalist Mahmoud Elenani was in The Hague when South Africa presented its case against Israel to the ICJ, this is his account of those days when history was made With legal precision, South African legal team presented the grounds and evidence for their accusation that Israel is committing genocide[…]