The Sahel

Stand Unequivocally in Defense of Burkina Faso

June 3, 2025 UNAC Editor Africa, Burkina, Resistance, Revolution, The Sahel

Statement from Black Alliance for Peace, Africa Team, May 2025 Now is the Time for All Anti-Imperialists and All Justice Loving People to Stand Unequivocally in Defense of Burkina Faso It is no surprise to the Black Alliance for Peace’s (BAP) Africa Team and U.S. Out of Africa Network (USOAN) that aggression is stepping up against the countries in the[…]

Burkina Faso Gains International Recognition for Revolutionary Stance Against Imperialism

May 17, 2025 UNAC Editor Africa, Anti-Imperialism, Burkina, Colonialism, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Russia, Terrorism, The Sahel

by Abyomi Azikiwe, published on Global Research, May 15, 2025 On April 30, 2025, millions of people across Africa and the world held mass demonstrations in defense of the revolutionary leadership in the West African state of Burkina Faso under the leadership of the charismatic 37-year-old Capt. Ibrahim Traore. Since 2022 with the ascendancy of Traore to power, he has[…]

The US/EU/NATO’s Regime Change Playbook For Burkina Faso and Captain Ibrahim Traoré

May 7, 2025 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Burkina, Color Revolutions, Imperialism, NATO, Resistance, The Sahel, U.S. Aggression, Uncategorized

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, April 30, 2025 The U.S. increases pressure on Burkina Faso through military propaganda, as Africans rise to protect the developing project. On April 3, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) Commander Michael Langley testified to the Senate Armed Services Committee during an excruciating two hours obsessively devoted to the ill-fated project of preserving US[…]

Somaliland Pins Hopes of Recognition on Trump

February 12, 2025 UNAC Editor Africa, Genocide, Horn of Africa, Interview, Palestine, Racism, Refugees, Somalia, The Sahel, U.S. Hegemony, United Nations, US Hypocrisy

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, February 12, 2025 Somaliland is pinning its hopes of recognition as an independent state on Donald Trump, and Trump has suggested that the breakaway state accept Palestinians exiled from Gaza. Somaliland declared its independence from Somalia in May 1991, and has unsuccessfully battled for recognition ever since. Now, almost 34 years later,[…]

Imperialism and the Destabilization of the Alliance of Sahel States

November 21, 2024 UNAC Editor Africa, Burkina, Mali, Niger, The Sahel

by Abayome Azikiwe, published on Black Agenda Report, November 20, 2024 Since the formation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, during 2023, the governments of France and the United States along with their surrogates have sought to undermine the political and economic objectives of these developing nations. When the military Committee for the Safeguard[…]

Mali Accuses Ukraine of Supporting Terrorism

August 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Africa, Mali, Terrorism, The Sahel, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy

by Carlos Lopez Pereira, Published on Workers World, August 14, 2024 On August 4, Mali broke off diplomatic relations with Ukraine and accused Kiev of supporting terrorist groups operating in the African country and the Sahel region. A spokesperson for the Malian government said that Bamako would file a criminal complaint with the competent judicial bodies with regard to collaboration[…]