Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

Millions of Lives at Stake as Conflicts Continue to Widen in Africa

By Bharat Dogra, published on Global Research, May 26, 2026 It is increasingly clear that droughts and other disasters in times of climate change as well as distorted development patterns prevalent today (but with their roots in colonial and neo-colonial policies) are a chronic cause of this humanitarian crisis. However very violent conflicts and wars have emerged as the most[…]

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France Out of Africa. PASAI Shows the Way

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, May 13, 2026 An international gathering of anti-imperialists in Nairobi, Kenya revealed the lies of “Africa Forward” as the presidents of France and Kenya made plans to continue the exploitation of a nation and its people. Kenya’s president, William Ruto, long ago proved his bona fides as a puppet of the United[…]

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Mali: Western-backed Coup, Regime Change and Destabilization Project Fails

by Michael Kramer, published on Workers World, May 6, 2026 Mali, along with Burkina Faso and Niger — all former French colonies — is a founding member of the revolutionary Alliance des États du Sahel (Alliance of Sahel States or AES). It is a landlocked country whose capital, Bamako, has a population of nearly 4 million people. On April 25,[…]

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Mali Attacked by Western-backed Rebels

by Abyomi Azikiwe, published on Global Research, May 7, 2026 These incursions across the country were by no means surprising in light of the ongoing security crisis in Mali and throughout the entire Sahel region. The Tuareg people in northern Mali have been in conflict with the Malian government since the early days of independence during the 1960s. The Tuaregs[…]

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Burkina Faso Gains International Recognition for Revolutionary Stance Against Imperialism

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[…]

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

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[…]

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Somaliland Pins Hopes of Recognition on Trump

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,[…]

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Imperialism and the Destabilization of the Alliance of Sahel States

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[…]

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Mali Accuses Ukraine of Supporting Terrorism

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[…]

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