Black faces are being used by the failing empire to sell failed racist, neocolonial militarism, writes Wilmer J. Leon.
The Dangers of ‘Minstrel Diplomacy’
Category: Africa
Report: Mediterranean’s Migrant Death Toll Jumps
Over 2,500 migrants died or went missing trying to cross the sea to reach Europe so far this year, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees reports, noting a striking increase from last year.
The UN & War in Ukraine
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies highlight a few of the numerous speeches urging diplomatic resolution of the war at this year’s General Assembly.
UK & France Should Relinquish Permanent UN Seats
Vijay Prashad challenges the right of two old colonial powers to lord over present-day geopolitics.
UN Whitewashes Chad’s French-Backed Junta
Silence surrounded the atrocities of Mahamat Deby’s military government, which last year killed at least 128 people during country-wide pro-democracy, anti-French protests, Pavan Kulkarni reports.
The Alliance of Sahel States
Patrick Lawrence: Unsweet Dreams
The Ukraine question hung over the recent G20 summit even though members have repeatedly signaled their wish to avoid the new cold war that Biden and his foreign-policy people are building.
Pepe Escobar: No Respite for France as ‘New Africa’ Rises
African states are one-by-one falling outside the shackles of neocolonialism. They are saying “non” to France’s longtime domination of African financial, political, economic and security affairs.
G20: Last Waltz in a World Torn Apart
Ahead of the G20 summit in New Delhi this weekend, M.K. Bhadrakumar says an event conceived in the world of yesterday, before the new cold war came roaring in, has lost significance.
‘Obama’s Man in Africa’
The ouster of the hopelessly corrupt Ali Bongo represents a particularly sharp rebuke of Obama, who groomed the Gabonese autocrat as one of his closest allies on the continent, writes Max Blumenthal.