A decade ago, Nick Turse embarked on a quest to cover what the U.S. military was doing in Africa.
My 10 Years of Reporting on AFRICOM
Category: Nigeria
JOHN KIRIAKOU: A Depressing Journey
The author came away from a trip to Britain and Israel last month deeply concerned about human rights, Julian Assange and the Palestinian people.
Craig Murray: Donziger — a Tale for Our Times
This case shows how we are all, in a sense, the prisoners of corporations which dictate the terms on which we live, work and share knowledge.
Ukraine’s Non-White Refugees
Emmanuel Achiri and Hrishabh Sandilya call for immediate rectification of the current degrading and inhumane detention practices at European borders.
US Turning Oil-Rich Nigeria into Proxy for its Africa Wars
Nigeria’s Ecological Emergency
No amount of clean technology, industrial growth or boosts to GDP will avert the economic and climate crises inextricable to profit-driven extraction, writes Lee Wengraf.
13 Years Was Too Long for Shell’s Victims in Nigeria
Justice has finally prevailed, writes Donald Pols. But this should have been a clear-cut case.
Faces in High Places: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at WTO
Her leadership at the global trade authority only matters to the extent that she helps developing countries to pursue industrial policies, writes Francisco Perez.
Global Hot Spots You Probably Don’t Know About (But Should)
The list, writes Danny Sjursen, includes the latest atrocity in northern Ethiopia – and the broader Horn of Africa chess game.