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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.
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.
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.
The MPs will face obstinate views about Assange entrenched in the U.S. political establishment, with two days to educate Congressional, State and Justice officials about the threat to the Constitution and a free press, reports Joe Lauria.
With corporate media largely abandoning the imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher, Consortium News has been in the forefront of chronicling his plight. But we can’t do it without you.
Top U.S. officials are speaking at cross purposes when it comes to Julian Assange. What is really going on? asks Joe Lauria.
People living in conflict-ridden countries are increasingly viewing the U.N. as promoting the interests of the West and the powerful, writes Jamal Benomar. This wasn’t always the case.
As is often the case in history, the actions of a dying empire create common ground for its victims to look for alternatives, writes Vijay Prashad.
International donors are not heeding African farmers’ calls to change course, writes Timothy Wise ahead of the annual African Green Revolution Forum on Sept. 5-8 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
