Most countries of the Sahel were under French rule for almost a century before they emerged from direct colonialism in 1960, only to slip into neocolonial structures persisting today, writes Vijay Prashad.
Each of these coups was led by military officers angered by the presence of French and U.S. troops and by the permanent economic crises inflicted on their countries, write Vijay Prashad and Kambale Musavuli.
Oxfam estimated that “for every $1 the IMF encouraged a set of poor countries to spend on public goods, it has told them to cut four times more through austerity measures.”
Global South countries that are least responsible for the climate crisis are being forced to take on the devastating costs, writes Jerome Phelps.
A decade ago, Nick Turse embarked on a quest to cover what the U.S. military was doing in Africa.
Memories of older forms of colonialism sharpen the way that many Africans view their treatment now, writes Vijay Prashad.
Despite all the talk of trade, Vijay Prashad says the real focus of the G5 Sahel was always going to be security.
Far to the southwest of the IS-K stronghold of Nangarhara in eastern Afghanistan, and across the Arabian Sea, are the northern provinces of Mozambique, writes Vijay Prashad.
Danny Sjursen says it is no accident that some 60 percent of the coups in Africa over the last half century occurred in former French colonies.
Danny Sjursen delves into the destabilizing Franco-American Sahel “stabilization” mission.
