Africa

Niger masses demand withdrawal of Pentagon troops
International News

Imperialist Weaponry and Shifting Alliances in the Sahel

May 3, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe $95 billion in supplemental defense spending aimed at furthering the interests of the United States in various geopolitical regions of the world was recently passed by the legislative branches of the government. […]
South African legal team at the ICJ in case filed against Israel
International News

African Union Summit Condemns Israeli Genocide in Gaza

March 13, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In opening up its proceedings for the African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in mid-February, the continental organization denounced the ongoing genocidal onslaught by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in […]
Malcolm X and Shirley Graham Du Bois in Ghana during 1964
Domestic News

African Americans and the Cold War from Civil Rights to Black Power: African American History Month Series #7

February 23, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe When the Red Army seized control of Berlin in early May 1945 hoisting the Soviet flag on the Reichstag building within the besieged city, jubilations erupted across Europe and around the world. […]
Tanzania Maji Maji revolt
Domestic News

Pan-African Struggles Against Colonialism and the First Imperialist War: 1876-1919 – African American History Month Series #5

February 20, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Beginning in 1876, the monarchy in Belgium initiated a massive campaign to fully conquer the Congo where tremendous wealth existed in natural resources and labor power. King Leopold I pursued the riches […]
Pan-African Conference 1900 in London
Domestic News

Emancipation, the Nadir and Pan-African Awakenings – African American History Series #3

February 10, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe “The unfriendly whites first drove the native American from his much-loved home. Then they stole our fathers from their peaceful and quiet dwellings, and brought them hither, and made bondmen and bondwomen […]
Palestine solidarity in South Africa
International News

Africa, the Palestinian Question and the Ongoing Siege of Gaza

November 6, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since November 1 Western-based media outlets have spent considerable time focusing on the events surrounding the limited openings of the Rafah Crossing on the border between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt. […]
Africa Climate Summit 2023 protests outside the KICC
International News

Africa Climate Summit Issues Nairobi Declaration

September 12, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Nairobi, Kenya, the commercial center for the East Africa region, hosted the Africa Climate Summit which attracted thousands of delegates, investors and observers to discuss the worsening plight of the continent as […]
Russia-Africa Summit held in St. Petersburg
International News

Russia-Africa Summit Held Amid Worsening Global Security Situation

August 4, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Despite the tremendous pressure by the western imperialist governments placed upon the African Union (AU) member-states and the Russian Federation, the second Russia-Africa Summit was held on July 27-28 in St. Petersburg. […]
Grain graphic on rising costs
International News

Food Insecurity in Africa and the Politics of NATO Expansion

July 24, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe United Nations affiliated humanitarian and development agencies are reporting that many countries across the African continent are experiencing food insecurity. This phenomenon is related to at least three major factors: the sanctions […]
Sudan and South Sudan border crossing still open
International News

Fighting Continues in Sudan as Humanitarian Crisis Worsens

June 30, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In a recent report published by the South African-based Institute for Security Studies (ISS), an argument was made for the mobilization and deployment of an African Union (AU) peacekeeping force in the […]