Africa

Burkina Faso ousted President Roch Marc Christian Kabore
International News

Burkina Faso Military Coup Reflects Wave of Insecurity in West Africa

January 31, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There has been yet another military coup in West Africa following the events of Mali and Guinea during 2020-2021. This time lower-ranking army officers staged a mutiny in Burkina Faso over the […]
Sudan demonstration on Jan. 17, 2022
International News

Imperialism Coordinates Effort to Prevent People’s Revolution in Sudan

January 21, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Two United States envoys from the State Department visited the Republic of Sudan on January 19 in their continuing campaign to neutralize the mass democratic movement which is demanding the exit of […]
Ethiopia and Eritrea says No More
International News

Ethiopian Offensive Prompts Retreat by Western Backed Rebels

December 29, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has returned from the frontline in the battle to halt the advances of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). TPLF rebels […]
International News

Africa-China Relations Could Serve as Bulwark Against Imperialist Hegemony

December 16, 2021 fwstaff
Note: These remarks were prepared and delivered in part for a webinar held on Sunday December 12 entitled “China/Africa Relations: Challenges of Cooperation and Development.” The event was sponsored by the International Manifesto Group and […]
Southern Africa Travel Ban Led by Western Countries
International News

Southern Africa Travel Ban Led by Western Countries Draws Condemnation

December 3, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe South Africa has been at the center of the struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic since its beginning during the first quarter of 2020. At the time of this writing, nearly 90,000 people […]
Sudan women demonstrate for democratic transformation
International News

Sudanese Continue to Demonstrate for Democracy

November 24, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On Sunday November 21, the international media began to report that the ousted interim Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok in the Republic of Sudan had been reinstated by the leader of the military […]
Sudan mass demonstrations continue against coup
International News

Sudanese Mass Organizations Reject Overtures by Military Junta

November 21, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A new “Sovereign Council” has been inaugurated in the Republic of Sudan without the endorsement of the leading forces within the ousted administration. On October 25 the military leadership of General Abdel […]
Sudan youth demonstrate against coup, Oct. 25, 2021
International News

Sudan Coup Prompted by Failures in Washington’s Foreign Policy

October 28, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A military coup was carried out in the Republic of Sudan on October 25 as the contradictions within the Sovereignty Council (SC) burst asunder. This coalition of political and military interests was […]
Algerian war of national liberation during the 1950s and early 1960s
International News

Africa Condemns the Continuing Imperialist Legacy of France

October 27, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe France for centuries had been involved in the Atlantic slave trade and colonialism making it one of the leading imperialist powers to emerge from the tumultuous conquering of large swaths of territory […]
ECOWAS delegation to Guinea on Sept. 17, 2021
International News

Guinea Coup Leader Rejects ECOWAS Initiatives

October 2, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a 15-member regional organization, visited the Guinean capital of Conakry on September 17 in a bid to have the leaders of […]