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Niger youth sign up to defend CNSP government
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Tens of Thousands Pledge to Resist an Imperialist-backed Intervention in Niger

August 22, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Millions across the West Africa Sahel region and around the world have loudly objected to the imperialist-instigated threats against the newly installed National Council for the Defense of the Homeland (CNSP) government […]
Burkina Faso leader Ibrahim Traore at Russia-Africa Summit, July 2023
International News

Anti-Imperialist Sentiment Spreads Across West Africa amid Threats against Niger

August 20, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Niger has remained defiant in the face of repeated threats by French and United States instigated efforts to stage an invasion of the uranium-rich West African state. On August 6, tens of […]
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
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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 […]
Sudan damaged buildings in Khartoum
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African Union Advances Peace Plan for Sudan after the Failure of U.S.-Saudi Mediation

June 7, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe An unstable humanitarian ceasefire agreement between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) expired on June 4 after the collapse of negotiations in the Red Sea Kingdom of […]
International News

African Unity and the New Cold War

June 2, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: These remarks were made by the author at the Pan-Afrikan Society Community Forum (PASCF) Afrikan Liberation Day webinar held on Sat. May 27, 2023. The event was hosted by PASCF organizers […]
Kwame Nkrumah and Haile Selassie
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Imperialist Hegemony and the Class Struggle in Africa and the Diaspora

May 30, 2023 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: The following solidarity statement was prepared and delivered in part to the African Liberation Day program organized by the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party, (A-APRP-GC) under the theme “Pan-Africanism:  Waging Class […]
International News

Imperialism and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan and Libya

May 29, 2023 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: These remarks were prepared for and delivered in part at a webinar in honor of the 60th anniversary of the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor […]
Sudan crisis continues
International News

Sudan Talks Held in Saudi Arabia Reveals Underlying Crisis of Governance

May 16, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There have been various contours of discussions reported for the talks between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) which commenced in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on May 6. […]
South African demonstration in solidarity with Palestine
International News

Efforts to Reduce Israeli Influence in Africa Continue

April 13, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe As the Israeli government intensifies its efforts to win influence on the African continent and other geopolitical regions, several governments have responded by heightening their solidarity with the Palestinian people. In South […]