Africa

Tobi Raji
RFK-backed Infant Vaccine Study in Africa to Proceed Despite Backlash, U.S. Says
21 Jan 2026
U.S. funding for a study on the timing of hepatitis B vaccine doses in infants in Guinea-Bissau violates accepted standards of medical ethics.
Sara Flounders
U.S./Israeli plans to destabilize Africa and Asia – Somaliland Recognition
14 Jan 2026
Breaking the longstanding African consensus on post-colonial borders, Israel is actively destabilizing an entire continent to serve its interests and Washington's.
Pavan Kulkarni
The war in Sudan is “between two wings of a comprador parasitic capitalist class”
07 Jan 2026
Sudan's war is a conflict within the comprador elite, cultivated by external powers to plunder the nation's resources after destroying a popular revolution.
Black Alliance for Peace Africa Team
The Black Alliance for Peace Africa Team Condemns the Israeli/U.S. Effort to Destabilize Somalia with the Recognition of Somaliland
07 Jan 2026
Israel's recognition of Somaliland undermines not just Somalia's sovereignty, but that of all African states.
Jon Jeter
Kenya’s President Attempts to Close Budget Gap by Selling Citizens’ Health Data to the U.S.
17 Dec 2025
Kenya is auctioning its sovereignty to foreign powers. The final item on the block is the genetic data of its own people.
C.J. Atkins
‘We should determine our own future’: Interview with Sudanese Communist Party
17 Dec 2025
Foreign powers are responsible for Sudan's destruction. Real peace can only come when the right of self-determination for the Sudanese people is respected.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
We Are All Somalia
10 Dec 2025
Donald Trump’s anti-Somali rants are not directed solely at members of that group. All Black/African people are seen as suspects, as ungrateful criminals who are deserving of punishment and scorn.…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Women for Peace Collaborate to Support Rwanda, Congo, and Rwandan Political Prisoner Victoire Ingabire
10 Dec 2025
CODEPINK is collaborating with the International Women’s Network for Democracy and Peace, which works for peace and democracy in Africa, on a webinar on Rwanda, Congo, and the case of Rwandan…
Maurice Carney
United States Secures its National Security Interests In Congo Peace Deal
10 Dec 2025
The so-called "peace agreement" between Rwanda and Congo prioritizes U.S. access to mineral riches. The violence carried out against thousands of civilians continues.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki Stands with Sudan
03 Dec 2025
Eritrean President Isais Afwerki arrived in Port Sudan on November 29 to stand with General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan for the unity of Sudan.