AFRICOM

Tunde Osazua and Netfa Freeman
First Somali Congressperson Legitimizes AFRICOM and US Drone War
13 May 2020
Rep. Omar recently commended the US war machine for increasing the “transparency” and “accountability” of its bombing of her native country.
Nick Turse
Violence Has Spiked in Africa Since Founding of AFRICOM, Says Pentagon Study
31 Jul 2019
Since AFRICOM was created, key indicators of security and stability in Africa have plummeted.
Nick Turse and Sean D. Naylor
Revealed: The U.S. Military's 36 Code-Named Operations in Africa
01 May 2019
Between 2013 and 2017, U.S. special operations forces saw combat in at least 13 African countries.
Black Alliance For Peace
Black Alliance for Peace Demands Black Caucus Hold Hearings on US Militarization of Africa
03 Apr 2019
As part of its “US Out of Africa” campaign, BAP collected thousands of signatures demanding Black lawmakers fulfill their responsibilities to Africa and peace.
Netfa Freeman
John Bolton Says He Wants to Protect Africa from “Predatory” Chinese Behavior, But What About Washington’s?
16 Jan 2019
Chinese investment may come with strings attached, but Africa deserves an alternative to U.S.-led neoliberalism and militarization.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio, Week of December 24, 2018
25 Dec 2018
Anthony Monteiro on the twilight of US empire; Black Alliance For Peace: Trump Should Withdraw From Syria, and African too; Carrie Bramen on the myth of “American Niceness.”
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Bolton Threatens to Force Africa to Choose Between the US and China
20 Dec 2018
The Americans wager that they can exercise veto power over African political alignments by force of arms, through AFRICOM’s massive military infiltration of the region.
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
The Bolton Speech on Africa: A Case of the Wolf and the Foxes
19 Dec 2018
The Trump administration claims China and Russia are exploiting Africa, but US policy offers nothing but more guns, more bases and more subversion.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Is Back Coalition: “US Out of Africa”
29 Oct 2018
“Self-determination is the highest expression of democracy,” said Omali Yeshitela, chairman of the Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations, which holds it
Mark P. Fancher
Deadly, Cowardly U.S. Drone Wars in Africa
17 Oct 2018
The anticipated reduction of US troops in Africa will be matched by an increase in killer drones.