Pirates of the Caribbean: The End of the Zone of Peace

By Karthik Puru, The Wire, May 9, 2026 This is the first article in a two-part series on US interventions in island nations across the…

Venezuela’s Rodríguez Lobbies Foreign Investors, Touts Pro-Business Reforms

By Ricardo Vaz, Venezuelanalysis, March 25, 2026 Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodríguez has reiterated calls for foreign investment…

Burkina Faso and Niger Join Mali to Launch Retaliatory Air Campaign Against Rebel Targets

By West Africa Weekly, May 4, 2026 The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), a military coalition comprising Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, has…

Spurned by Sahel, France courts Kenya, a place it didn't colonize

By Samar Al-Bulushi, Responsible Statecraft, May 04, 2026 As the Kenyan people grapple with skyrocketing fuel costs precipitated by the U.…

Mali’s Defense Minister Killed in Suspected Western-Backed Terrorist Coup Attempt

By RT, April 28, 2026 Mali’s defense minister, General Sadio Camara, has died of his injuries after a shootout with militants following a…

Congo creates a paramilitary mining guard backed by US and UAE funding

By Jean-Yves Kamale & Saleh Mwanamilongo, Associated Press, April 27, 2026 Congo on Monday announced the creation of a paramilitary…

US Sanctions and the Sharp Rise in Infant Mortality in Cuba

By Alexander Main, Joe Sammut, Mark Weisbrot, & Guillaume Long, Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR), April 27, 2026…

Kemi Seba has not applied for asylum in South Africa, according to "Urgences Panafricanistes",

By Abraham Kwame, Anadolu Agency, April 23, 2026 Hery Djehuty, international coordinator and number 2 of the NGO "Urgences Panafricanistes…

Canadian firm ignored worker complaints over drug cartel-management links at Mexican gold mine, sources say

By Jorge Barrera, CBC News, April 17, 2026 Several workers for a Canadian-owned Mexican gold mine received no response after making…

Benin’s Wadagni wins presidential election with landslide 94% of votes

By Al Jazeera, April 13, 2026 Benin’s Minister of Finance Romuald Wadagni has secured a landslide victory in the country’s presidential…

South Africa makes record arms sales of over $550 million to France, Turkey, Kenya, UAE and 38 others

By Olamilekan Okebiorun, Africa Business Insider, April 8, 2026 Figures from the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) show…

Canada must cancel contracts for weapons used in Israeli killing of Canadian aid worker

By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME), April 4, 2026 Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is…

Witnessing Cuba: An Indigenous Caribbean Perspective on Resistance and Sovereignty

By Robert Rosa, Venceremos Brigade, March 11, 2026 My relatives, my friends, We’ve been asked: how did being physically present in Cuba…

Shield of the Americas: Trump’s new tool for hemispheric military coordination

By Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch, March 10, 2026 This past weekend, the Trump administration secured an alliance with its partners in…

U.S. Military Joins Drug War in Ecuador: “It Wasn’t Going to Be Just Boat Strikes Forever”

By Nick Turse, The Intercept, March 4 2026 Two government officials told The Intercept that the joint U.S.–Ecuador military action won’t…

Investigation Links Western Funding Networks and NGOs to African Conflict, Terror Financing, and Organised Crime

By West Africa Weekly, March 2, 2026 A transcontinental investigation has exposed an alleged web of Western-funded organisations and…