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Shadow Armies: The Hidden US War in Africa

Ramzy Baroud January 10, 2018 Ramzy Baroud

There is a real - but largely concealed - war which is taking place throughout the African continent. It involves the United States, an invigorated Russia and a rising China. The outcome of the war is likely to define the future of the continent and its global outlook.

Protesters raise the flag of the Rif Republic (left) and the pan-Berber tricoleur (right) at a demonstration in the northern town of Al-Hoceima, Morocco, June 1, 2017. (Reuters / Youssef Boudlal)

The Hirak: A Moroccan People’s Movement Demands Change From the Streets

Ilhem Rachidi December 20, 2017 Ilhem Rachidi

A people’s movement in Morocco is demanding better infrastructure, release of political prisoners, and an end to economic inequality. Following in the footsteps of regional uprisings in 2011, the Hirak is now a social explosion in Morocco.

Migrants sit at a detention center in Gharyan, Libya October 12, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Hani Amara

Libya: Up to One Million Enslaved Migrants, Victims of ‘Europe’s Complicity’

Baher Kamal December 18, 2017 Baher Kamal

“European governments are knowingly complicit in the torture and abuse of tens of thousands of refugees and migrants detained by Libyan immigration authorities in appalling conditions in Libya,” Amnesty International charged in the wake of global outrage over the sale of migrants in Libya.

The Long, Troubled History of UN Peacekeeping in Africa

Stephen Stratton December 4, 2017 Stephen Stratton

A new book examines the problems that face the Blue Helmets and the problems they cause.

South Africa: The Politics of Blood

Richard Pithouse October 9, 2017 Richard Pithouse

Political violence has steadily become a constitutive feature of the new order in South Africa.

The Cost of Conflict Minerals: Murder of UN Investigators Highlights Western Complicity in Congo’s Violence

John Lasker October 4, 2017 John Lasker

The decades-long conflict in the Congo around minerals, militias, and political power has cost the lives of millions.

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