Africa
China opens first military base in Djibouti
Published: Monday 4 September 2017
Ships carrying Chinese military personnel departed on Tuesday July 11 to set up China’s first military base in Djibouti, state...
Climate change may make Middle East and North Africa uninhabitable
Rising sea levels, increasingly severe storms and deadly heat waves may imperil the region in coming decades, scientists and studies say
By Jacob Powell
Tuesday 27...
How colonial violence came home: the ugly truth of the first...
The Great War is often depicted as an unexpected catastrophe. But for millions who had been living under imperialist rule, terror and degradation were...
What is Behind the Military Coup in Zimbabwe?
by Gregory Elich
Long-roiling factional conflict within Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF political party exploded last week in a military coup that quickly seized control of the...
The Results of NATO’s Intervention in Libya: Selling People in the...
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- "Eight hundred," says the auctioneer. "900 ... 1,000 ... 1,100 ..." Sold. For 1,200 Libyan dinars -- the equivalent of...
Libya – destroyed by France and NATO. Demonstration against slavery
French police use tear gas to disperse protest against slave auctions in Libya
19 Nov, 2017
Hundreds of activists flocked to the Libyan Embassy in Paris...
Latest figures reveal more than 40 million people are living in...
Forced marriage is included for first time in worldwide statistics that show ‘money and debt’ to be at the heart of the exploitation
By Annie...
Sarkozy And The Revived Neocon War Agenda
By Stephen Sniegoski
3-26-11
French President Nicolas Sarkozy not only took the lead in bringing about the military attack on Libya but now has stated that...
Campaign to force out Mugabe escalates in Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe Is Ousted From His Ruling Party in Zimbabwe
By JEFFREY MOYONOV. 19, 2017
After hours of closed-door deliberations, Zimbabwe’s governing party on Sunday expelled...
The Battle for History | by Seumas Milne
Published in theguardian.com
12 September 2002
It would be easy to dismiss the controversy over the latest Martin Amis offering as little more than a...