Browsing: West Africa

Neo-colonialism, as defined by Kwame Nkrumah, is the practice of using economic, political and cultural tools to control a country without direct military occupation. The effective…

Here’s one African treasure the British could never get their thieving hands on. The Golden Stool is a sacred bit of furniture that’s been revered by…

Guinea’s first president and Pan-Africanist leader, Ahmed Sékou Touré (1922-84), championed the revolutionary idea that Africa should ‘liquidate all dependence complex’ by striving to achieve ‘real’…

Another day, another revelation about how the US will not let African nations determine their own policies. A new investigative report reveals how activists against pesticides…

Thomas Sankara on the subtler forms of imperialism as we celebrate what would have been his 75th birthday. The Burkinabe revolutionary was born on 21st December…

Over the past couple of years, since military leaders in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger military seized power to chart a path towards pan-African unity and…

Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré recently dedicated half of his busy work day to hosting more than 200 children on 21 November to commemorate World Children’s…

With Senegal’s president calling for the closure of France’s military bases in the country, it’s a good time to remember one of the nation’s great resistance…

Last month, people from about 30 countries flocked to Niger’s capital, Niamey, for the historic Conference in Solidarity with the Peoples of the Sahel. During the…

Representatives of revolutionary countries travelled to Cuba between 8-15 November as a delegation from the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), a confederation of Burkina Faso, Mali…