Category Archives: Africa

For Climate and Livelihoods, Africa Bets Big on Solar Mini-Grids

Nigeria pioneers in mini-grid installations to bring reliable electricity to remote communities — a model for other African countries

Coffee Break: Covid Denialism Is Not a Cure; Updates on the War on Cancer and Medicare

Covid and cancer are not going away soon, but if Dr. Oz has his way, Medicare might.

Why Is the Trump Administration So Obsessed with Shipping Lanes?

The case that it’s about preparing for conflict with China.

BRICS, Boers, and Preparing for Conflict With China in South Africa: Examining the US Pressure Campaign

In addition to Greenland and the Panama Canal, Washington is doubling down on efforts to “dominate” naval theaters in a conflict with China.

What France Loses by Closing Its Military Bases in Africa

What happens when a former colonial power like France loses one of the key implements of its control?

Post Cold War Geopolitics Worse for Global South

How the US mismanaged its unipolar moment to the detriment of the Global South.

Paris and Washington Go Scorched Earth in the Sahel

What does it say about AFRICOM’s counterterrorism mission when nationalized mines increasingly come under attack and the US proxy state of Ukraine is training terrorists the US is supposed to be fighting?

Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff: BRICS High Aspirations Versus Cautious First Steps

Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff discuss the recent BRICS summit as well as its rapidly-evolving geopolitical backdrop.

The Cash Will Soon Flow

Robbing Africa’s riches to save the climate (and power AI).

Revolutionize Global Water Access

How solar-powered water pumps could alleviate shortages of potable water, particularly in poor parts of the world.

A Short Overview of Making Colonial Empires by European Powers from the Time of the Vienna Congress up to WWI (1815−1914)

A high level recap of how European powers built out their empires in the century before the Great War.

Starvation in Sudan: As in Gaza, the Deprivation Is Deliberate

How a brutal, five year old civil war in Sudan has been producing Gaza-level starvation and war crimes.

Let’s Abolish the Colonial IMF on Its 80th Birthday

Developing country protesters want the IMF to stop exploiting countries in debt crisis. But is BRICS prepared to fill the gap?

More Poverty for the Poor

The position of both poor nations and the poorest income groups globally has been deteriorating.

US Fed-Induced World Stagnation Deepens Debt Distress

US and Fed bad cooking has led to weak growth the world, and by urging poor countries to borrow at once-low rates, debt distress.