Category Archives: Africa

Are the BRICS and Their New Development Bank Offering Alternatives to the World Bank, the IMF?

An assessment of how far BRICS has gotten in creating new monetary arrangements and institutions. The short version is “not very”.

Making the World Safe for KFC: How Development Banks Underwrote Fast Food’s Global Takeover

How the World Bank’s IFC and others development banks supported KFC’s world conquest by backing its factory farms.

5 Things to Know About the Global Land Rush and How to Stop It

A recent conference in Colombia assessed the extent of land grabs and how to organize against them.

BRICS Enlargement – a “Non-Event” or a Stage Victory Against the West?

What does BRICS want to be when it grows up?

Paris Wants to Show Strength, but Faces Geopolitical Crisis in Africa

A status report on France losing its hold in Africa.

The New Junta in Niger Tells the United States to Pack Up Its War and Go Home

The US is being run out of Niger. A lot of our “hegemon forever” spending is going down the drain.

The Global Pharmaceutical Industry Isn’t Investing in Products for the Greatest Burden of Human Disease – Are Non-Profits a Solution?

How to increase development of pharmaceuticals to treat tropical diseases, which afflict millions yet are neglected?

US Scheme to Challenge Russian Dominance in Nuclear Energy Faces Major Obstacles – Including an Overreliance on Russia

Plans suffer from design flaws, cost overruns, and a reliance on Russia for multiple stages of the nuclear fuel cycle.

How Effective Is International Aid and Assistance? The Rise of Debt Traps

Special interests and the lack of a unified vision facilitate corruption. Rising debt levels in the developing world suggest a tipping point.

Global South Stagnating Under Heavier Debt Burden

Much higher interest rates – due to Western central banks – damage developing nations via prolonged debt distress and stagnation.

The Reach of JSOC ‘the President’s Private Army’

What is JSOC doing, and where are they doing it?

The Rich Versus Poor Country Stakes at the WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference This Month in Abu Dhabi

The upcoming WTO is likely to see a power struggle between its traditional advanced economy leaders and the so-called Global Majority.

North Ignores ‘Perfect Storm’ in Global South

The risk of rolling financial/economic crises across much of the Global South is high and the pressures seem only to be rising.

Further Discussion of the South Africa Genocide Case Against Israel: Evaluating What the Court Might Do

Why, despite the seemingly overwhelming evidence of Israeli genocide from South Africa and the press, the ICJ may not impose strong remedies.