Africa
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Lobito and the Long Arm of Empire: Europe’s Green Transition Runs on African Land, Labor, and Life
How the EU’s “model corridor” revives the colonial blueprint under the banner of sustainability— and how African workers, communities, and global movements are fighting back. Continue reading
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Unite or Perish: Kwame Nkrumah’s Final Warning to a Fragmented Africa
Only African unity—political, economic, and military—can overthrow the neocolonial regime. Nkrumah saw the future. The question is whether we’re ready to fight for it. Continue reading
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Solar Sovereignty and the Silent Rebellion of the Global South
Africa’s rooftop revolution is not a side effect of climate policy—it’s a crack in empire’s circuitry. Fueled by Chinese supply chains and working-class necessity, solar panels are becoming tools of delinking. No loans, no permission, no Western oversight—just light, autonomy, and insurgent infrastructure. This isn’t a transition. It’s a threat. And the sun can’t be… Continue reading
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State Department Shuts down African Stream with Ahmed Kaballo
In this exclusive MintCast episode, former CEO of African Stream Ahmed Kaballo and senior staff writer Alan McLeod dissect the US government’s campaign to silence African Stream, the pan-African media platform that reached 30-40 million monthly viewers with unfiltered reporting on Africa’s resistance to imperialism. Continue reading
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Media-Kenyans’ Divide over Michael Langley and Usefulness of The US Africa Command (AFRICOM)
On May 27 and 28, 2025, General Michael Langley addressed the Kenyan public through media interviews, partly to mitigate the negative impact of AFRICOM’s image after he antagonized Burkina Faso’s president, causing an uproar among young Africans earlier in April. Continue reading
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How the International Monetary Fund Underdevelops Africa: The Twenty-First Newsletter (2025)
At the start of 2025, Sudan registered an alarming debt-to-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio of 252%. This means that the country’s total public debt is 2.5 times the size of its entire annual economic output. It is not hard to understand why Sudan is in such dire straits: as we outlined in last week’s newsletter,… Continue reading
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The Colonial past haunts French Military operations in Africa
Popular backlash against France’s brutal yet ineffective counter-terrorism operations is compelling President Emmanuel Macron to withdraw forces from across Africa. Last November, Senegal and Chad humiliated Macron by demanding base closures, only days after his personal envoy unveiled plans to shore up his slipping foothold.[1] Recently, the Ivory Coast ousted about 1,000 French soldiers, compounding… Continue reading
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Why Washington is Worried About Burkina Faso’s Young Revolutionary Leader
Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is remaking his nation, and in the process, making enemies in the West. Since taking power in 2022, the young military leader has expelled French troops, ejected Western corporations, and aligned his country with Russia, Cuba, and Venezuela. Continue reading
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The US/EU/NATO’s Regime Change Playbook for Burkina Faso and Captain Ibrahim Traoré
On April 3, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) Commander Michael Langley testified to the Senate Armed Services Committee during an excruciating two hours obsessively devoted to the ill-fated project of preserving US hegemony. Langley’s testimony was all about stopping Russia and China’s advances on the continent. Some Senators expressed concern that Trump had dispensed with the… Continue reading
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What Correctly Defines Pan-Africanism in 2025 and Beyond
Since its initial organizational expression in 1900, the phrase Pan-Africanism has been expressed in many different forms. For some, its current meaning is defined as unity between all people of African descent across the world. For others, Pan-Africanism is an ideology defined by nebulous elements of the type of unity previously described. For still many… Continue reading
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The free Africa should not let down its guard with the West
Regardless of all the mottos and new approaches, the truly sovereign and independent countries of Africa should not let down their guard in the fight against the West; on the contrary, they should try harder to displace Western interests from the continent. Continue reading
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Scraps of Paper, Enduring Chains: Africa and the Legacy of Western Treaties
For centuries treaties have exploited Africa. From the Papal Bull, issued by Pope Nicolas V to the ICC Treaty, the West has played a significant role in dictating the terms of Africa’s international engagement. Continue reading
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Somaliland: British Colony, Palestinian Concentration Camp?
In recent months, Somaliland has become a subject of intense, unprecedented interest for the Western media. As Israeli and US officials scramble to find a destination to forcibly relocate Gaza’s population from their shattered homeland, the little-acknowledged, unrecognised breakaway statelet is increasingly viewed as an attractive option. Multiple mainstream media reports indicate officials in Tel… Continue reading
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Billionaire-backed Global Citizen whitewashes Kagame’s invasion of DRC
John Legend’s concert in Rwanda signaled global elite support for Paul Kagame amid his bloody invasion of the DRC. The event was organized by Global Citizen, a pseudo-activist NGO backed by corporations hungry for Africa’s resource wealth. Continue reading
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Sahel Alliance and Russia: successful joint fight against terror
The new joint successes of the Alliance of Sahel States and Russia once again confirm who is really fighting the terrorist threat and who was just pretending or – even worse – who actively encouraged terrorist groups and continues to do so. Continue reading
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Losing his bearings, Macron attacks Africa and Russia in a provocative speech
At the annual conference of ambassadors on January 6 at the Elysee Palace, Emmanuel Macron, outlining France’s foreign policy priorities for 2025, once again demonstrated a complete lack of strategic vision and understanding of international dynamics, which are now more complex and volatile than ever. Continue reading
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The Eighth Continent Is the Continent of Sleaze: The Fiftieth Newsletter (2024)
Thursday, 12 December 2024 — The Tricontinental Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. The eighth continent is the Continent of Sleaze. You and I have never been there, only heard rumours about it. On that continent, there are rivers of money in which corporate executives bathe and from which Continue reading
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France Must Go from Africa Is the Slogan of the Hour: The Forty-Ninth Newsletter (2024)
A cascade of anti-French sentiment continues to sweep across the belt of the Sahel in Africa: joining Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, Chad and Senegal demanded in November that the French government withdraw its military from their territories. From the western border of Sudan to the Atlantic Ocean, French armed forces, which have been in… Continue reading
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How Neoliberalism Has Wielded ‘Corruption’ to Privatise Life in Africa
In Africa, the leading forces of capitalism have ruthlessly wielded a neoliberal conception of corruption to undermine states’ sovereignty and open the continent to plunder at the hands of Western multinational corporations. Continue reading
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Pillage, Terrorism, Domination: Françafrique put to the test by history
A love relation, some will say. Of slavery, others will say. But what is Françafrique, really? A marriage contract between France and Africa, where the former takes everything and the latter gives everything? Or simply a love story that went wrong? Let’s discover together the secrets of this toxic relationship. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 