European Imperialism In Africa

Counter Punch
View In: European Imperialism In AfricaSoon after arriving in Oslo, my taxi zigzagged through the city’s well-organized streets and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Large billboards advertised the world’s leading brands in fashion, cars, and perfumes. Amid all the expressions of wealth and plenty, an electronic sign by a bus stop flashe...

scheerpost.com
View In: European Imperialism In AfricaBy Patrick Cockburn / CounterPunch The looting of artistic and religious objects from Africa and Asia by British invaders in the 19th century causes much rancorous debate about whether the artefacts should be returned to the countries they were originally stolen from. But discussion is much more mute...

World Socialist Web Site
View In: European Imperialism In AfricaGermany’s coalition government is systematically working to increase the country’s economic, political, and military weight in Africa.

Counter Punch
View In: European Imperialism In AfricaOn May 15, 2022, the military junta in Mali announced that it would no longer be part of the G5 Sahel platform. The G5 Sahel was created in Nouakchott, Mauritania, in 2014, and brought together the governments of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger to collaborate over the deteriorating securit...

Popular Resistance
View In: European Imperialism In AfricaConsidering the public media attention and concern about possible expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), it is worth reminding people about NATO’s bloody history in Africa. NATO was founded in 1949 after WWII at a time when African countries were still under the yoke of colonialism...

World Socialist Web Site
View In: European Imperialism In AfricaThis withdrawal, driven by mounting popular opposition to French imperialism, comes amid the closely related NATO operations to provoke a war with Russia over Ukraine.