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- Africa / Analysis and testimonies
- 08 Aug 2018
‘Zimbabwe today is full of revolutionary possibility’
The huge protests in the aftermath of the election reflect a deep-rooted desire among the people to effect a change in the system. In light of the crisis this […]
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- Africa / Analysis and testimonies
- 13 Feb 2018
As Mining Companies in Africa Make Billions, Children Are Left Illiterate
Those who can least afford to pay the heaviest price. Zambia is a rich country with a poor population. A Zambian trade unionist, a veteran of many years of […]
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- Africa / Analysis and testimonies
- 04 Feb 2018
Thomas Sankara and the Revolutionary Birth of Burkina Faso
In 1983, 23 years after its independence and the succession of several neo-colonial regimes, the Upper Volta was one of the most materially destitute countries in the world. 98 percent […]
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- Africa / Analysis and testimonies
- 07 Dec 2017
Clearing the Smoke and Mirrors Around Zimbabwe
The West, led by Britain and the U.S., have been engaged in a regime policy against the Southern African nation for the last 18 years. Reasons for examining what […]
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- Africa / Analysis and testimonies
- 30 Mar 2017
Revolutionary Change in Africa: an Interview with Samir Amin
ROAPE’s Leo Zeilig interviewed Samir Amin in Dakar on 5 February 2017. Samir Amin is a Marxist economist, writer and activist. He is one of the continent’s foremost radical thinkers, […]
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- Africa / Analysis and testimonies
- 27 Feb 2017
When France Used the Public Debt to Colonise Morocco
It is now widely recognised that the French protectorate over Morocco was acquired thanks to that country’s public debt. Guy de Maupassant in Bel Ami (1885) alludes to this possibility […]
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- Africa / Analysis and testimonies
- 02 Nov 2016
The Ben Barka affair: 51 years after the events, the truth is still feared
At the end of the 1960s, the wrongly named Cold war was in full swing. In the background, the national liberation wars in Vietnam and Mozambique, the anti-apartheid resistance in […]
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- Africa / Analysis and testimonies / Middle East / Understanding the Muslim World
- 22 Feb 2011
Mohamed Hassan : The causes of the Tunisian revolution go well beyond Ben Ali and his party
The Tunisians have brought down the dictator Ben Ali. Today they continue to struggle against his people heading the transition government. In this latest chapter of our series ‘Understanding the […]
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- Africa / Analysis and testimonies
- 14 Jan 2011
The coltan speculators: down with the Congo!
Does international law apply to all countries? Israel flouts it with impunity. Colombia murders and deports its citizens while multinationals look on… and is rewarded with a free trade treaty […]
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- Africa / Analysis and testimonies / Understanding the Muslim World
- 27 May 2010
Everything you are not supposed to know about Eritrea (1/3)
INTERVIEW OF MOHAMED HASSAN BY GREGOIRE LALIEU & MICHEL COLLON The Horn of Africa is one of the deadliest regions on that continent, rent by incessant warfare, famine and […]
