Tag: Pan-African News Wire
Africa Battles COVID-19 Pandemic Effectively
Western media astonished at the successful efforts to contain virus on the continent
During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic there was much concern...
Racism and the Death Penalty
New study links mass incarceration, lethal police force and capital punishment
Christopher Vialva, 40, was executed by the United States government on September 24 in...
Widespread Condemnation in Kentucky Grand Jury Cover-up of Breonna Taylor Police Killing
Release of grand jury transcripts may provide insights into deliberate whitewash in the execution of African American emergency medical technician
A grand jury in Louisville,...
Reparations Demand Expanding Among African People Worldwide
Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo are issuing calls for damages rendered during European imperialist occupation joining efforts already underway across the continent...
Housing Activists Make Plans to Fight Looming Mass Evictions
Center for Disease Control and Prevention issues moratorium on evictions amid burgeoning crisis
A recent moratorium issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention...
Zimbabwe Ruling Party Says There is No Crisis in the Country
Neighboring South African ANC delegation visits Harare for high-level talks on attempts to destabilize the SADC region
Over the last two decades the western imperialist...
Southern Africa Region Calls for Solidarity with Mozambique
Rebel group operating in the north of the country threatens population and natural gas resources
Over the last several months the security situation in...
Instability in Mali Caused by Imperialist Foreign Policy
Military mutiny results in the detention of president, prime minister and other officials
A mutiny by lower-ranking military officers on August 18 in the West...
Cities Need Bailouts Not More Usurious Bond Schemes
Detroit and other municipalities will be further impoverished as political leaders seek to impose austerity
On August 14, the final abandoned home was demolished with...
Massive Evictions Will Compound the Public Health Crisis
Tens of millions of job losses has imperiled households across the United States
Since March of this year the United States has been plunged into...
Black People Arming to Confront Racial Violence
High profile police and vigilante killings of African Americans is prompting mass action along with the formation of gun clubs
Since the May 25 police...
Legacies of C.T. Vivian and John Lewis Secured While Ruling Class Promotes Revisionist History
Democratic Party establishment distorts the actual developments of the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements
Two luminaries in the African American struggle which emerged during...
Racial Politics in Georgia and the Presidential Elections
Governor Brian Kemp files suit against Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms over COVID-19 mitigation efforts
A contested gubernatorial election in 2018 involving Republican Secretary of...
Reopening Schools amid the Continuing Pandemic
Education workers and communities alarmed over the potential for a worsening public health crisis
There is tremendous pressure emanating from the United States ruling class...
COVID-19 Cases in Africa Rising Sharply
Infections now surpass a half million while the United States formally breaks with the World Health Organization (WHO)
Concerns are mounting across the African continent...
COVID-19 Infection Rates Surge While Millions Are Forced Back to Work
South, west and southwest regions leading in pandemic as jobless figures conceal depth of economic crisis
There were more than 55,000 new COVID-19 cases reported...
Commemorating Juneteenth: The Continuing Unresolved Issues from the Civil War and the Thirteenth Amendment
After 145 years since the end of slavery, the African American national question is still a burning one
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Ballots, Bullets and the African American Struggle in Georgia
Continuing problems with voter suppression and the brutal execution of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta highlights racism and national oppression in the contemporary South
“This is...
Defunding and Dismantling the Police Being Fiercely Debated in the United States
Amid the national unrest law-enforcement has been documented committing further acts of misconduct and brutality
Since the videotaped violent murder of African American George Floyd...
13 Killed and 9,300 Arrested as United States Attempts to Halt National Unrest
More than 20,000 National Guard deployed in 29 states along with thousands more local, federal and military troops cannot quell the anger of African...
World Solidarity Builds in the Struggle to End United States Racism
Demonstrations and statements of denunciation expose the unjust system national oppression and state repression
People around the globe have been horrified by the video images...
Anti-Racist Demonstrations Continue Despite Escalating Government Repression
Mass protests are being attacked by police and national guardsmen at the urging of the White House and State Capitols
When the videotaped public...
Minnesota National Guard and State Police Deployed in Twin Cities Rebellion
Third Precinct station razed while unrest spreads to St. Paul and other municipalities around the United States
A cell phone videotaped deadly encounter between African...
Unrest Continues in Response to Racist Killings in the United States
Two consecutive days of unrest in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Memphis and other cities demand an end to racist police and mob killings of African...
![Protesters gather at the scene where George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, was pinned down by a police officer kneeling on his neck before later dying in hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the US [Eric Miller/Reuters]](https://i1.wp.com/newsghana.com.gh/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/f-d-a-a-a-e-d-a-a-.jpg?resize=218%2C150&ssl=1 "Outrage Mounts Over Racist Police and Vigilante Killings")
Outrage Mounts Over Racist Police and Vigilante Killings
African Americans continue to be systematically profiled and executed by law-enforcement agencies and bigoted whites creating a volatile situation across the United States
Four Minneapolis...
Africa Liberation Day 2020: Continental Imperatives and the Global Healthcare Crisis
57 years after the formation of the OAU the successor African Union member-states are battling a pandemic which has political and economic implications
May 25...
Government Fails to Prevent a Worsening Economic Downturn
Tens of millions of job losses and business closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic portends much for the future of education and food security
As...
COVID-19 Pandemic: A Socialist View on the Capitalist Crisis
What Marxist thought teaches us about responses to a global healthcare emergency
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COVID-19 in Detroit: A Case Study in Resilience and Resistance
People respond to the pandemic while seeking a secure path forward
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Note: These remarks were delivered during an online pubic webinar sponsored by the Moratorium...
Africa and IMF Conditionality and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Governments within the African Union are receiving varying responses to requests for financial assistance
African states across the continent have enacted stringent measures aimed at...