Implications of Imperial Ambitions

By Simon Gilbert and Adrian Budd China’s rulers have, for the past four decades, sought to increase...

What are the Origins of Instability across the Sahel?

The destabilization of the Sahel is part of the crisis of the postcolonial states of the three countries Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger (but also northern Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Benin etc).

“Class, Corruption and the Nigerian Criminal Justice System”

Saturday 25TH JANUARYZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81087529655

Big Pharma: saints or sinners?

By Luigi Hay Free-market ideologues claim that ‘Big Pharma’ has saved the day by its quick development of...

Cameroon: never ending Biya

Paul Biya has now been in power in Cameroon for over four decades. A record of longevity leaving the populations drained in a corrupt country in the grip of a dirty war in its English-speaking region.

Thomas Sankara – Burkina Faso

A popular coup d’état led by Captain Thomas Sankara made him President of, what was then called Upper Volta on August 4, 1983. He was only 33 years old. Four years later he was assassinated.

Sudan – The resistance committees: a revolution from below

By Hamad Gamal et Sarah Bachellerie Workers councils have developed at the highpoints of working class struggle over the...

The Enemy of Our Enemy May be Equally Our Enemy

The takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban raises issues for socialist internationalists.

Stop the Repression in Chad

After the National Conference in September 2022, the Chadian opposition was drowned in blood with over 50 killed, 300 injured and hundreds...

Elections in Benin and Chad then military coup in Chad shows Nigerian Government’s support...

The Buhari Government showed its support for dictators across the region during the general elections in neighbouring Benin and Chad; and then...