Yoweri Museveni seized power in Uganda in 1986 and quickly became Washington’s close military ally. Since then, Museveni’s deep security relationship with the Pentagon has earned him more than $20 Billion in development assistance, $4 Billion in debt relief, an unknown amount of classified military aid and impunity for warmongering and human rights abuses that have devastated eastern and central Africa.
The United States, through AFRICOM, and European allies like France and the U.K. collaborated with Museveni on a strategy of destabilization in East and Central Africa, while Museveni has plunged his own country into high rates of illiteracy and mortality and the depths of poverty with neoliberal economic reforms and the prioritization of military spending over social services.
Bobi Wine’s candidacy for president is an opportunity to remove Museveni from power in this week’s elections, though the brutal repression of the Museveni government is a real obstacle. Wine and many others have been arrested and tortured, and the government has killed many protestors. The country now faces an internet shutdown and social media blackouts. We must stand in solidarity with the Ugandan people as they struggle to remove a dictator!
The West Helped Cripple Uganda’s Democracy
By Bobi Wine – January 13, 2021
Millions of young people in Uganda demanding reform and a say in their future are pitted against a small cadre of tyrants committed to retaining power at all costs.
US Aggression In Africa ‘Unlikely To Fundamentally Shift’ Under Biden, Analyst Says
By Any Means Necessary – January 8, 2021
BAMN talked about the ongoing fight against imperialism & neocolonialism on the continent of Africa with co-founder of Friends of the Congo, Maurice Carney!
It is time for reconciliation between Morocco and Algeria
By Abderrahim Chalfaouat – January 6, 2021
The U.S. might move AFRICOM headquarters to Southern Morocco, generating more challenges for North Africa.
AFRICOM Causes Humanitarian Crises on Two Continents
By Joe Penny – January 5, 2021
AFRICOM has helped the French-speaking government of Cameroon wage war against its English-speaking population, causing many to flee to Mexico in hopes of emigrating to the U.S.
2020 Year In Review w Ajamu Baraka of Black Alliance For Peace
iMiXWHATiLiKE! with Jared Ball – December 28, 2020
Ajamu Baraka, the National Organizer for Black Alliance for Peace, speaks about BAP and AFRICOM, among other topics, with Dr. Jared Ball.
By Toby Paperno – December 22, 2020
This five-part podcast series delves into AFRICOM using interviews with scholars and activists.
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