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Michael Laxer
Nov 157 min read
Niger resists in the crosshairs of sanctions and climate catastrophe
Aboubakar Alassane of the West Africa Peoples Organization (WAPO) explains how Nigeriens are enduring the consequences of unprecedented...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 6, 20231 min read
Burkina Faso names Thomas Sankara a "hero of the nation"
In an historic move Burkina Faso's new transitional government and President Captain Ibrahim Traoré has chosen to pay tribute to the...
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Michael Laxer
Sep 24, 20239 min read
Red Review #115 -- International Left and Labour Report
With reports from Greece, Cuba, India, Nigeria, the USA, Canada, the UK and elsewhere. Thousands of strikers rally in Athens, Greece...
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Michael Laxer
Sep 20, 20235 min read
Is This the End of French Neo-Colonialism in Africa?
By Zoe Alexandra and Vijay Prashad In Bamako, Mali, on September 16, the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger created the...
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Michael Laxer
Sep 20, 20232 min read
Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Form Alliance of Sahel States to Advance Collective Defense
(Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Mali) By Global News Service In an advancement towards mutual...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 16, 20239 min read
Red Review #111 -- International Left and Labour Report
With reports from India, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Spain, Germany. Denmark, Venezuela, Cuba, Ecuador and elsewhere. CPI(M) members march in...
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Michael Laxer
Apr 6, 20221 min read
Justice for Sankara as Blaise Compaoré convicted
Image via Twitter While he is in exile due to being brought down by protests in 2014, Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaoré was...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 15, 20211 min read
Thomas Sankara murdered October 15, 1987
Comrades Thomas Sankara and Fidel Castro. Castro is Awarding Sankara the Order of Jose Marti, 1984 The great revolutionary leader Thomas...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 21, 20201 min read
Thomas Sankara b. December 21, 1949.
The great revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara was born December 21, 1949. Sankara became the first president of Burkina Faso in 1983. His...
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