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U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Side Event: Mobilizing Africa's Domestic Resources for Development
There were 1,542 press releases posted in the last 24 hours and 314,384 in the last 365 days. Africa's crippling debt crisis and illicit financial flows undermine development.
ADVOCACY NETWORK FOR AFRICA ORGANIZES TWO-DAY EVENTS TO CALL FOR A REAL PRIORITIZATION OF AFRICA IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
There were 1,667 press releases posted in the last 24 hours and 314,183 in the last 365 days.
U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Side Event: Mobilizing Africa's Resources for African Development
There were 1,970 press releases posted in the last 24 hours and 312,521 in the last 365 days.
Boosting Domestic Revenue in Africa-Addressing Tax Avoidance by U.S. Multinational Enterprises in Africa
There were 1,937 press releases posted in the last 24 hours and 308,618 in the last 365 days.
Africa Looks Inward to Stem Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs): The Global North Should Play its Part
Ivene Ovonji Odida, UN's Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda Substantial initiatives to stop illicit financial flows from Africa should top President Biden's US-Africa Leaders Summit, Dec 13-15, 2022 agenda.
US Must End Its Complicity in Illicit Financial Flows Out of Africa – Eagle FM
By: Imani Countess Every year, nearly US$90 billion of African resources are lost to the Global North in Illicit Financial Flows, or IFFs. If you caught the breaking news story about Russians flying gold out of Sudan straight from the mines, you were likely shocked by the blatant theft.
The U.S. Must End Its Complicity in Illicit Financial Flows Out of Africa
US-Africa Bridge Building Project Every year, nearly $90 billion of African resources are lost to the Global North in Illicit Financial Flows, or IFFs. WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, September 30, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- If you caught the breaking news story about Russians flying gold out of Sudan, straight from the mines, you were likely shocked by the blatant theft.
US-Based Companies Complicit in Looting of African Wealth
If you caught the breaking news story about Russians flying gold out of Sudan, straight from the mines, you were likely shocked by the blatant theft. The truth is that for years, every year, nearly $90 billion of African resources are lost to the Global North in Illicit Financial Flows, or IFFs. It isn’t just the Russians—U.S.-based corporations and others throughout the Global North are also complicit in this theft.
Opinion | The US Must Ends Its Complicity in Illicit Financial Flows Out of Africa
Currently, there are no consequences for the U.S.-based companies involved in the illicit looting of African nations' wealth. If you caught the breaking news story about Russians flying gold out of Sudan, straight from the mines, you were likely shocked by the blatant theft.
The US Must Ends Its Complicity in Illicit Financial Flows Out of Africa
Currently, there are no consequences for the U.S.-based companies involved in the illicit looting of African nations' wealth. This content originally appeared on Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community and was authored by Imani Countess. Print Share Comment Cite Upload Translate Updates Enter the destination URL URL Link Text Open link in a new tab Or link to existing content Search
The U.S. Must Ends Its Complicity in Illicit Financial Flows Out of Africa
— from Imani Countess If you caught the breaking news story about Russians flying gold out of Sudan, straight from the mines, you were likely shocked by the blatant theft. The truth is that for years, every year, nearly $90 billion of African resources are lost to the Global North in Illicit Financial Flows, or IFFs. It isn’t just the Russians — U.S.-based corporations and others throughout the Global North are also complicit in this theft.
The U.S. Must End Its Complicity in Illicit Financial Flows Out of Africa - FPIF
If you caught the breaking news story about Russians flying gold out of Sudan, straight from the mines, you were likely shocked by the blatant theft. The truth is that for years, every year, nearly $90 billion of African resources are lost to the Global North in Illicit Financial Flows, or IFFs. It isn’t just the Russians — U.S.-based corporations and others throughout the Global North are also complicit in this theft.
Tolton Works to Bridge Gap in LGBTQ Faith Community through International Efforts
US-Africa Bridge Building Logo Pan-Africanist, Christian, and Queer-Bishop Joseph Tolton shares thoughts about LGBTQ solidarity and the past, present, and future of Christianity in Africa.
Your Turn: Human rights are not a threat to development
On the last night of a recent trip to Minneapolis, I walked along the Mississippi River waterfront. A young man, a worker with the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, asked if I had any questions. We spoke at length about the river and his job, which allowed him to talk about life as a Dakota Santee. He shared that seeing the river was a daily painful reminder of the destruction of the area’s natural features, including islands and waterfalls, to facilitate commerce.
Human Rights Are Not ‘A Threat to Development’
On the last night of a recent trip to Minneapolis, I walked along the Mississippi River waterfront. A young man, a worker with the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, asked if I had any questions. We spoke at length about the river and his job, which allowed him to talk about life as a Dakota Santee. He shared that seeing the river was a daily painful reminder of the destruction of the area’s natural features, including islands and waterfalls, to facilitate commerce.
Africa: USA/Africa - Building Back Better? or Not?
Editor's Note - Last week marked six months for the Biden administration and for the narrow Democratic majority in Congress. So it seems an appropriate time for a report card on U.S. Africa policy. And that also means a review of U.S. policies on today's most pressing global issues, on which the negative effects fall disproportionately on Africans on the continent and in the diaspora. This AfricaFocus Bulletin is my version of such a report card. It's short, just pass/fail.
Essays – US-Africa Bridge Building Project
Through her activism and scholarship over more than five decades, Angela Davis has been deeply involved in the quest for social justice both in the United States and globally. Page includes excerpts from the 2016 lecture and a 23-minute embedded video.
As Zimbabwe’s Workers Fight for Justice, It’s Time for a Fundamental Rethink of U.S. Policy
This is “no longer business as usual,” declares Peter Mutasa, President of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). “Unions are going to be united.” According to Mutasa, the situation in the country is dire, with basic salaries at or near the poverty line and workers unable to meet basic expenses. The COVID-19 shutdowns and related economic dislocations have reduced incomes for more than half of all urban workers.
Zimbabwe’s Unions Declare an End to ‘Business as Usual’
This is “no longer business as usual,” declares Peter Mutasa, President of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). “Unions are going to be united.” According to Mutasa, the situation in the country is dire, with basic salaries at or near the poverty line and workers unable to meet basic expenses. The COVID-19 shutdowns and related economic dislocations have reduced incomes for more than half of all urban workers.
Thinking globally about racial justice
Last summer, Black Lives Matter protests in the United States after the murder of George Floyd echoed around the world. Evoked by the worldwide visibility of the brutal killing on video, this solidarity also reflected visceral anger against police violence in a host of other countries — including African countries like Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria. Millions across the world, not just the U.S., watched the trial of Floyd’s killer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis.
Thinking Globally About Racial Justice
Last summer, Black Lives Matter protests in the United States after the murder of George Floyd echoed around the world. Evoked by the worldwide visibility of the brutal killing on video, this solidarity also reflected visceral anger against police violence in a host of other countries — including African countries like Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria. Millions across the world, not just the U.S., watched the trial of Floyd’s killer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis.
Racial Justice Is a Global Issue
Last summer, Black Lives Matter protests in the United States after the murder of George Floyd echoed around the world. Evoked by the worldwide visibility of the brutal killing on video, this solidarity also reflected visceral anger against police violence in a host of other countries — including African countries like Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria. Millions across the world, not just the U.S., watched the trial of Floyd’s killer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis.
Thinking Globally About Racial Justice
Last summer, Black Lives Matter protests in the United States after the murder of George Floyd echoed around the world. Evoked by the worldwide visibility of the brutal killing on video, this solidarity also reflected visceral anger against police violence in a host of other countries — including African countries like Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria. Millions across the world, not just the U.S., watched the trial of Floyd’s killer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis.
Africa: Confronting Global Apartheid Demands Global Solidarity
Editor's Note "The COVID-19 pandemic has both revealed and deepened structural inequalities around the world. Nearly every country has been hit by economic downturn, but the impacts are unevenly felt.
Confronting Global Apartheid Demands Global Solidarity
by Imani Countess and William Minter Imani Countess is the project director for the US-Africa Bridge Building Project. William Minter is a consultant for the Project and the editor of AfricaFocus Bulletin. The COVID-19 pandemic has both revealed and deepened structural inequalities around the world. Nearly every country has been hit by economic downturn, but the impacts are unevenly felt.
Symposium: Re-Shaping US-Africa Policy and the Role of HBCUs
The Department of African Studies and the Center for African Studies at Howard University will host a one-day virtual symposium on “Re-Shaping a New US-Africa Policy and the Role of HBCUs” on Friday, February 19, 2021 from 9am-5pm.
Building back a better Africa should not mean going back to old ways – Responsible Statecraft
President Trump’s overt contempt for Africans is encapsulated in his famously crass remark about African countries. But the principal damage to Africa has stemmed from his administration’s broader policy choices, such as the disastrous rejection of the World Health Organization and the Paris climate accords; harsh curbs on legal immigration and asylum; and gutting of gender equality programs.
Overhauling U.S Foreign Policy: The Bitter Fights Ahead - Toward Freedom
Overhauling U.S Foreign Policy: The Bitter Fights Ahead This article was first published in Foreign Policy in Focus in on July 22, 2020 and is reproduced here under a Creative Commons license. If Trump loses, we can’t just go back to the status quo. On foreign policy especially, movements need to be ready to push a new administration hard. By William Minter, Imani Countess, October 16, 2020. What would Biden’s policy toward Israel and Palestine look like? What should it be?
COVID-19, Hunger, and State Violence are on the Rise in Zimbabwe
Africa reports 1.3 million positive COVID-19 cases, leading some health officials to consider that the continent may have escaped the worst of the coronavirus. In Zimbabwe, the health ministry reports low levels of the virus, with cumulative reports of 7,400 positive cases and 218 deaths by early September. Yet local sources believe that the infection rate is significantly higher and rising.
Africa: Thinking Post-COVID-19
"Calls for debt relief—or more timid debt service moratorium—are drops in the ocean. Something much more ambitious and radical should be envisaged. This crisis allows us to think big. … [F]or these exceptional times, we need exceptional solutions. This virus does offer Africa an opportunity to exercise agency and embark on a more robust structural transformation process.
Africa: Racial Pandemic and Viral Pandemic
The twin pandemics of racism and coronavirus are colliding, in reality and in metaphor. Anti-racism scholar Ibram X. Kendi writes in the Atlantic of "the racial pandemic within the viral pandemic." And the meme of "America's two deadly viruses" has gone viral on Twitter. But while one is a literal (and new) virus and the other an endemic condition that has persisted over centuries, the scope of each spans the range from local communities to the entire planet.
Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats
The hard work of protecting water and land from the long-term harms associated with gold and silver mining takes place daily on the frontlines of tenacious struggles throughout Latin America and around the world. Indigenous people and affected communities face many reprisals for their resistance, including a mounting number of arbitration suits against their governments from mining companies suing over projects that people have managed to halt through direct action and in the courts.
Following the Footsteps of a Mining Monster
The metaphor of “a big monster that treads heavily” has been used to describe war in a song famously sung by Mercedes Sosa. It has also been applied to the mining of metals, such as gold and silver, given the industry’s track record of serious and long-lasting impacts. These impacts are laid bare in an online map that traces the steps of Pan American Silver, one of the world´s largest silver mining companies, based in Vancouver, Canada. The picture isn’t pretty.
How National and Global Inequalities Are Intertwined
Gender and Work At every level of the global hierarchy, wealth inequalities intersect with inequalities based on race, ethnicity, and gender. Those who are rich can accumulate even more wealth over their lifetimes or over generations. Those who depend primarily on income earned from work struggle to stay afloat and are constantly vulnerable to losing their jobs. According to Oxfam, “At the top of the global economy a small elite are unimaginably rich.
Africa: Illicit Financial Flows Thwart Human Rights and Development in Africa
analysis By Imani Countess The Universal Declaration of Human Rights turned 70 on 12 December and governments and civil society organisations around the world were commemorating the day with a range of activities. However, the threat of illicit financial flows to the respect of human seems to have been forgotten on that day.
Corporate Elites' Malfeasance Is Thwarting Human Rights in Africa
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights turned 70 on December 10. Governments and civil society organizations around the world commemorated the day with a range of activities. Over the years, the Declaration has been a global beacon for Africans fighting against colonialism and for inclusive economic equality and sustainable development. Its provisions stand as aspirational goals for nations, and standards that nations are duty-bound to uphold and promote.
US Congress Needs to Support African-led Solutions in Zimbabwe
By Imani Countess “Zimbabwe is on fire,” wrote Joyce last month via the popular messaging service WhatsApp. Joyce, a colleague and friend, is one of nearly 8 million low-income and poor women struggling to survive Zimbabwe’s current economic and political crises.
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