Articles by Abayomi Azikiwe

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Libya Climate Crisis Linked to Pentagon-NATO Intervention of 2011
Abayomi Azikiwe | Pan-African News Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service, 18 Sep 2023

13 Sep 2023 – Western foreign policy has destroyed the capacity of Libya and the Kingdom of Morocco to coordinate relief efforts amid the worsening effects of climate change.

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Africa Climate Summit Issues Nairobi Declaration
Abayomi Azikiwe | Pan-African News Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service, 11 Sep 2023

7 Sep 2023 – Nairobi, Kenya, hosted the Africa Climate Summit which attracted thousands of delegates, investors and observers to discuss the continent’s environmental degradation. The meeting was from Sep 4-8 at the Kenyatta International Convention Center.

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French Ambassador Defies Order to Vacate Niger
Abayomi Azikiwe – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Sep 2023

30 Aug 2023 – Prompting a diplomatic crisis, the former colonial power is determined to remain in a country where they are not wanted.

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Anti-Imperialist Sentiment Spreads across West Africa amid Threats against Niger
Abayomi Azikiwe – TRANSCEND Media Service, 14 Aug 2023

10 Aug 2023 – Nigerian Senate rebukes president’s effort to invade a neighboring state at the aegis of Paris and Washington.

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Russia-Africa Summit Held Amid Worsening Global Security Situation
Abayomi Azikiwe | Pan-African News Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Aug 2023

2 Aug 2023 – African Union member-states put forward their peace plan for ending the conflict in Ukraine and received a positive response from Moscow.

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Food Insecurity in Africa and the Politics of NATO Expansion
Abayomi Azikiwe – TRANSCEND Media Service, 24 Jul 2023

20 Jul 2023 – United Nations affiliated humanitarian and development agencies are reporting that many countries across the African continent are experiencing food insecurity. This phenomenon is related to at least three major factors:

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World Refugee Day Marked by 108 Million Being Displaced
Abayomi Azikiwe – TRANSCEND Media Service, 26 Jun 2023

21 Jun 2023 – Mediterranean tragedy involving the Greek coastguard typifies the burgeoning crisis which has its origins in United States wars and imperialist policies. The number of displaced persons today is twice as high as those dislocated at the conclusion of World War II.

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African Union Advances Peace Plan for Sudan after the Failure of U.S.-Saudi Mediation
Abayomi Azikiwe – TRANSCEND Media Service, 12 Jun 2023

6 Jun 2023 – Fighting Reportedly Has Intensified after the Armed Forces Withdrew from Talks in Jeddah

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African Unity and the New Cold War
Abayomi Azikiwe | Pan-African News Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service, 5 Jun 2023

Imperialism extends its destabilization efforts against China and Russia across the continent. This year’s 60th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity occurs at an important point in international relations. Africa and its people were essential in the rise of western colonialism due to the Atlantic Slave Trade, 15th to 19th century.

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Sudan Talks Held in Saudi Arabia Reveal Underlying Crisis of Governance
Abayomi Azikiwe | Pan-African News Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service, 15 May 2023

11 May 2023 – Jedda negotiations illustrate the role of Washington and its allies in the Gulf Region.

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G20, the Ukraine War, and the Global Economic Crisis
Abayomi Azikiwe | Pan-African News Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service, 20 Mar 2023

18 Mar 2023 – United States and Its Allies Accused of Hampering Progress within the Global South

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Behind the Drought and Food Deficits in Africa
Abayomi Azikiwe | Pan-African News Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service, 25 Jul 2022

19 Jul 2022 – The world is facing a combination of imperialist interventions, climate change and the burgeoning economic crisis of world capitalism.

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African Union Leaders Meet with Russian Government amid Escalating Food Crisis
Abayomi Azikiwe | Pan-African News Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service, 13 Jun 2022

3 Jun 2022 – The Russian special military operations in neighboring Ukraine have brought to the surface a number of persistent economic problems which have plagued the world since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic that emerged during the early months of 2020.

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Chad Declares Food Emergency While International Agencies Sound the Alarm
Abayomi Azikiwe | Pan-African News Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service, 13 Jun 2022

9 Jun 2022 – There have been 20 hunger hotspots listed by UN humanitarian organizations while underlying problems remain unaddressed. Two of the major UN agencies are warning of the potential for widespread hunger and famine in several geopolitical regions of the world.

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US Congress Passes Anti-Russia Bill Reinforcing Neo-colonialism in Africa
Abayomi Azikiwe – TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Jun 2022

31 May 2022 – A U.S. Congressional bill has been approved by a wide margin targeting and punishing African states that maintain political and economic relations with the Russian Federation. The legislation compounds further militarization of the Biden administration’s foreign policy.

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Biden Redeploys Troops to Somalia While Humanitarian Crisis Looms
Abayomi Azikiwe | Popular Resistance – TRANSCEND Media Service, 23 May 2022

20 May 2022 – U.S. war policy in Ukraine and Eastern Europe has prompted hyperinflation, food deficits and economic underdevelopment around the world. The military maneuvers in the Horn of Africa as well will prove detrimental to the people of the region and throughout the world.

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BRICS Summit Held in South Africa while U.S. Trade War Escalates
Abayomi Azikiwe – Global Research, 6 Aug 2018

2 Aug 2018 – Participants Make Declaration against Unilateralism Coming from Washington

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Africa in Review 2017: AFRICOM, Finance Capital and the Elusive Independent Policy
Abayomi Azikiwe – Global Research, 8 Jan 2018

1 Jan 2018 – The presence of Pentagon and French military personnel in Niger is indicative of the ever-widening AFRICOM and NATO efforts to maintain control over the land, resources, labor and waterways of the African continent. Throughout the Economic Community of West African States region, AFRICOM is active in conducting joint maneuvers with national armies and navies. The imperialist powers are carefully positioning themselves to serve their own strategic and economic interests.

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Mediterranean Migrant Crisis: ‘EU and US Have to Own Up to What They Have Done in Libya’
Abayomi Azikiwe - Russia Today, 27 Apr 2015

The West should recognize that the situation with African migrants trying to escape to Europe is a serious crisis which needs to be addressed on an international level, Abayomi Azikiwe, editor, Pan-African News Wire, said.

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US Military Intervention in Africa: The East African Response Force, a Creation of the Pentagon
Abayomi Azikiwe - Global Research, 17 Feb 2014

Growing instability in East and Central Africa will be the focus of Washington’s intervention.

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French Imperialism Moves Deeper Into Mali
Abayomi Azikiwe – Pambazuka News, 25 Feb 2013

Despite French military intervention and claims of success in fighting Islamist militias, the conflict in Mali is getting worse. There is also some evidence of imperialist propaganda about the course of events.

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What’s at Stake in the Central African Republic?
Abayomi Azikiwe, editor - Pan-African News Wire, 7 Jan 2013

Neo-Colonial Intrigue, Minerals, Militarism and the Struggle for Sovereignty and Unity

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