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The Black is Back Coalition issued this call to their 14th annual national conference to be held in St. Louis, Missouri on August 12 and 13.

African liberation will not be realized without Pan-African unity and socialism, as Kwame Nkrumah made clear at the founding of the Organization of African Unity, the precursor to the African Union.

The West has deployed the International Criminal Court in the US/NATO proxy war with Russia in Ukraine.

The ceasefire agreement between rival military factions in Sudan was extended on May 29 as it was on the verge of collapsing. Civilians are suffering, and the Sudanese Communist Party is under attack.

There is an understandable yearning for a progressive president. But like dreams of happily ever after endings, the fantasy is just that.

Libya exemplifies the terrorism inflicted upon African nations by US/NATO imperialism. Twelve years after the Libyan state was destroyed it is still under sanctions which devastate that country. Essam Elkorghli delivered these remarks during the Black Alliance for Peace 2023 African Liberation Day webinar.

US SOUTHCOM is strengthening ties with Peru's coup government by training that country's military and police force.

The Sudanese Communist Party has welcomed the ceasefire between the army and the Rapid Support Forces but has warned against monopolization of the peace process by US and Saudi Arabia. It has called for the involvement of Sudanese civil society and African Union peacekeepers.

Colombia's president Gustavo Petro met with Afro-descendant, Indigenous and peasant communities affected by illicit crops and guerrilla and paramilitary groups in Colombia. Talks between the government and the ELN are taking place in Cuba.