COLUMNIST: LAWRENCE FREEMAN

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who is on an official visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, April 14, 2026. (China Daily)

Chinese Pres Xi is Correct: Rules-Based Order Is In Decay, But We Once Looked to the Stars | Africa and the World

May 12, 2026 | Feature Article

President Xi Jinping is widely reported to have told Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S aacute;nchez that the internation ...

Genocide Deniers Beware: Netanyahu Has Robbed The Jewish People Of Their Soul

Jul 30, 2025 | Feature Article

It is no longer possible for genocide deniers to refuse to admit what the entire world sees, and what the Palesti ...

President Trump tells Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, to skip G-20 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Chaired by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (courtesy of centralnews.co.za)

Trump’s Attacks on South Africa Are Wrong and Not in the True Interest of the US...

Feb 25, 2025 | Feature Article

With forbearance I have followed the early days of our new president, Donald Trump. His actions to end the war in Ukrain ...

China & BRICS Choose Progress Over West’s Deindustrialization

Feb 7, 2025 | Feature Article

China, a leading nation in the BRICS and the Global South, has chosen in practice, not to follow insanity ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (courtesy of www.okwu.edu)

America’s Leadership: King, Biden, and Trump

Jan 23, 2025 | Feature Article

January 20, 2025, the leadership of the United States was passed to President Donald Trump from President Joe Biden, on ...

Eritrea’s strategic location in the Horn of Africa (courtesy of dehai.org)

Rules-Based Order Advocates Destabilizing Africa With Regime Change of Eritrea-T...

Jan 13, 2025 | Feature Article

The following article,

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, and Chinese President Xi Jinping (courtesy of the Pan African Review.

U.S. Attacks South Africa For Its Moral Leadership & China Alliance

Dec 20, 2024 | Feature Article

The Republic of South Africa has been under attack in 2024, by the 118th United States Congress. Thses attack ...

Jabalia Refugee camp in Gaza bombed twice in two days, courtesy of Al Jazeera

“Rules-Based Order” Complicit in Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza

Nov 3, 2024 | Feature Article

There can be no doubt anymore, after 394 days of murdering Palestinians, that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is elimin ...

Candidates sound off on hot button issue but have no ideas. (courtesy of palmbeachpost.com)

U.S. Elections Approach: America is Better Than This Spectacle

Oct 22, 2024 | Feature Article

Candidates sound off on hot button issue but have no ideas. (courtesy of palmbeachpost.com) Simply stated, ...

The absolute number of Africans living in poverty is increasing. Image courtesy of blogs.worldbank.org

Why Is US-Africa Policy So Bad? Decline of American Culture!

Jul 19, 2024 | Feature Article

I am frequently asked, why is US-Africa policy deficient in addressing the needs of Africans? On the African landmass ov ...

Netanyahu Must Leave Office for the Future Existence of Israel, Palestine, & Goo...

Dec 25, 2023 | Feature Article

This article is my Christmas gift to Jews, Muslims ad Christians suffering around the world today. The Angels ...

Chen Mingjian, Chinese ambassador to Tanzania, speaks at an international symposium to mark the 10th anniversary of China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Aug 25, 2023.(PHOTO / XINHUA)

Freeman Tells Xinhua: U.S. Officials Lie About China’s Belt & Road Initiative-BR...

Oct 24, 2023 | Feature Article

(BRF2023) Interview: BRI greatly contributes to Africa rsquo;s infrastructure development, says U.S. expert - Source: Xi ...

BRICS Offers New Potential for Africa & The World: The Human Race Will Benefit

Aug 27, 2023 | Feature Article

The just concluded BRICS Summit in South Africa, has changed our planet and implicitly the universe. This change ...

China & Freeman Agree With The African Charter: “Economic Development is a Human...

Jun 25, 2023 | Feature Article

The concept that economic development is a fundamental human right has been rejected by the United States, the United Na ...

President Kennedy speaks at American University June 10, 1963

U.S.A.’s Last True Statesman: Pres. John Kennedy’s Strategic Avoidance of Nuclea...

Jun 12, 2023 | Feature Article

Today, I post an article below, written by my colleague, Nancy Spannaus, creator of the website:

Dr. Ergogie, Minister of Women and Social Affairs, standing fourth from right, in front of the conference hall.

Ethiopian National Social Protection Conference: “The Source of Wealth is the Hu...

Jun 9, 2023 | Feature Article

Ethiopia rsquo;s Ministry of Women and Social Affairs (MoWSA) organized a two day conference, May 23-24, held ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister, Dr Abiy Ahmed with Chinese Foreign Minister, Qin Gang, in Addis Ababa (Courtesy of VOA)

China Fully Engaged in Africa for 2023-The Future is Trade Not Debt

Jan 29, 2023 | Feature Article

For the thirty-third consecutive year, the first foreign trip by China rsquo;s Foreign Minister was to Africa. China rsq ...

Lawrence Freeman

A Political-Economic Analyst for Africa and outspoken opponent of the current policies of neo-colonialism. Also a highly respected researcher, writer, and speaker on a variety of topics concerning Africa. . More LAWRENCE FREEMAN, POLITICAL-ECONOMIC ANALYST FOR AFRICA…
is an outspoken opponent of the current policies of neo-colonialism. He is a highly respected researcher, writer, and speaker on a variety of topics concerning Africa. An outspoken critic of the ICC attacks on African countries, Freeman led a delegation of American State Legislators to Sudan, who subsequently exposed the charges that the Khartoum government was engaged in slavery as fraudulent. Insisting that Africa no longer be forced to live in a dark age, he has consistently brought African governments a roadmap for transformative infrastructure projects. As the author of dozens of articles and reports on Africa, having travelled to the continent 25 times, Freeman served as a member of AFRICOM’s Advisory Committee under U.S. General Kip Ward. Most recently, he was appointed Vice Chairman of the Lake Chad Basin Scientific Committee and is currently working on a project to replenish the shrinking Lake Chad. Presently, he is teaching courses on the history of Africa, utilizing his decades of experience and knowledge.

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