A new book has revealed how the United States top spying organization, the Central Intelligence Agency carried out destabilization operations in Africa for decades.
The CIA not only undermined newly independent Africa countries but suppressed the freedom movement in apartheid South Africa. A tip from a CIA spy to authorities in apartheid-era South Africa led to Nelson Mandelas arrest, beginning the leaders 27 years behind bars. Nelson Mandela's eldest daughter, Makaziwe, speaks here on CIAs role in the arrest of Madiba in 1962.
This week we are focusing on a new which discusses how the CIA undermined newly independent African countries in operations that included assassination of leaders who were opposed to Western imperialism. In the second part of our program we shall look at how Mauritius has taken a bold step to Challenging Britains colonial control over Chagos Islands.