
How U.S. Sanctions Quietly Cripple African Economies
Editorial Statement
Sanctions are a weapon dressed up as diplomacy. Washington calls them “smart” and “targeted,” but in Africa their impact is anything but surgical. They bleed economies, choke small businesses, starve hospitals of medicine, and punish the powerless while leaving the powerful intact. The rhetoric of precision is a lie. What we are witnessing is not strategy, it is collective punishment in slow motion.
This series strips away the polite camouflage. It follows the trail of frozen bank accounts, collapsed currencies, and children turned away from clinics because shipments were blocked at the border. It documents how sanctions, far …