  We address two distinct but related issues: (i) the impact of
(two-dimensional) axions in a two-dimensional theory known to model
confinement, the CP(N-1) model; (ii) bulk axions in four-dimensional Yang-Mills
theory supporting non-Abelian strings. In the first case n, \bar n kinks play
the role of "quarks." They are known to be confined. We show that introduction
of axions leads to deconfinement (at very large distances). This is akin to the
phenomenon of wall liberation in four-dimensional Yang-Mills theory. In the
second case we demonstrate that the bulk axion does not liberate confined
(anti)monopoles, in contradistinction with the two-dimensional model. A novel
physical effect which we observe is the axion radiation caused by
monopole-antimonopole pairs attached to the non-Abelian strings.
