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AMERICA BACK OFF!
America has no moral authority when it comes to lecturing Africa about democracy. That’s the stinging assessment of Zambia’s opposition leader, Fred Mnembe.
He delivered it during the visit of US Vice President Kamala Harris. And pointed to her country’s
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Africa is bigger than many people realize. But the way maps are drawn inflates the size of some countries, so places like the United States, Russia, Canada, and the whole European continent get massively inflated on traditional maps, whereas Africa appears smaller than its true
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𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗣𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗧 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧?
Following the failure of his multiple attempts to invade Niger at the behest of France and the USA, Nigerian president Bola Tinubu appears to be at the end of the road, courtesy of some legal
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GHANA'S PARLIAMENT LAUGH AT HARRY MAGUIRE
Flashback to when Ghanaian MP Isaac Adongo mocked his country’s finance minster, comparing him to Manchester United's clanger-prone defender Harry Maguire.
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The coup in Niger has made it blatantly clear what an obedient lapdog ECOWAS is for ex-colonial overlord France. The regional alliance of West African states might as well rebrand now as Paris’ enforcer.
Moving in lockstep with the West, ECOWAS imposed sanctions on poverty-hit
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GHANA GOBSMACKING MARCON
French taxpayers should not dictate Africa’s development. The memorable remark made by Ghanian president, Nana Akufo-Addo, to his French counterpart during a press conference in Accra, five years ago. The dressing-down appears to have started a trend
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AKON: WE NEED TO REBRAND!
Africa needs to rebrand. One attack in Kenya is enough to put tourists off ever visiting, yet people keep flocking to the US - despite America’s huge problem with gun violence. Senegalese-American musician Akon explains why
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BURKINA FASO TAKES THE GOLD
The youngest African president, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has positioned Burkina Faso, one of Africa's foremost gold-producing states, to develop technology to process gold-mine residues on-site.
The government will employ 100 people. The first
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The US has just pulled its staff out of Khartoum - almost exactly a year after it reopened its embassy in the Sudanese capital.
The White House dispatched ambassador John Godfrey to the country after a 25-year US absence from Sudan. Washington had put the country on a blacklist
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FRANCE DEPORTS AFRICANS WITHIN AFRICA
Unbelievable, but France is dictating where Africans can go - in Africa. And causing a tonne of human misery to boot. The French government is poised to begin mass deportations from the island of Mayotte - claimed by both France and the rest
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RUNNING OUT OF WORDS
Despite African athletes dominating distance running, few are given translators for post-race interviews. Kenya’s Evans Chebet spoke in his native language after winning last year's Boston Marathon, leaving most reporters baffled. He defends his title on
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SOCIALISM IS NOT A 'WHITE' CONCEPT
Pan-africanist Kwame Ture would’ve been 82 today, so on his birthday we’re remembering a few of his words of wisdom. Here, he dispels the myth socialism is a ‘White’ concept, and shows how Africans were discouraged from exploring it. Ture has a
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ESCAPE FROM HELL
The great escape: nine DRC miners were plucked out alive one by one from a collapsed makeshift shaft, thanks to the frantic digging efforts of a hero colleague. As each one was pulled out, they were greeted with cheers.
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𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗗𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛
White South Africans make up less than 10 per cent of the population but they hold more than two-thirds of the country's wealth. And whenever they are questioned about this glaring anomaly, their
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RAPPER YASIIN BEY: US EMPIRE CRUMBLING
Rapper Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) has long been an outspoken critic of American exceptionalism and has a prediction for 2024. During this interview on The Cutting Room Floor Podcast, he suggests time is running out for empires built on
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BIAFRAN WAR BRUTAL TRUTH
Today marks the 55th anniversary of the start of genocide in Southeastern Nigeria. The story of Biafra is a story of colonialism and its aftermath. It is also the story of suffering within a balkanised Africa in which various imperialist powers are able
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𝗪𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗨𝗣 𝗔𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔! 𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗧 ‘𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗣𝗜𝗗’ 𝗜𝗠𝗙,
𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗞
The independence we got in the ‘60s was fake. So argues Dr. Arikana Chihombori, the former envoy of the African Union to the US.
The enslavement goes on, she says in this clip, via institutions
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Hushpuppi and his hush money
Gucci galore and flaunting the Fendi… not forgetting the supercars, helicopters and private jets. But Nigerian influencer Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, is now in a US jail on an 11-year sentence. We break down what happened.
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CHINA FAZES US IN AFRICA
China has turned Africa into a battleground. That’s according to former commander of US Africa Command, Stephen Townsend. He claims Beijing is challenging American interests by building much-needed infrastructure across the continent, like roads, ports
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The wealth of the world's most successful enterprises and richest nations has long been built off of the exploitation and plunder of Africa. The Democratic Republic of Congo especially has served as the backbone of the world economy, providing many of the materials needed for
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This striking image was tweeted by the Russian embassy in Kenya in response to a Financial Times report, which states that - according to African officials - “African leaders are coming under US pressure to condemn Russia on the grain issue and not to travel to St. Petersburg.”
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AFRICAN MONEY MADNESS
No one complains about having too much money - but what about too many currencies? Vocal and eloquent Kenyan Pan-Africanist P. L. O. Lumumba explains why having 33 of them instead of one is bad for Africa and African nations. And don’t get him started on
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Amid all the changes happening in the Sahel, one figure stands taller than many others - Burkina Faso’s leader, Ibrahim Traoré. His youth, his energy, his Pan-Africanism, his revolutionary zeal, his military fatigues and beret - all mark him out. But these attributes are
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HOW BELGIUM KILLED CONGO
Belgium’s horrific colonial occupation of Congo was one of the worst crimes of the 20th century. The resource-rich country had the potential to become an African superpower, but, it was destroyed along with its charismatic leader Patrice Lumumba who
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OUR REACTION TO CNN ‘EXPERT’S’ TAKE ON NIGER
The speed at which Africa is realigning with the new multipolar world, finding its footing and expelling imperialists from the continent has left Western media breathless. Believing their own propaganda line - that Africans need the
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NEW SUDAN CRISIS: KEY EVENTS
A lot’s happened in Sudan over the last few days. The outbreak of hostilities is devastating civilian lives and could have Africa-wide implications. Here’s a round-up of the main action.
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SHOW SOME RESPECT, AMERICA
It starts with respect, not bullying. South Africa’s foreign minister, while hosting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken last year, gave him a masterclass on how international relations are to be conducted. The West had better start getting used to
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The Economist, a British weekly magazine, is asking its readers if Julius Malema is the most dangerous man in Africa.
To answer this question, we first must ask, dangerous for who? For the imperialist and white settlers or for the Black Africans that Malema is fighting for? For
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MOTHER OF THE NATION
Winnie Mandela died on 2nd April 2018. Many South Africans remember the radical anti-apartheid activist as the mother of the nation. Let’s take a few moments to remember why.
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10 WARS, MILLIONS KILLED, 1 NOBEL
Americans disagree on many things but not on foreign policy. Here are Republicans and Democrats together, all smiles in a photo. From the country that brought you, '500,000 dead Iraqi children was worth it' (Madeleine Albright) here's an image
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AFWERKI: CONFLICT IS WEST’S WEAPON
In a recent interview, Eritrea’s President Afwerki made a great point about how the West uses conflict to divide Africans. Asked about his country’s past conflicts with neighbouring Ethiopia (and alleged human-rights abuses under his watch) he
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NIGER PIPELINE: EUROPE’S SALVATION?
You may have noticed the West is quite worried about Niger’s new, post-coup direction. When you filter out all the noise about ‘defending democracy,’ there could be a lot more self-interest at work than many realise. Sure, we’re all up to
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NEW SAHEL CURRENCY IN THE WORKS
The Alliance of Sahel States has been demolishing the pillars of Françafrique by the minute. Mere weeks after withdrawing from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and a few months after the creation of the alliance, a common
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AKUFO: NO CHINA OBSESSION HERE
‘It’s just you, America!’ Ghana’s president - standing next to US veep Kamala Harris - made it clear that it’s only her country that was obsessing about China’s ties with Africa. For Africa, China is just one of many partners. Tell us what you
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JIMMY DORE SHOUTS OUT AFRICAN STREAM
When big names such as Jimmy Dore look for hard-hitting, informative African content, African Stream is becoming their go-to place! Our coverage of Kamala Harris’ recent visit to the continent featured on the popular US comedian’s political
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𝗜𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗜𝗠 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗢𝗥𝗘: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗥 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛
Burkina Faso's president, Ibrahim Traoré, continues to fight for changes to improve the lives of civilians, especially rural farmers. On 8 January, he organised a special meeting with his personnel. This time,
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MANDELA: YOUR ENEMIES ARE NOT OUR ENEMIES!
Mandela’s timeless advice to the West: Your enemies are not our enemies! Watch a U.S. TV audience roar as the anti-apartheid hero and former President of South Africa effortlessly demolishes a critic who tried to get him to disown
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AFRICA HAS TO STAY POOR FOR WORLD TO BE RICH
The failures of Western-imposed economic policies in Africa make sense once you realise it is intentional sabotage. Here, Howard Nicholas, senior lecturer of economics at the International Institute of Social Studies, explains how an
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BLACK FACES IN HIGH PLACES WON’T SAVE US
University prepares us for life. And professor Ruha Benjamin didn't hold back when talking to graduating students in Atlanta, Georgia. She told them: 'Black faces in high places won't save us.' The message being, don't expect your rights
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BURKINA SAYS BYE-BYE TO FRENCH TROOPS
Burkina Faso is expelling French troops from the country. It’s given Paris one month to wrap up its ‘anti-terror’ operation - seen as a failure by locals and officials alike.
#BurkinaFaso
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MUGABE OWNS UK JOURNO
A flashback to when Robert Mugabe put a British journalist in his place. During an African Union summit, the ITN correspondent tried to get a reaction out of the then-president of Zimbabwe. Mugabe did not hold back.
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Revolutionary Guyanese writer and activist Walter Rodney was born on this day in 1942. We remember the guerrilla intellectual, who left a lasting legacy on academia and the struggle for social justice.
Rodney's intellectual journey began at university in Jamaica, where he
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'WE ARE NOT BEGGARS'
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has lambasted what he calls the treatment of African leaders as beggars. Speaking to Western leaders, among them French President Emmanuel Macron, Ramaphosa said the African continent does not need charity but to be
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TRAORÉ ON PAN-AFRICAN FEDERATION
The armies of Burkina Faso and Mali are as good as one - that’s according to Burkinabe president Ibrahim Traoré, who’s been sharing more details on Ouagadougou and Bamako‘s Pan-African federation. He also revealed that economic ties were being
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AKON: CHINA’S BUILT MORE IN AFRICA THAN EUROPE EVER DID!
Akon’s latest track might not be chart-topping, but it’s definitely hitting the high notes on China’s role in Africa’s growth. From ‘Smack That’ to smack dab in the middle of geopolitical commentary. Laying down more than
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‘GOD SAVE AFRICA FROM EUROPE’
What business does the EU have in the Horn of Africa? European Member of Parliament Clare Daly calls out the bloc’s flawed and destructive policy in Djibouti. Weapons are sent under the pretext of helping an African country, but only destabilise the
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FLEEING KHARTOUM CARNAGE
Civilians are fleeing the bloodshed in Khartoum. Here’s a first-hand account from a young man who’s decided it’s time to get out.
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𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗜𝗦𝗥𝗔𝗘𝗟 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔’𝗦 𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗗
South Africa has initiated proceedings at the International Court of Justice against Israel, accusing it of genocide in Gaza. Apart from it being the morally right thing to do, South Africa indeed has
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Botswana has rejected plans by the G7, a group of Western countries, to have all African diamonds sent to Antwerp, Belgium for certification. Gaborone claims that such a move - which is designed to enforce sanctions on Russian diamonds - would cause a logistical nightmare and
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𝗗𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗦𝗛𝗨𝗧𝗦 𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗧𝗜 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗟
Haiti's plans to construct a canal off a river that the country shares with the Dominican Republic (DR) has brought to the surface simmering tension between the two countries. The
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𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗟𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗗 ‘𝗔𝗦 𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗟 𝗔𝗦 𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗟𝗘𝗥’?
King Leopold of Belgium often gets conveniently forgotten by historians as the man responsible for - by some estimates - the deaths 20-million Congolese. The Congo was ‘given’ to him at the Berlin Conference and he
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𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗔 𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗥𝗨𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚
Nigeria's Court of Appeals has thrown out a petition brought by the opposition to challenge the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the February election. Tinubu, a former Lagos state governor,
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AFRICAN SISTER PUTS MACRON IN HIS PLACE
The recent events in Niger are another sign that France's neo-colonial project in Africa is crumbling at an unprecedented rate. It might have come as a surprise to some but for those familiar with France's imperial policies in the region,
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𝗝𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗕𝗬 𝗞𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗢
Japanese mine workers in DRC allegedly conspired with camp doctors to euthanise healthy, mixed-race babies they had with Congolese women.
According to survivors, the fathers wanted the children dead to cover-up their sex
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BURKINA FOILS 'UMPTEENTH' COUP
Yet another coup has been foiled in Burkina Faso.
Its military leaders say ‘outside’ commandos planned to topple President Traore.
They also alleged soldiers and activists in the country were involved and had received foreign funding.
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𝗡𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗥𝗘: 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗜𝗙 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗦
𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝗙𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧
Tanzania's first president was Pan-African socialist leader Julius Nyerere, who turned Dar es Salaam into a regional headquarters for the southern African liberation struggles.
During
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DR CONGO FLOODS WREAK HAVOC
The worst floods to hit the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 60 years have damaged the homes of about 500,000 people and killed 221. Many areas in 16 out of the country's 26 provinces are still under water two months after torrential rains
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𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗚𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗞𝗜𝗗𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗢
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's speech on how Belgian schools not only fail to teach about what really happened in Congo during the colonial era, but erase the brutality and the crimes of the Belgian forces.
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EU DIPLOMAT RECALLED FOR MONKEY SLUR
If an ambassador is supposed to show his or her country’s best side, then what does that say about Romania? Bucharest’s man in Kenya stunned African envoys at a UN meeting in Nairobi when he compared them to a monkey that had appeared in a
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‘𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡? 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘’𝗦 𝗡𝗢 𝗦𝗨𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚!’
European civilisation is a myth and Whites are intimidated by Black superiority. Those are the views of Pan-African scholar James Small.
The ancient Greeks and Romans are revered as cultural
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THE BOOK THAT GOT NKRUMAH DEPOSED?
Words are powerful things - just take it from Kwame Nkrumah‘s editorial assistant, June Milne. She says his book ‘Neo-Colonialism, The Last Stage of Imperialism’ spurred the U.S. into sponsoring the coup that removed him. It caused such a stir
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MBEKI: DOLLAR’S DAYS NUMBERED
The dollar is an economic bludgeon that America uses to get its own way. South Africa’s former president Thabo Mbeki explains how, saying also that alienated nations are now clambering to ditch the US currency and end its dominance as a reserve.
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TIME TO LIFT ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS PART 1
Zimbabwe has been under punitive sanctions from the US, EU and UK for the past two decades. While supposedly targeting officials, their impact is felt most by the country’s citizens. African Stream looks at the real reason behind the
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‘FREE CONGO!’ PROTESTS ERUPT IN PARIS
Hundreds of protesters hit Parisian streets on 17 February, heading toward the Rwandan embassy to denounce the African state’s alleged complicity in the resource extraction and violence occurring in the eastern part of the Democratic
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AFRICA CIVILISED EUROPE TWICE
Africans civilised Europeans - twice. Watch Pan-Africanist writer John G. Jackson explain how.
First, he notes how the Greeks learned from Black Egyptians, and passed on their knowledge to the Romans. Then, after the fall of the Roman Empire,
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𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗕É '𝗪𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗜𝗘' 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗣𝗧 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦
Burkina Faso's president, Ibrahim Traoré, sat down for an exclusive interview with Cameroonian journalist Alain Foka, just two days after his country, along with Niger
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𝗔 𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗢'𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗡
Children should never have to plea for their lives. But in DRC, they are being killed, maimed, dangerously exploited, and denied real childhoods and futures.
So the children of DRC are pleading with the world.
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Fierce fighting has ripped through Khartoum, shattering hopes for a peaceful transition to civilian rule in Sudan. A power struggle between military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Dagalo aka Hemeti, is at the
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AFRICA’S FOREIGN MILITARY BASES
A map showing the location of foreign military bases in Africa. The United States has the highest number by far, and the world's biggest drone base in Niger. Since the end of World War II, the USA has fought 19 wars across the globe, killing 12
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THE COLONIZED MIND
Former African Union envoy Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao is quick when diagnosing the continent's issues and where the roots of our problems lie. According to Arikana, the brainwashing started when missionaries first arrived in Africa and told us to 'turn the
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Breaking:
The U.S Defence Department said on Thursday that the U.S is deploying additional troops to an East African base in case they are needed to evacuate U.S. diplomatic officials or civilians from Sudan.
The announcement has caused concern for many Sudanese people that a
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Burkina Faso marks another milestone as French troops lowered their flag and leave the country - as per Ouagadougou‘s orders a month ago. The ex-coloniser’s failed (some would say disastrous) military operation is officially over. Relish the moment.
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WHY THEY WANT TO BALKANISE AFRICA
‘Balkanisation’ means breaking up a larger state into smaller ones - and it’s a powerful weapon of control, especially if the smaller states are then turned against each other. It’s what the colonialists have tried to do with Africa. This has
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SPEECH THAT KILLED LUMUMBA
Sixty-three years ago today, on 30th June 1960, Congo gained its independence from Belgium. The African country’s first Prime Minister, Patrice Emery Lumumba, delivered an unforgettable speech.
He eloquently rebutted the patronising speech delivered
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REST IN POWER, MAMA AIDOO
One of Africa's finest literary minds has sadly joined the ancestors last year on 31st May 2023 . Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghanaian author, poet and academic passed after a short illness. She was 81.
She was one of the greats we lost in 2023.
Her work
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CONAKRY SLAMS NIGER SANCTIONS
Guinea Conakry has condemned ECOWAS for imposing sanctions against Niger over the coup there - saying they will only create more suffering in the poverty-hit nation. Similar condemnations have come from Mali and Burkina Faso. Guinea had its own
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𝗨.𝗦. 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗬𝗦 𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗧𝗜'𝗦 𝗔𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘,
𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣𝗦 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗥-𝗖𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗘
US rice exported to Haiti could cause cancer and other illnesses. According to a new medical review, it contains high levels of arsenic - a toxic metalloid.
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TINUBU: HYPOCRITE-IN-CHIEF OF ECOWAS?
What a difference a coup can make! When Nigeria’s president became chair of ECOWAS, he made lots of high-flown noises about how the West African regional bloc must do everything to pursue economic growth through collaboration - adding that
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MALEMA: 'NO TO FOREIGN MILITARY BASES IN AFRICA'
The African continent has in the last two decades seen a proliferation of foreign military bases, a phenomenon that some stakeholders say puts the security and sovereignty of the continent at risk. Here is Julius Malema, president
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REAL REASON U.S. IN HAITI?
Why does the U.S. keep a military presence in Haiti? Officially, it’s to maintain order in a country whose instability could "threaten peace" in the region.
But what you probably don’t know is the island brims with a sought-after metal called
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𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘'𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔 𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗
France maintains a very unequal and exploitative relationship with Africa and this video perfectly captures the dynamic. Why would 14 African countries have their money controlled from Paris,
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CHAD NATIONALISES EXXON
Wow. Chad has nationalised all assets from multinational oil giant Exxon Mobil after a long dispute over their sale. It’s a bold move that could see N'Djamena rake in greater energy-trade profits. Or will it just frighten off investors?
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BATTLE OF ADWA ANNIVERSARY
Following the 1884 Berlin Conference, European powers went on a brutal rampage claiming African territories for themselves. Italy’s piece of the pie was modern-day Ethiopia. However, their colonial lust was stopped dead in its tracks after a
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Today, the 7th of February, marks the 38th anniversary of the passing of a Pan-Africanist beacon, Cheikh Anta Diop. A champion of African history and identity, the esteemed scholar and philosopher dedicated his life to dismantling the shackles of colonial narratives to reclaim
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SANKARA THE ANTI-DEBT ICON
Following the widely-supported military overthrow of the French-aligned president of Niger, the West has cut 'aid' to the country to retaliate and arm-twist the new leadership into reinstating the deposed head of state.
Shameful as the tactic is,
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TRAORÉ: ECOWAS NO LONGER FIT FOR PURPOSE
West-African bloc ECOWAS may once have been a good thing - motivated by certain Pan-African ideals - but it is no longer fit for purpose. That’s one of the messages of Burkina Faso’s president, Ibrahim Traoré, in this clip from an
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𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗡 𝗞𝗨𝗧𝗜 𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔’𝗦 ‘𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗬 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧’
In this clip, Nigerian musician and singer Sean Anikulapo Kuti lashes out at what he calls Africa’s ‘dirty secret’ - namely, that many of its current leaders are as bad as agents of the slave trade. Their
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𝗦𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗘𝗕𝗨𝗡𝗞𝗦 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘'𝗦 '𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗠 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬'
Some criticise Black people in the United States for allegedly playing victim more than 150 years after slavery's abolition. These people who disparage Africans often point to Jewish
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𝗕𝗨𝗝𝗨: 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗦!
A message of solidarity from a dancehall legend: in a video-selfie, Buju says he stands with the Africans who are rising up to bring about revolutionary changes in their countries. He speaks with passion of a
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𝗠𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗠𝗔: '𝗡𝗢 𝗧𝗢 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗡 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔'
In the last two decades, the African continent has seen a proliferation of foreign military bases, a phenomenon that some stakeholders say puts the security and sovereignty of the continent at
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DRC PLAYERS: ‘WORLD SILENT OVER MASSACRE’
Democratic Republic of Congo’s amazing run to the semi-finals at AFCON gave fans plenty to celebrate.
But it also gave players a chance to highlight horrific mass violence that’s swept their country’s east for decades.
Just before they
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UK HYPOCRISY TOWARDS ITS BLACK COMMUNITY
Renowned rapper, author and activist Akala brilliantly broke down the double standard of how people of African descent are represented in the UK. To illustrate the point Akala gives examples of Black excellence in terms of educational
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5% FOR NIGER, 95% FOR FRANCE
One of the first things the new leadership in Niger has done is halt uranium exports to France. The ex-coloniser has relied on exploitatively cheap imports of the stuff for decades to keep its power grid running. It’s been getting away with this
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𝗜𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗜𝗠 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗢𝗥É 𝗢𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗧𝗬
Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré recently visited students in the rural commune of Bagré. They are students of a state-led initiative known as the Technology Incubator Project. They work on
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'𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗'
“America is the biggest gang in the world.”
Legendary rapper Tupac explains how US foreign policy is no different to the gang mentality seen on America’s streets. If it doesn’t like something, it steams
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𝗭𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗧𝗜 & 𝗔𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔!
Zionism, a political ideology that many say has hijacked Judaism to pursue settler-colonialism in occupied Palestine, does not end at the borders of the state of Israel. Zionist businessmen Gilbert Bigio and Dan Gertler cast a
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