On 5 April, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared the United States would immediately revoke visas for South Sudanese citizens following the northeast African country’s refusal to accept people deported from the United States. In addition, Washington plans to deny South Sudanese citizens at US ports of entry.
This move is hardly unprecedented, as the US has a well-documented history of using visa restrictions as a form of leverage, pressuring countries weakened by colonialism, neocolonialism and Balkanisation to conform to its political objectives. In doing so, it often punishes ordinary people.
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This move is hardly unprecedented, as the US has a well-documented history of using visa restrictions as a form of leverage, pressuring countries weakened by colonialism, neocolonialism and Balkanisation to conform to its political objectives. In doing so, it often punishes ordinary people.
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https://www.reuters.com/article/world/trumps-expanded-travel-ban-targets-nigeria-five-other-countries-idUSKBN1ZU2VU
Voice of America
US Issues Visa Restrictions to Eritrea, Guinea
New restrictions are aimed at four Asian and African nations that have refused to take back citizens who've been deported
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‘THE USAID PLOT TO TAKE DOWN CUBA’
While many people worldwide believe that the recently dismantled USAID was about good-hearted aid for countries, it has supported operations to topple governments in countries where the US disapproves of the leadership.
For example, the Cuban revolution has long been a friend to the African continent and diaspora. However, the United States has relentlessly tried to overthrow the Cuban government since its 1959 revolution and punish the country with a 63-year-long economic blockade. The United States even tried to kill Cuban revolutionary leader and former president Fidel Castro (1926-2016) at least 634 times.
While many people worldwide believe that the recently dismantled USAID was about good-hearted aid for countries, it has supported operations to topple governments in countries where the US disapproves of the leadership.
For example, the Cuban revolution has long been a friend to the African continent and diaspora. However, the United States has relentlessly tried to overthrow the Cuban government since its 1959 revolution and punish the country with a 63-year-long economic blockade. The United States even tried to kill Cuban revolutionary leader and former president Fidel Castro (1926-2016) at least 634 times.
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Continued……. In this clip from the ‘Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast (@joerogan on IG and X), Mike Benz (@mikebenzcyber on IG and X), a former US State Department official, revealed how USAID worked to create an artificial uprising against the Cuban government in the early 2010s by creating a social media site called ZunZuneo to encourage users to revolt against their government, akin to the ‘Arab Spring.’
Video credit: @powerfulJRE (YouTube)
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Video credit: @powerfulJRE (YouTube)
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Jacobin
The US Blockade of Cuba Must End
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the US blockade of Cuba, a collective punishment of the Cuban people for their independence from US control. The blockade needs to end.
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CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN ETHIOPIA AND SOUTH SUDAN
Cholera is spreading fast in Ethiopia’s Gambella region, killing at least 31 people and infecting over 1,500 over the past month according to NGO Doctors Beyond Borders. The crisis is worsening as refugees fleeing violence in South Sudan bring more cases into Ethiopia. In South Sudan’s Akobo County, 1,300 new cases have been reported in just four weeks.
With ongoing conflict, lack of clean water, and collapsing healthcare services, the outbreak is spiraling out of control. Doctors Without Borders is calling for urgent action, more healthcare support, access to safe water, and a cholera vaccination campaign.
The WHO has warned that cholera deaths jumped 71% last year, with Africa hit hardest. This preventable disease is now spreading due to conflict and lack of resources.
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Cholera is spreading fast in Ethiopia’s Gambella region, killing at least 31 people and infecting over 1,500 over the past month according to NGO Doctors Beyond Borders. The crisis is worsening as refugees fleeing violence in South Sudan bring more cases into Ethiopia. In South Sudan’s Akobo County, 1,300 new cases have been reported in just four weeks.
With ongoing conflict, lack of clean water, and collapsing healthcare services, the outbreak is spiraling out of control. Doctors Without Borders is calling for urgent action, more healthcare support, access to safe water, and a cholera vaccination campaign.
The WHO has warned that cholera deaths jumped 71% last year, with Africa hit hardest. This preventable disease is now spreading due to conflict and lack of resources.
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ALLIANCE OF SAHEL STATES WITHDRAW AMBASSADORS FROM ALGERIA
On April 6, the Alliance of Sahel States—comprised of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger—simultaneously withdrew their ambassadors from Algeria after the North African country reportedly shot down a Malian drone. The anti-imperialist confederation condemned the act as irresponsible and contrary to historical ties. Mali also denied the drone violated Algerian airspace and accused Algeria of supporting international terrorism that threaten Mali’s sovereignty. This marks a further decline in Mali-Algeria relations following past accusations of Algerian interference and alleged support for Tuareg separatist groups in northern Mali.
But why did Burkina Faso and Niger recall their envoys, too? This is because they are not just neighbours.
On April 6, the Alliance of Sahel States—comprised of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger—simultaneously withdrew their ambassadors from Algeria after the North African country reportedly shot down a Malian drone. The anti-imperialist confederation condemned the act as irresponsible and contrary to historical ties. Mali also denied the drone violated Algerian airspace and accused Algeria of supporting international terrorism that threaten Mali’s sovereignty. This marks a further decline in Mali-Algeria relations following past accusations of Algerian interference and alleged support for Tuareg separatist groups in northern Mali.
But why did Burkina Faso and Niger recall their envoys, too? This is because they are not just neighbours.
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Continued……They are members of a new confederation formed in 2023 as an anti-imperialist pact that emerged in defiance of France’s decades-long military interference and the West’s weaponisation of ‘democracy’. So, when Algeria reportedly downed Mali’s drone, the entire bloc responded with a clear message, ‘An attack on one is an attack on all.’
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https://apnews.com/article/mali-algeria-ambassador-recall-tuareg-c5a3c71db2d3f1df9dd94b094fb20494
https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20250103-mali-accuses-algeria-of-fuelling-insecurity-in-the-sahel-by-supporting-tuareg-rebels
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https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20250103-mali-accuses-algeria-of-fuelling-insecurity-in-the-sahel-by-supporting-tuareg-rebels
ABC News
Sahel alliance recalls ambassadors from Algeria after the downing of a Malian drone
A military alliance between Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger has withdrawn their respective ambassadors from Algeria in response to the downing of a Malian drone last week
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KENYAN OFFICER KILLED IN HAITI: BRING OUR BOYS HOME!
So another Kenyan police officer who was sent to Haiti has - it seems increasingly likely - been killed. His body is missing, but video has emerged purporting to show his gangland captors physically abusing it - though a spokesman for the Multinational Security Support force has suggested (without evidence) that the clip is fake. The sickening footage brings into sharp relief the futility of this mission, which President William Ruto insisted on embarking upon against the counsel of his people and High Court - not to mention the Haitians themselves. As African Stream’s William Sakawa explains in his latest video, the question of resolving Haiti’s problems - including the rampant gang violence - can never be a mere policing issue. That’s because they’re systemic. It will require the likes of France and the US to make amends for their centuries of destabilisation of the island to truly address them.
So another Kenyan police officer who was sent to Haiti has - it seems increasingly likely - been killed. His body is missing, but video has emerged purporting to show his gangland captors physically abusing it - though a spokesman for the Multinational Security Support force has suggested (without evidence) that the clip is fake. The sickening footage brings into sharp relief the futility of this mission, which President William Ruto insisted on embarking upon against the counsel of his people and High Court - not to mention the Haitians themselves. As African Stream’s William Sakawa explains in his latest video, the question of resolving Haiti’s problems - including the rampant gang violence - can never be a mere policing issue. That’s because they’re systemic. It will require the likes of France and the US to make amends for their centuries of destabilisation of the island to truly address them.
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Continued……. Sources
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The Star
Agency explains Haiti police salary delays, pledges to pay this week
The Multinational Security Support Mission to Haiti said the monies will be paid in the week.
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ALGERIA BANS MALI FLIGHTS!
Algeria has banned flights from Mali over ‘repeated violations’ of Algerian airspace. It deepens the diplomatic crisis triggered by the shooting down of a Malian drone, which Algiers claims had entered 2 km into its territory - but which Bamako says was 10 km into its side of the border. Mali branded the incident an act of aggression, and, in response, recalled its ambassador - as did Bamako’s Alliance-of-Sahel-States (AES) allies Burkina Faso and Niger.
Mali’s foreign office accused Algeria of supporting terrorism by preventing the ‘neutralisation of a terrorist group that was planning terrorist acts against the AES.’ Mali has also previously accused Algeria of meddling in its internal affairs - for example, by meeting Turaeg rebel leaders in 2023 - and, in January 2025, accused Algiers of supporting and sheltering terrorists.
Algeria has banned flights from Mali over ‘repeated violations’ of Algerian airspace. It deepens the diplomatic crisis triggered by the shooting down of a Malian drone, which Algiers claims had entered 2 km into its territory - but which Bamako says was 10 km into its side of the border. Mali branded the incident an act of aggression, and, in response, recalled its ambassador - as did Bamako’s Alliance-of-Sahel-States (AES) allies Burkina Faso and Niger.
Mali’s foreign office accused Algeria of supporting terrorism by preventing the ‘neutralisation of a terrorist group that was planning terrorist acts against the AES.’ Mali has also previously accused Algeria of meddling in its internal affairs - for example, by meeting Turaeg rebel leaders in 2023 - and, in January 2025, accused Algiers of supporting and sheltering terrorists.
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Continued……This is bad news for pan-Africanism, and very good news for France, two of whose main African adversaries are now pitted against each other. AES members - including Mali - have expelled French troops and are decoupling from French influence and exploitation following popular revolutionary coups, while Algeria is still seeking justice over Paris’ colonial crimes, including the testing of nuclear weapons. The spat between Mali (and the wider AES) and Algeria means they are now less likely to join forces in their efforts to stand up to France.
How do you think Bamako and Algiers should resolve the current tensions?
Sources
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https://apnews.com/article/mali-algeria-ambassador-recall-tuareg-c5a3c71db2d3f1df9dd94b094fb20494
https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20250103-mali-accuses-algeria-of-fuelling-insecurity-in-the-sahel-by-supporting-tuareg-rebels
How do you think Bamako and Algiers should resolve the current tensions?
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https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20250103-mali-accuses-algeria-of-fuelling-insecurity-in-the-sahel-by-supporting-tuareg-rebels
Al Jazeera
Algeria closes airspace to Mali aircraft as drone row escalates
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger recall ambassadors to Algeria amid deteriorating relations and shooting down of Mali drone.
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MICROSOFT TERMINATES EMPLOYEES PROTESTING ITS ISRAEL DEALS
On 7 April, Microsoft terminated—with immediate effect—two employees, Ibtihal Aboussad and Vaniya Agrawal, after they disrupted its 50th-anniversary celebrations on 4 April in protest of the company providing technical capacities that enable Israel to maintain its apartheid system in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and its onslaught in Gaza.
Some Microsoft employees have repeatedly asked the company to terminate its relationship with Israel to no avail. In 2018, a group of employees in an open letter declared that ‘as the people who build the technologies that Microsoft profits from, we refuse to be complicit.’
On 7 April, Microsoft terminated—with immediate effect—two employees, Ibtihal Aboussad and Vaniya Agrawal, after they disrupted its 50th-anniversary celebrations on 4 April in protest of the company providing technical capacities that enable Israel to maintain its apartheid system in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and its onslaught in Gaza.
Some Microsoft employees have repeatedly asked the company to terminate its relationship with Israel to no avail. In 2018, a group of employees in an open letter declared that ‘as the people who build the technologies that Microsoft profits from, we refuse to be complicit.’
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Continued…….. After the event, Agrawal publicly handed in her resignation letter, effective 11 April. Following the protests, LinkedIn, the career and employment-based social network, also suspended Aboussad’s account, causing an uproar as many demanded LinkedIn reinstate her account.
The two engineers are part of a pro-Palestine group, ‘No Azure For Apartheid,’ comprising technology workers within Microsoft and its subsidiaries who have committed to publicly expose and oppose the tech giant’s ‘complicity in Israeli apartheid and gen*cide against the people of Palestine.’ Azure is Microsoft’s cloud computing technology that Israel uses.
Microsoft’s software partnerships with the Israeli government to support surveillance, among other functions, dates back to a $35-million contract in 2002 to provide technical support to Israel’s military and security apparatus. Despite Microsoft losing a 2021 bid for a $1.2-billion contract, Israel’s Ministry of Defence and other departments have used Microsoft’s Azure. Microsoft also offers its cloud and consulting services to the Israel Prison Service (IPS), which is accused of grave inhumane atrocities against Palestinian prisoners, including children as young as the 14- to 16-year range. Additionally, controversial companies like Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms maker, also use Microsoft’s services. Elbit’s profits have surged 14 per cent since Tel Aviv’s onslaught in Gaza began.
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The two engineers are part of a pro-Palestine group, ‘No Azure For Apartheid,’ comprising technology workers within Microsoft and its subsidiaries who have committed to publicly expose and oppose the tech giant’s ‘complicity in Israeli apartheid and gen*cide against the people of Palestine.’ Azure is Microsoft’s cloud computing technology that Israel uses.
Microsoft’s software partnerships with the Israeli government to support surveillance, among other functions, dates back to a $35-million contract in 2002 to provide technical support to Israel’s military and security apparatus. Despite Microsoft losing a 2021 bid for a $1.2-billion contract, Israel’s Ministry of Defence and other departments have used Microsoft’s Azure. Microsoft also offers its cloud and consulting services to the Israel Prison Service (IPS), which is accused of grave inhumane atrocities against Palestinian prisoners, including children as young as the 14- to 16-year range. Additionally, controversial companies like Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms maker, also use Microsoft’s services. Elbit’s profits have surged 14 per cent since Tel Aviv’s onslaught in Gaza began.
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Medium
“Why I’m Leaving Microsoft — Our Moral Responsibility”, a letter by Vaniya Agrawal
There will be no celebrations or business as usual while Microsoft continues to power the genocide of Palestinians!
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ISRAELI AMBASSADOR EXPELLED FROM AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT
At the 31st annual African Union (AU) summit commemorating the victims of the Rwandan g*nocide on 7 April, Israeli Ambassador to Ethiopia Abraham Nigusse was expelled from the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa and not from Ethiopia as reported in certain quarters. Several AU member states had objected to the ambassador’s presence at the event. Israeli Foreign Minister Oren Marmorstein condemned the action, calling it ‘shameful.’
However, this was not the first diplomatic clash between Israel and the AU. In February 2023, the AU expelled uninvited Israeli diplomats from a summit amidst protests from member states after learning the Israeli delegation lacked accreditation. The move resulted in the AU revoking Israel’s observer status, granted in 2021, to the uproar of many member states.
In February 2024, the AU also condemned Israel’s occupation and atrocities committed in Palestine.
At the 31st annual African Union (AU) summit commemorating the victims of the Rwandan g*nocide on 7 April, Israeli Ambassador to Ethiopia Abraham Nigusse was expelled from the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa and not from Ethiopia as reported in certain quarters. Several AU member states had objected to the ambassador’s presence at the event. Israeli Foreign Minister Oren Marmorstein condemned the action, calling it ‘shameful.’
However, this was not the first diplomatic clash between Israel and the AU. In February 2023, the AU expelled uninvited Israeli diplomats from a summit amidst protests from member states after learning the Israeli delegation lacked accreditation. The move resulted in the AU revoking Israel’s observer status, granted in 2021, to the uproar of many member states.
In February 2024, the AU also condemned Israel’s occupation and atrocities committed in Palestine.
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Continued……The African country of Libya applied to join South Africa’s December 2023 g*nocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, while Egypt has expressed its intention to join.
The solidarity is not an anomaly as Africa also shares historical ties with Palestine, with South African leader Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) quoted saying, ‘Our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of Palestinians.’
Israel’s presence at the g*nocide commemoration is also ironic considering its ongoing massacres in Gaza, which the ICJ ruled as ‘plausible’ g*nocide.
In July 2024, the British medical journal Lancet put the death toll in Gaza since 7 October 2023 at over 186,000.
Image Credit: Ohad Zwigenberg / Ynetnews.com
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The solidarity is not an anomaly as Africa also shares historical ties with Palestine, with South African leader Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) quoted saying, ‘Our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of Palestinians.’
Israel’s presence at the g*nocide commemoration is also ironic considering its ongoing massacres in Gaza, which the ICJ ruled as ‘plausible’ g*nocide.
In July 2024, the British medical journal Lancet put the death toll in Gaza since 7 October 2023 at over 186,000.
Image Credit: Ohad Zwigenberg / Ynetnews.com
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Israeli Ambassador Expelled from African Union - Ethio Negari
Israeli Ambassador Expelled from African Union Over Rwanda Genocide Commemoration
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Africa’s colonial exploitation and division were cemented when Europeans met in 1884-85 for the infamous Berlin conference. With no consideration for the continent’s diverse cultures, societies or political structures, the colonialists drew up artificial borders that laid the foundation for the instability and conflict that shapes the continent today. This fragmentation allows foreigners to exploit Africa through neocolonialism, whereby African leaders sell out their people and ecosystems for crumbs from their foreign masters.
While European states ease the movement of people and goods through cooperative efforts, Africa remains divided and exploited. Zimbabwe’s late leader, Robert Mugabe (1924-2019), remained adamant that the key to African progress involves dismantling European-imposed borders. As Pan-Africanists, we must work toward reverting to Africa’s pre-colonial unity, where our collective strength lies.
While European states ease the movement of people and goods through cooperative efforts, Africa remains divided and exploited. Zimbabwe’s late leader, Robert Mugabe (1924-2019), remained adamant that the key to African progress involves dismantling European-imposed borders. As Pan-Africanists, we must work toward reverting to Africa’s pre-colonial unity, where our collective strength lies.
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Robert Mugabe’s most famous quotes
A quick look at President Mugabe's colourful language throughout his 37-year reign as leader of Zimbabwe.
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WHITES-ONLY TOWN IN SOUTH AFRICA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT
White South Africans may not have been overly enthusiastic about Trump’s recent offer of asylum (knowing full well where their privilege lies), but that doesn’t mean they aren’t hoping to get the US president’s support in furthering their interests. The notorious Whites-only town of Orania - a post-apartheid anomaly - has dispatched a delegation stateside, to see if Washington might put its weight behind its bid to secede from South Africa and become a self-governing micro state. Our video breaks it down.
White South Africans may not have been overly enthusiastic about Trump’s recent offer of asylum (knowing full well where their privilege lies), but that doesn’t mean they aren’t hoping to get the US president’s support in furthering their interests. The notorious Whites-only town of Orania - a post-apartheid anomaly - has dispatched a delegation stateside, to see if Washington might put its weight behind its bid to secede from South Africa and become a self-governing micro state. Our video breaks it down.
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South Africa's white Afrikaner separatists want Trump's help to become state
A group of white Afrikaners was so opposed to majority Black rule when apartheid ended some three decades ago that they carved out a separatist enclave, the only town in South Africa where all residents, including menial workers, are white.
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TRAORÉ: ‘MOST IMPORTANT MAN IN AFRICA’
There is nothing innately African about the continent’s underdevelopment. Instead, an intentional campaign to subjugate the land and its people has led to Africa’s predicament.
That’s what Ian Dunlap (@themasterinvestor on IG / @_masterinvestor on X) and Rashad Bilal (@rashadbilal on IG) discussed on an episode of the ‘Black Out’ podcast in January.
There is nothing innately African about the continent’s underdevelopment. Instead, an intentional campaign to subjugate the land and its people has led to Africa’s predicament.
That’s what Ian Dunlap (@themasterinvestor on IG / @_masterinvestor on X) and Rashad Bilal (@rashadbilal on IG) discussed on an episode of the ‘Black Out’ podcast in January.
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