Boko Haram is making a resurgence, warns the governor of Nigeria’s Borno State, where the t*rror group has left a trail of destruction since its founding in 2002.
Governor Babagana Zulum cautions that the military is losing ground to Boko Haram fighters, who are launching nearly daily attacks against both civilian and military targets. The militant group gained notoriety in 2014 when it kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in northern Nigeria at the height of its power. Although Nigerian and regional counter-terrorism operations initially pushed Boko Haram back, it still poses a significant security threat.
Governor Babagana Zulum cautions that the military is losing ground to Boko Haram fighters, who are launching nearly daily attacks against both civilian and military targets. The militant group gained notoriety in 2014 when it kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in northern Nigeria at the height of its power. Although Nigerian and regional counter-terrorism operations initially pushed Boko Haram back, it still poses a significant security threat.
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Continued……. Neighbouring countries such as Chad, Cameroon and Niger have also been affected by the increase in t*rror attacks, particularly around the Lake Chad Basin, which runs through their borders.
The resurgence of Boko Haram comes after US Congressman Scott Perry’s allegations in February that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has funded t*rrorist organisations, including Boko Haram. This revelation prompted Nigeria’s House of Representatives to investigate the activities of non-governmental organisations in Nigeria, focusing on their real identities, sources of funding and how they use their funds.
What do you make of this situation? Let us know in the comments.
Sources
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0kxxg5jy0ro
https://www.dni.gov/nctc/ftos/boko_haram_fto.html#:~:text=OVERVIEW&text=Boko%20Haram%2C%20which%20aims%20to,it%20was%20established%20in%202002.
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https://acleddata.com/2024/04/16/a-decade-after-chibok-assessing-nigerias-regional-response-to-boko-haram
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/01/nigeria-boko-haram-must-end-vicious-killing-spree
https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/surrendered-terrorists-evade-official-rehabilitation-programme-reinfiltrate-nigerian
https://www.dw.com/en/nigerias-ex-boko-haram-fighters-weigh-return-to-conflict/a-68449555
https://archive.ph/5AJuy
https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/es/node/13829
https://trainingforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/EPON_MNJTF.pdf
The resurgence of Boko Haram comes after US Congressman Scott Perry’s allegations in February that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has funded t*rrorist organisations, including Boko Haram. This revelation prompted Nigeria’s House of Representatives to investigate the activities of non-governmental organisations in Nigeria, focusing on their real identities, sources of funding and how they use their funds.
What do you make of this situation? Let us know in the comments.
Sources
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0kxxg5jy0ro
https://www.dni.gov/nctc/ftos/boko_haram_fto.html#:~:text=OVERVIEW&text=Boko%20Haram%2C%20which%20aims%20to,it%20was%20established%20in%202002.
https://von.gov.ng/house-set-to-probe-terrorism-allegations-against-usaid
https://archive.ph/5AJuy#selection-1299.43-1299.134
https://acleddata.com/2024/04/16/a-decade-after-chibok-assessing-nigerias-regional-response-to-boko-haram
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/01/nigeria-boko-haram-must-end-vicious-killing-spree
https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/surrendered-terrorists-evade-official-rehabilitation-programme-reinfiltrate-nigerian
https://www.dw.com/en/nigerias-ex-boko-haram-fighters-weigh-return-to-conflict/a-68449555
https://archive.ph/5AJuy
https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/es/node/13829
https://trainingforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/EPON_MNJTF.pdf
Bbc
Babagana Zulum: Borno state governor warns of Boko Haram comeback in Nigeria
The jihadist group has recently staged several deadly attacks and even seized control of some districts.
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THE MOTHER OF ALL KARENS
You’re probably familiar with the concept of a Karen (an ennoscriptd, excessively demanding White woman who weaponises her privilege), and have seen one in action, at least online. But have you heard of the ‘ultimate’ Karen?
We’re talking about Karen Blixen, whose birthday it is today. However, there’s little to celebrate about this Danish author and aristocrat who once owned a sprawling 6,000-acre coffee plantation at the base of the Ngong Hills during Kenya’s colonial period. She employed a large staff of servants who worked tirelessly to cater to her every need. The land she occupied was originally owned by the local Maasai people, who were forcibly displaced to accommodate colonisers such as herself.
Her literary works reflected racist attitudes and a White-saviour mentality. Despite this, Nairobi continues to honour her legacy with a suburb named after her, a place that still carries an air of colonial elitism and snobbery. African Stream’s Wambura Mwai paid a visit.
You’re probably familiar with the concept of a Karen (an ennoscriptd, excessively demanding White woman who weaponises her privilege), and have seen one in action, at least online. But have you heard of the ‘ultimate’ Karen?
We’re talking about Karen Blixen, whose birthday it is today. However, there’s little to celebrate about this Danish author and aristocrat who once owned a sprawling 6,000-acre coffee plantation at the base of the Ngong Hills during Kenya’s colonial period. She employed a large staff of servants who worked tirelessly to cater to her every need. The land she occupied was originally owned by the local Maasai people, who were forcibly displaced to accommodate colonisers such as herself.
Her literary works reflected racist attitudes and a White-saviour mentality. Despite this, Nairobi continues to honour her legacy with a suburb named after her, a place that still carries an air of colonial elitism and snobbery. African Stream’s Wambura Mwai paid a visit.
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In the last two years of Sudan’s proxy war that has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, overwhelming evidence has emerged detailing the United Arab Emirates (UAE) role in prolonging the conflict.
Despite the irrefutable proof, including a US congressional investigation, UN reports, and on-the-ground discoveries, the G7’s recent statement calling for a ceasefire in Sudan conspicuously fails to hold the Gulf nation accountable, only vaguely referencing ‘external actors.’
Further, Sudan has taken the UAE before the International Court of Justice, accusing the Gulf nation of complicity in g*nocide as the UAE-backed RSF is accused of k*lling non-Arab Masalit peoples. The hearing at The Hague began on 10 April.
Despite the irrefutable proof, including a US congressional investigation, UN reports, and on-the-ground discoveries, the G7’s recent statement calling for a ceasefire in Sudan conspicuously fails to hold the Gulf nation accountable, only vaguely referencing ‘external actors.’
Further, Sudan has taken the UAE before the International Court of Justice, accusing the Gulf nation of complicity in g*nocide as the UAE-backed RSF is accused of k*lling non-Arab Masalit peoples. The hearing at The Hague began on 10 April.
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Continued……. The G7 comprises Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, victors and losers in World War II that chose to ally.
The failure to take substantive measures to stop the UAE’s involvement is unsurprising, given the G7 countries continue to maintain and even deepen their ties with Abu Dhabi. For instance, the US and the UK continue to maintain their trade and diplomatic relations with the UAE. The UAE is the UK’s largest trading partner in West Asia, and the US designated it a ‘major defence partner’ in 2024. France and Germany have defence contracts and economic ties. At the same time, Italy, Japan, Canada, and the European Union continue business and investment partnerships with Abu Dhabi.
As the war in Sudan enters its third year, over half of the country’s population—30 million people—remain in dire need of humanitarian assistance, according to the UN. It is a crisis that the US special envoy to Sudan, Tom Perriello, estimated may have killed over 150,000 people by May 2024.
Sources
https://www.state.gov/g7-foreign-ministers-statement-marking-two-years-since-the-beginning-of-the-devastating-war-in-sudan/
https://adf-magazine.com/2024/01/uae-role-in-sudans-civil-war-draws-criticism/
https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/united-arab-emirates-arming-rsf-genocide-in-sudan
https://africanarguments.org/2024/02/how-the-uae-kept-the-sudan-war-raging/
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/world/africa/uae-sudan-civil-war.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-lawmakers-find-uae-provides-weapons-sudan-rsf-uae-denies-this-2025-01-24/
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jul/25/smoking-gun-evidence-points-to-uae-involvement-in-sudan-civil-war
https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases/van-hollen-jacobs-confirm-uae-providing-weapons-to-rsf-in-sudan-in-contradiction-to-its-assurances-to-us
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/uae-us-defense-partner/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/23/biden-administration-designates-uae-major-defence-partner-in-rare-move
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/03/09/300-meteor-missiles-arm-uaes-rafales-in-bold-french-team-up
https://caat.org.uk/app/uploads/2025/03/CAAT-Arms-Exports-2023-WEB.pdf
https://www.diehl.com/defence/en/press-and-media/news/diehl-defence-and-edge-sign-partnership-for-uae/
https://www.governo.it/sites/governo.it/files/UAE-ITA-Joint-Statement-20250224.pdf
https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-country/are/partner/jpn
https://www.mofa.gov.ae/en/Missions/Ottawa/UAE-Relationships/Economic-Cooperation
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/read_25_1043
https://press.un.org/en/2025/db250415.doc.htm
The failure to take substantive measures to stop the UAE’s involvement is unsurprising, given the G7 countries continue to maintain and even deepen their ties with Abu Dhabi. For instance, the US and the UK continue to maintain their trade and diplomatic relations with the UAE. The UAE is the UK’s largest trading partner in West Asia, and the US designated it a ‘major defence partner’ in 2024. France and Germany have defence contracts and economic ties. At the same time, Italy, Japan, Canada, and the European Union continue business and investment partnerships with Abu Dhabi.
As the war in Sudan enters its third year, over half of the country’s population—30 million people—remain in dire need of humanitarian assistance, according to the UN. It is a crisis that the US special envoy to Sudan, Tom Perriello, estimated may have killed over 150,000 people by May 2024.
Sources
https://www.state.gov/g7-foreign-ministers-statement-marking-two-years-since-the-beginning-of-the-devastating-war-in-sudan/
https://adf-magazine.com/2024/01/uae-role-in-sudans-civil-war-draws-criticism/
https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/united-arab-emirates-arming-rsf-genocide-in-sudan
https://africanarguments.org/2024/02/how-the-uae-kept-the-sudan-war-raging/
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/world/africa/uae-sudan-civil-war.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-lawmakers-find-uae-provides-weapons-sudan-rsf-uae-denies-this-2025-01-24/
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jul/25/smoking-gun-evidence-points-to-uae-involvement-in-sudan-civil-war
https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases/van-hollen-jacobs-confirm-uae-providing-weapons-to-rsf-in-sudan-in-contradiction-to-its-assurances-to-us
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/uae-us-defense-partner/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/23/biden-administration-designates-uae-major-defence-partner-in-rare-move
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/03/09/300-meteor-missiles-arm-uaes-rafales-in-bold-french-team-up
https://caat.org.uk/app/uploads/2025/03/CAAT-Arms-Exports-2023-WEB.pdf
https://www.diehl.com/defence/en/press-and-media/news/diehl-defence-and-edge-sign-partnership-for-uae/
https://www.governo.it/sites/governo.it/files/UAE-ITA-Joint-Statement-20250224.pdf
https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-country/are/partner/jpn
https://www.mofa.gov.ae/en/Missions/Ottawa/UAE-Relationships/Economic-Cooperation
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/read_25_1043
https://press.un.org/en/2025/db250415.doc.htm
United States Department of State
G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement Marking Two Years Since the Beginning of the Devastating War in Sudan
We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union, unequivocally denounce the ongoing conflict, atrocities and grave human rights violations…
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DID KAGAME TRIGGER RWANDAN GENOCIDE?
In a 2006 BBC Hard Talk interview, Rwandan President Paul Kagame admitted that his predecessor had always been likely to die during the country’s civil war - started by the 1990 invasion from Uganda of the Rwanda Patriotic Army (RPA), which Kagame went on to lead. However, Kagame sidestepped the issue of whether he’d had a direct hand in the fatal 1994 shooting down of Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana’s plane over Kigali - saying only that he’d had the right to ‘fight for my rights.’
The interview followed a lengthy 12-year investigation led by French anti-terror judge Jean-Louis Bruguière, who determined that Kagame had ordered his troops to shoot down the plane with the help of nine of his closest aides. In late November 2006, the French justice system issued international arrest warrants for those aides, while Kagame, as a sitting president, was protected by diplomatic immunity.
In a 2006 BBC Hard Talk interview, Rwandan President Paul Kagame admitted that his predecessor had always been likely to die during the country’s civil war - started by the 1990 invasion from Uganda of the Rwanda Patriotic Army (RPA), which Kagame went on to lead. However, Kagame sidestepped the issue of whether he’d had a direct hand in the fatal 1994 shooting down of Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana’s plane over Kigali - saying only that he’d had the right to ‘fight for my rights.’
The interview followed a lengthy 12-year investigation led by French anti-terror judge Jean-Louis Bruguière, who determined that Kagame had ordered his troops to shoot down the plane with the help of nine of his closest aides. In late November 2006, the French justice system issued international arrest warrants for those aides, while Kagame, as a sitting president, was protected by diplomatic immunity.
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Continued……. However, another investigative report commissioned by two French judges in 2012 cleared Kagame and his aides. The report stated that it was unlikely that the missile that hit the plane was by the Kagame-led rebels. The investigation was done with the assistance of Kagame’s Rwandan government.
It’s hard to tell what happened, but this interview certainly didn’t do Kagame and his supporters any favours in convincing the world that he had nothing to do with it.
The aftermath of the Habyarimana assassination led to a chaotic 90-day period of violence and ethnic slaughter, known as the Rwandan Genocide. While in Uganda, the RPA (the military wing of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, now Rwanda’s ruling party) received support and training from the U.S.-backed Ugandan government.
Video credit: BBC Hard Talk, 2006
Sources
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/mar/12/rwanda.rorycarroll
https://blackagendareport.com/crime-turned-central-africa-vast-killing-ground
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/6218196.stm
https://cpmk.org/87-recent-news/375-defend-congo-stop-imperialist-plunder-and-rwanda-uganda-destabilisation
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26875506
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2000/02/cong-f03.html
It’s hard to tell what happened, but this interview certainly didn’t do Kagame and his supporters any favours in convincing the world that he had nothing to do with it.
The aftermath of the Habyarimana assassination led to a chaotic 90-day period of violence and ethnic slaughter, known as the Rwandan Genocide. While in Uganda, the RPA (the military wing of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, now Rwanda’s ruling party) received support and training from the U.S.-backed Ugandan government.
Video credit: BBC Hard Talk, 2006
Sources
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/mar/12/rwanda.rorycarroll
https://blackagendareport.com/crime-turned-central-africa-vast-killing-ground
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/6218196.stm
https://cpmk.org/87-recent-news/375-defend-congo-stop-imperialist-plunder-and-rwanda-uganda-destabilisation
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26875506
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2000/02/cong-f03.html
the Guardian
Kagame set genocide in motion, Paris judge says
The destruction of the plane carrying President Juvénal Habyarimana - the incident which began the Rwandan genocide - is blamed by a French investigating magistrate on the Tutsi rebel leader, now president, Paul Kagame, according to the newspaper Le Monde.
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Burkina Faso Minister of Foreign Affairs Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré published a statement on 15 April 2025 expressing his disagreement with disparaging remarks made by General Michael Langley, commander of US Africa Command (AFRICOM), about Burkina Faso's President Ibrahim Traoré.
During a recent Senate Armed Services Hearing on 3 April 2025, US Senator Roger Wicker asked General Langley about corruption and bribery connected to trade with China, to which he responded, ‘Absolutely, chairman. I see this, and I don't mind calling this out. Captain [Ibrahim] Traoré in Burkina Faso... their gold reserves are just in exchange to protect the junta regime.’
During a recent Senate Armed Services Hearing on 3 April 2025, US Senator Roger Wicker asked General Langley about corruption and bribery connected to trade with China, to which he responded, ‘Absolutely, chairman. I see this, and I don't mind calling this out. Captain [Ibrahim] Traoré in Burkina Faso... their gold reserves are just in exchange to protect the junta regime.’
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Continued……In response, Burkina Faso stated: ‘By arguing that Burkina Faso's mining resources, as well as certain revenues from cooperation with the People's Republic of China, do not benefit the population, but rather serve to protect the ‘regime in power,’ General Langley adopts a stance that deliberately denies Burkina Faso's new sovereignist dynamic… The Ministry formally denies these allegations. The concrete actions carried out on the ground testify to the sincere commitment of the Burkinabé authorities to driving inclusive and sustainable development. Far-reaching reforms have been undertaken in the fields of agriculture, water, infrastructure, education and health, with the aim of better distributing resources for the benefit of the population…
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Continued……. General Langley would have benefited from confining himself to his field of expertise by providing the members of the Senate committee with a more balanced reading of the causes which led Burkina Faso to re-evaluate certain military cooperation agreements, while respecting its sovereignty.’
The disrespect of the United States and other Western countries toward Africa has led some countries to sever ties with their militaries.
Ouagadougou's neighbouring ally Niger is the first African country to boot AFRICOM. Meanwhile, Eritrea never signed an AFRICOM agreement. Both are the only African countries that do not cooperate militarily with the United States.
Video credit: @SASCGOP / @SASCDems
Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJxXZneKick
(2:08:10-2:08:32)
The disrespect of the United States and other Western countries toward Africa has led some countries to sever ties with their militaries.
Ouagadougou's neighbouring ally Niger is the first African country to boot AFRICOM. Meanwhile, Eritrea never signed an AFRICOM agreement. Both are the only African countries that do not cooperate militarily with the United States.
Video credit: @SASCGOP / @SASCDems
Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJxXZneKick
(2:08:10-2:08:32)
YouTube
LIVE: Senate Armed Services Hearing on the Posture of US European Command and US Africa Command
The Senate Armed Services Committee holds a hearing to examine the posture of the U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program, at 9:30 a.m. ET on April…
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WHY RSF’S PARALLEL GOVERNMENT IN SUDAN IS PROBLEMATIC!
The United Arab Emirates-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have declared the formation of a parallel government in Sudan.
The troubling announcement came on 15 April, the second anniversary of Sudan’s foreign-backed proxy war that has displaced as many as 14 million people and k*lled as many as 150,000 people by May 2024, per US envoy to Sudan Tom Perriello.
In February, the RSF, a paramilitary group accused of g*nocide against non-Arab peoples, signed a charter to establish a rival administration called the ‘Government of Peace and Unity’ in areas under their control. On 3 March, the RSF, allied armed groups and other formations signed a transitional constitution during a summit held in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. This move was immediately condemned, with the Sudanese civil societies, the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN), among others, warning that such a step threatens Sudan’s unity.
The United Arab Emirates-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have declared the formation of a parallel government in Sudan.
The troubling announcement came on 15 April, the second anniversary of Sudan’s foreign-backed proxy war that has displaced as many as 14 million people and k*lled as many as 150,000 people by May 2024, per US envoy to Sudan Tom Perriello.
In February, the RSF, a paramilitary group accused of g*nocide against non-Arab peoples, signed a charter to establish a rival administration called the ‘Government of Peace and Unity’ in areas under their control. On 3 March, the RSF, allied armed groups and other formations signed a transitional constitution during a summit held in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. This move was immediately condemned, with the Sudanese civil societies, the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN), among others, warning that such a step threatens Sudan’s unity.
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Continued……. However, the UN International Organization for Migration reported that the RSF’s 13 April siege of Zamzam camp for the displaced in North Darfur alone, had k*lled over 300 people and displaced at least 400,000 people.
In 2005, the International Criminal Court (ICC) accused the Janjaweed militia—transformed into RSF in 2013—of g*nocide against non-Arab Sudanese in Darfur, acting under the directives of then-president Omar al-Bashir. Thus, it’s ironic that a group that has t*rrorised Sudanese along ethnic lines for decades, is now claiming to form a non-ethnic rival government of unity.
Many Sudanese also see this move as a way to allow foreign powers to continue exploiting Sudan at the expense of Sudan’s people.
Sources
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/north-africa/more-intrigue-as-sudan-rsf-declares-parallel-government-5004852
https://english.news.cn/africa/20250416/67deacb2b49643df934efd0feaa533cb/c.html
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202504/16/WS67ff06c6a3104d9fd381f8c7.html
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/africa/sudan-rsf-declares-rival-government-intl/index.html
https://english.news.cn/africa/20250416/67deacb2b49643df934efd0feaa533cb/c.html
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202504/16/WS67ff06c6a3104d9fd381f8c7.html
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/north-africa/more-intrigue-as-sudan-rsf-declares-parallel-government-5004852
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/world/africa/sudan-rsf-zamzam.html
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2024/invisible-and-severe-death-toll-sudan-conflict-revealed
https://theweeklyvisionews.net/2025/04/07/khartoum-claims-ruto-and-uae-are-backing-rebels-escalating-sudan-crisis/
https://english.news.cn/africa/20250416/67deacb2b49643df934efd0feaa533cb/c.html
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202504/16/WS67ff06c6a3104d9fd381f8c7.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/16/sudan-unrest-what-is-the-rapid-support-forces
In 2005, the International Criminal Court (ICC) accused the Janjaweed militia—transformed into RSF in 2013—of g*nocide against non-Arab Sudanese in Darfur, acting under the directives of then-president Omar al-Bashir. Thus, it’s ironic that a group that has t*rrorised Sudanese along ethnic lines for decades, is now claiming to form a non-ethnic rival government of unity.
Many Sudanese also see this move as a way to allow foreign powers to continue exploiting Sudan at the expense of Sudan’s people.
Sources
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/north-africa/more-intrigue-as-sudan-rsf-declares-parallel-government-5004852
https://english.news.cn/africa/20250416/67deacb2b49643df934efd0feaa533cb/c.html
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202504/16/WS67ff06c6a3104d9fd381f8c7.html
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/africa/sudan-rsf-declares-rival-government-intl/index.html
https://english.news.cn/africa/20250416/67deacb2b49643df934efd0feaa533cb/c.html
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202504/16/WS67ff06c6a3104d9fd381f8c7.html
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/north-africa/more-intrigue-as-sudan-rsf-declares-parallel-government-5004852
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/world/africa/sudan-rsf-zamzam.html
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2024/invisible-and-severe-death-toll-sudan-conflict-revealed
https://theweeklyvisionews.net/2025/04/07/khartoum-claims-ruto-and-uae-are-backing-rebels-escalating-sudan-crisis/
https://english.news.cn/africa/20250416/67deacb2b49643df934efd0feaa533cb/c.html
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202504/16/WS67ff06c6a3104d9fd381f8c7.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/16/sudan-unrest-what-is-the-rapid-support-forces
The EastAfrican
More intrigue as Sudan’s RSF declares parallel government
RSF leader Hemedti says: “We are not building a parallel state. We are building the only realistic future for Sudan”.
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BARRICK GOLD CRIES AS MALI CLOSES OFFICE
On 15 April, Canadian mining company Barrick Gold claimed Malian authorities shut down its Bamako office, the latest in the almost two-year conflict between the Malian government and the mining company. According to Barrick Gold, Bamako has also threatened to seize its local assets.
While Barrick Gold frames the actions as unfair, they come as part of Mali’s attempt to reclaim its natural resources, which have been exploited by foreign mining companies. Mali has confronted Australia-based Resolute Mining and South Africa-based Anglo-American.
On 15 April, Canadian mining company Barrick Gold claimed Malian authorities shut down its Bamako office, the latest in the almost two-year conflict between the Malian government and the mining company. According to Barrick Gold, Bamako has also threatened to seize its local assets.
While Barrick Gold frames the actions as unfair, they come as part of Mali’s attempt to reclaim its natural resources, which have been exploited by foreign mining companies. Mali has confronted Australia-based Resolute Mining and South Africa-based Anglo-American.
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Continued….. In February, Resolute Mining CEO Terry Holohan resigned after the company agreed on 18 November to pay Mali $160 million in back taxes following his 10-day detention that began on 8 November. Meanwhile, that same month, Anglo-American CEO Duncan Wanblad said Mali’s new mining laws are of ‘grave concern to any prospective mining investor.’
Neighbouring allies Burkina Faso and Niger have both nationalised gold and uranium mines in recent years.
These two states and Mali established the Alliance of Sahel States on 6 July 2024 following successful people-backed coups d’état that ousted Western-aligned leaders that perpetuated neocolonial relations with former coloniser France and other powers like the United States.
Sources
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/mali-has-shut-barrick-golds-office-bamako-over-alleged-non-payment-taxes-sources-2025-04-15/
https://www.ft.com/content/ac809397-f757-421f-9755-06a2fca62267
https://www.rml.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/030225-Management-Changes.pdf
https://www.ft.com/content/a92e089f-beb4-4677-9537-f564bff06715
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/2025/02/05/anglo-ceo-says-mali-mining-developments-cause-for-grave-concern/
https://en.sputniknews.africa/20240828/burkina-fasos-boungou--wahgnion-gold-mines-now-belong-to-government-1068037322.html
https://www.neimagazine.com/news/niger-seizes-control-of-somair-uranium-mine/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/21/niger-revokes-french-nuclear-groups-licence-at-major-uranium-mine
https://www.miningweekly.com/article/eger-takes-over-as-resolute-ceo-as-holohan-resigns-2025-02-03
https://www.miningweekly.com/article/resolute-makes-second-payment-of-50m-to-mali-government-2024-11-29
Neighbouring allies Burkina Faso and Niger have both nationalised gold and uranium mines in recent years.
These two states and Mali established the Alliance of Sahel States on 6 July 2024 following successful people-backed coups d’état that ousted Western-aligned leaders that perpetuated neocolonial relations with former coloniser France and other powers like the United States.
Sources
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/mali-has-shut-barrick-golds-office-bamako-over-alleged-non-payment-taxes-sources-2025-04-15/
https://www.ft.com/content/ac809397-f757-421f-9755-06a2fca62267
https://www.rml.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/030225-Management-Changes.pdf
https://www.ft.com/content/a92e089f-beb4-4677-9537-f564bff06715
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/2025/02/05/anglo-ceo-says-mali-mining-developments-cause-for-grave-concern/
https://en.sputniknews.africa/20240828/burkina-fasos-boungou--wahgnion-gold-mines-now-belong-to-government-1068037322.html
https://www.neimagazine.com/news/niger-seizes-control-of-somair-uranium-mine/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/21/niger-revokes-french-nuclear-groups-licence-at-major-uranium-mine
https://www.miningweekly.com/article/eger-takes-over-as-resolute-ceo-as-holohan-resigns-2025-02-03
https://www.miningweekly.com/article/resolute-makes-second-payment-of-50m-to-mali-government-2024-11-29
Reuters
Exclusive: Mali shuts Barrick Gold's Bamako office over alleged non-payment of taxes
Malian authorities have shut the Canadian miner Barrick Gold's
office in the capital Bamako over the alleged non-payment of taxes, two sources close to the matter told Reuters, in the latest escalation of a protracted dispute over mining revenues.
office in the capital Bamako over the alleged non-payment of taxes, two sources close to the matter told Reuters, in the latest escalation of a protracted dispute over mining revenues.
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FAILURE OF SUDAN’S TRANSITIONAL PERIOD
Sudan’s history since its 1956 independence consists of failed transitional periods.
In Episode 17 of African Stream’s ‘Pan-African Attitude’ podcast, Editor-in-Chief Ahmed Kaballo delved into what brought Sudan to the point of a foreign-backed proxy war with prominent politician, academic and economist Sidgi Kaballo. Sidgi, Ahmed’s father, is also a member of the Sudanese Communist Party.
In this clip, the pair explored the failures of Sudan’s fifth transitional period (2019-21), which came at the heels of the popular December 2018 revolution that ousted the country’s 30-year-long ruler Omar al-Bashir in April 2019. The transition that followed was supposed to set the country on a democratic, civilian-led path and away from the remnants of the Islamists’ regime.
Sudan’s history since its 1956 independence consists of failed transitional periods.
In Episode 17 of African Stream’s ‘Pan-African Attitude’ podcast, Editor-in-Chief Ahmed Kaballo delved into what brought Sudan to the point of a foreign-backed proxy war with prominent politician, academic and economist Sidgi Kaballo. Sidgi, Ahmed’s father, is also a member of the Sudanese Communist Party.
In this clip, the pair explored the failures of Sudan’s fifth transitional period (2019-21), which came at the heels of the popular December 2018 revolution that ousted the country’s 30-year-long ruler Omar al-Bashir in April 2019. The transition that followed was supposed to set the country on a democratic, civilian-led path and away from the remnants of the Islamists’ regime.
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Continued……However, many expressed scepticism about a power-sharing agreement between the military and civilian leadership. The Sudanese Communist Party, for example, wanted the military to return to their barracks so Sudan could be under civilian leadership.
Nonetheless, a transitional period of 39 months went into effect, during which the military would lead the Sovereign Council for the first 21 months, then hand over to the civilian leadership for the next 18 months. However, this process was interrupted by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the United Arab Emirates-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) coup in October 2021. The SAF had invited the RSF into the capital, Khartoum, to reinforce the suppression of the 2019 people’s uprisings. Experts warned that two powerful armed groups in the centre was a recipe for disaster.
Then, in 2021, Sudan agreeing to International Monetary Fund (IMF) measures like currency devaluation and subsidy cuts exacerbated the instability, culminating in the foreign-backed proxy war and creating the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with over half its population in need of assistance.
Watch the whole conversation on Rumble, Patreon and Editor-in-Chief @ahmedkaballo’s YouTube channel (@ahmedkaballo4170).
Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e46Nmw1neZc&t=1588s
https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/dilemma-political-transition-sudan-analytical-approach
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/overcoming-history-sudans-uncertain-transition-democracy-face-military-pressure
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2023/04/resolving-sudans-crisis-means-removing-those-fighting
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/how-will-sudan-s-army-chief-decision-to-dissolve-rapid-support-forces-affect-war/2987074
https://www.cfr.org/blog/sudans-coup-one-year-later
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/1/19/imf-working-very-intensively-with-sudan-for-debt-relief
https://www.ossrea.net/publications/images/stories/ossrea/ssrr/ssrr-series-10.pdf
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2021/06/30/Sudan-Enhanced-Heavily-Indebted-Poor-Countries-HIPC-Initiative-Decision-Point-Document-461368
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/5/25/africa-dont-bite-the-poison-pill-of-austerity-any-more
https://horninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/HORN-Bulletin-Vol-VII-%E2%80%A2-Iss-IV-%E2%80%A2-July-August-2024.pdf
https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2023/04/the-fight-for-sudan-was-inevitable.html
Nonetheless, a transitional period of 39 months went into effect, during which the military would lead the Sovereign Council for the first 21 months, then hand over to the civilian leadership for the next 18 months. However, this process was interrupted by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the United Arab Emirates-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) coup in October 2021. The SAF had invited the RSF into the capital, Khartoum, to reinforce the suppression of the 2019 people’s uprisings. Experts warned that two powerful armed groups in the centre was a recipe for disaster.
Then, in 2021, Sudan agreeing to International Monetary Fund (IMF) measures like currency devaluation and subsidy cuts exacerbated the instability, culminating in the foreign-backed proxy war and creating the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with over half its population in need of assistance.
Watch the whole conversation on Rumble, Patreon and Editor-in-Chief @ahmedkaballo’s YouTube channel (@ahmedkaballo4170).
Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e46Nmw1neZc&t=1588s
https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/dilemma-political-transition-sudan-analytical-approach
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/overcoming-history-sudans-uncertain-transition-democracy-face-military-pressure
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2023/04/resolving-sudans-crisis-means-removing-those-fighting
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/how-will-sudan-s-army-chief-decision-to-dissolve-rapid-support-forces-affect-war/2987074
https://www.cfr.org/blog/sudans-coup-one-year-later
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/1/19/imf-working-very-intensively-with-sudan-for-debt-relief
https://www.ossrea.net/publications/images/stories/ossrea/ssrr/ssrr-series-10.pdf
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2021/06/30/Sudan-Enhanced-Heavily-Indebted-Poor-Countries-HIPC-Initiative-Decision-Point-Document-461368
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/5/25/africa-dont-bite-the-poison-pill-of-austerity-any-more
https://horninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/HORN-Bulletin-Vol-VII-%E2%80%A2-Iss-IV-%E2%80%A2-July-August-2024.pdf
https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2023/04/the-fight-for-sudan-was-inevitable.html
YouTube
African Stream's CEO Sits Down With His Father To Discuss Sudan's War | Pan-African Attitude Ep. 17
In Episode 17 of African Stream’s ‘Pan-African Attitude’ podcast, Editor-in-Chief Ahmed Kaballo sat down with his father, Sidgi Kaballo, who is an economist, academic and Central Committee member of Sudan's Communist Party, to discuss the proxy war in Sudan.…
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On 18-24 April 1955, representatives from 29 newly independent or soon-to-be independent countries met in Bandung, Indonesia, for the Asian-African Conference, better known as the Bandung Conference. It marked a pivotal turn for the quest for freedom across the colonised world, with attendance from some of Africa’s most prominent anti-colonial leaders, such as Kwame Nkrumah (1909-72) and Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-70).
From Africa came the newly independent states of Egypt, Ethiopia, Liberia and Libya, and the soon-to-be independent Ghana and Sudan. Apartheid South Africa was not invited. The Central African Federation, also known as the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, consisting of what is now Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, but under racist settler-colonial rule, declined to send a representative.
From Africa came the newly independent states of Egypt, Ethiopia, Liberia and Libya, and the soon-to-be independent Ghana and Sudan. Apartheid South Africa was not invited. The Central African Federation, also known as the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, consisting of what is now Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, but under racist settler-colonial rule, declined to send a representative.
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Continued……The conference’s theme was promoting peace and cooperation amongst these new states. Indonesian President Sukarno (1901-70) famously declared, ‘We are often told ‘Colonialism is dead.’ Let us not be deceived or even soothed by that. I say to you, colonialism is not yet dead. How can we say it is dead, so long as vast areas of Asia and Africa are unfree.’
The conference produced a charter known as the ‘Ten Bandung Principles,’ which contributed to the definitions of national sovereignty and independence.
The Bandung Conference’s legacy includes influencing the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), founded in Yugoslavia in 1961. It would also go on to inspire the 1966 Solidarity Conference of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America, also known as the Tricontinental Conference, which drew more than 500 representatives from the national liberation movements, guerrilla movements and independent governments of 82 countries in Havana, Cuba.
Sources
https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/asian-african-bandung-conference-fact-and-fiction
https://www.southcentre.int/question/revisiting-the-1955-bandung-asian-african-conference-and-its-legacy
https://ces.uc.pt/en/agenda-noticias/agenda-de-eventos/2016/legacies-of-the-tricontinental
The conference produced a charter known as the ‘Ten Bandung Principles,’ which contributed to the definitions of national sovereignty and independence.
The Bandung Conference’s legacy includes influencing the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), founded in Yugoslavia in 1961. It would also go on to inspire the 1966 Solidarity Conference of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America, also known as the Tricontinental Conference, which drew more than 500 representatives from the national liberation movements, guerrilla movements and independent governments of 82 countries in Havana, Cuba.
Sources
https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/asian-african-bandung-conference-fact-and-fiction
https://www.southcentre.int/question/revisiting-the-1955-bandung-asian-african-conference-and-its-legacy
https://ces.uc.pt/en/agenda-noticias/agenda-de-eventos/2016/legacies-of-the-tricontinental
BlackPast.org
The Asian-African (Bandung) Conference: Fact and Fiction
In the article below independent historian Kyle Haddad-Fonda describes the Asian-African Conference popularly known as the Bandung Conference which was the first significant gathering of independent and soon-to-be independent nations in Asia and Africa. From…
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The US is ushering in an era of stifling free speech in a bid to protect its settler-colonial ally, Israel, despite the International Court of Justice (ICJ) finding it ‘plausible’ that its onslaught in Gaza may amount to a g*nocide and the International Criminal Court (ICC) issuing arrest warrants.
On 8 March, US authorities arrested Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian-born Palestinian who organised and participated in protests on the university's campus against Israel's occupation and mass murder of Gazans since 7 October 2023. Despite having broken no laws and being in the US legally, Khalil remains imprisoned at the LaSalle Detention Center in Louisiana, where he is due to be processed for deportation.
On 8 March, US authorities arrested Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian-born Palestinian who organised and participated in protests on the university's campus against Israel's occupation and mass murder of Gazans since 7 October 2023. Despite having broken no laws and being in the US legally, Khalil remains imprisoned at the LaSalle Detention Center in Louisiana, where he is due to be processed for deportation.
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