GALLOWAY HAILS AFRICAN STREAM

Who stands to gain from the rise of terrorism in Africa, and who funds the radical factions wreaking havoc across the continent?

In this recent clip, British politician and commentator George Galloway praised African Stream for providing crucial perspectives that Western media deliberately suppress. Ahmed Kaballo, African Stream’s founder and CEO, recently laid out how so-called ‘global war on t*rror’ narratives mask deeper imperial agendas in an insightful video report noscriptd, ‘How the West Supports Islamist Extremist Groups.’

In this clip, Galloway pointed to the deliberate failure of Western media to comprehensively cover Ukraine’s backing of separatist rebels in northern Mali, who attacked a group of Malian soldiers and their Russian Wagner Group allies in 2024. The Battle of Tinzaouaten k*lled 47 Malian soldiers and 84 Wagner fighters. 

Continued….. The surge in t*rrorism and the increasing US military presence in Africa have only worsened instability. A January 2024 report by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, a research body linked to the Pentagon, revealed that t*rrorism in Africa has skyrocketed by an astonishing 100,000 per cent since the onset of the US-led ‘War on Terror.’

In 2002-03, only nine t*rror incidents occurred, resulting in 23 deaths. However, two decades later, the situation had exponentially worsened, with fatalities exceeding 20,000, as noted by Responsible Statecraft, an online publication by the US-based think tank Quincy Institute.

Is it merely a coincidence that the rise in violent extremism in Africa coincided with an increased US military footprint on the continent?

It’s worth remembering while we’ve garnered respect from Galloway, we’ve also caught the eye of imperialists like former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who accused us in September 2024 of spreading Kremlin propaganda, resulting in social media companies deplatforming us. However, we press on, so stay tuned for more Pan-Africanist content!

Video credit: @georgegallowayofficial (IG)

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https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2024/08/05/mali-cuts-ukraine-ties-after-wagner-ambush

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/africa-terrorism

https://www.hudson.org/national-security-defense/the-unfinished-history-between-america-and-the-muslim-brotherhood

https://africacenter.org/spotlight/mig2024-deaths-militant-islamist-violence-africa-rise

Continued……The publication also reported that the UAE is using Puntland’s Bosaso International Airport to supply weapons to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), moving arms and Colombian soldiers without Somalia’s approval. Puntland’s president, Said Abdullahi Deni, allegedly struck a secret deal with the UAE to boost his 2026 presidential ambitions with Somalia’s federal government staying silent, likely to avoid straining ties with the influential UAE.

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https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/revealed-uae-deploys-israeli-radar-somalia-under-secret-deal

https://x.com/afrimeosint/status/1911161145299251657

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=62263

https://www.globalresearch.ca/did-ansar-allah-really-just-win-yemeni-war/5685403

SUCKER PUNCH FOR ‘PARROTING’ THE U.S. LINE

Few things have enraged Africans at home and in the diaspora as much lately as the recent remarks by the Pentagon’s top commander for Africa - and this clip of TikToker @juniorafrica_ punching his computer monitor as it displays General Michael Langley slandering Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré makes clear just how unhappy about it we are. During a 3 April US Senate hearing, Langley alleged that Traoré had used his country’s gold to pay for his personal protection. It’s clear that the US and other Western forces have started a propaganda campaign against the revolutionary leader to tarnish his name, and - after news of another foiled coup against him - many fear he could suffer the same fate as other great pan-African leaders who stood up to the West (such as Burkina Faso’s Thomas Sankara and DRC’s Patrice Lumumba).

Continued…….. But what was especially grating about Langley’s remarks is that they were delivered by one of us - or rather, one who looks like us. Despite his Black skin, Langley is a puppet for Uinterestsst. Or, as @juniorafrica_ mocks him after punching the monitor - a ‘parakeet,’ parroting his master’s line.

📹 Video Credit: juniorafrica_ (TikTok)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJxXZneKick
(2:08:10-2:08:32)

https://www.rtb.bf/2025/04/21/communique-tentative-de-destabilisation-du-burkina-faso/

MUHAMMAD ALI VS VIETNAM WAR

Muhammad Ali - born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1942 - rose from the bottom rung of the American South's racial segregation to become a three-time world heavyweight boxing champion and a 20th-century icon recognised around the world. However, Ali's impact extends beyond the realm of boxing.

Fifty-eight years ago this week, at the height of his fame, he refused to be drafted by the US military during the Vietnam War. His reason was straightforward: "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong… No Viet Cong ever called me N*gger."

Continued……. His comment challenged the duplicity of an American nation that demanded Black citizens be loyal but not granted equal rights. As a result, Ali lost his noscripts, was banned from professional boxing and was sentenced to five years in jail. His conviction was reversed by the US Supreme Court in 1971.

By refusing the draft, he became part of global movements against imperialism and racial subjugation. His defiance was admired by pan-African thinkers, revolutionaries and youth movements across our continent. Ali's refusal was an act of dignity in the face of state power —a political act of defiance as much as a moral principle.

Although he returned to the ring and reclaimed his noscripts, Ali never lost his activism. He protested against apartheid, supported African liberation movements and travelled to countries such as Nigeria and Zaire, where he fought the iconic 1974 'Rumble in the Jungle.' Ali was, to many Africans, not only a sportsman but proof that Black greatness can transcend White dominance globally.

Ali died in 2016 at age 74. But his voice - firm, unyielding, and pan-African - lives on. In a world community where militarism, racism and economic injustice still hold sway, Muhammad Ali remains an icon of courage, self-determination and defiance. He stood up when it counted, and he will be remembered for that.

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https://nysba.org/understanding-the-impact-of-the-muhammed-ali-case/?srsltid=AfmBOopcA73lbooewPImGM8_KRE_r7jpMK7QrovTxraueMpRG0ctfaV3

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https://sapelosquare.com/2018/06/19/muhammad-ali-loved-africa-and-africa-loved-him

https://africasacountry.com/2016/06/the-rumble-in-the-jungle
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https://www.npr.org/2016/06/04/171025748/boxer-muhammad-ali-the-greatest-of-all-time-dies-at-74

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2016/06/04/muhammad-ali-dies-obituary/85357592

Continued……And the damage doesn’t end at the surgical table. Many donors are now suffering long-term health complications, while brokers and international recipients walk away unharmed and unaccountable. This isn’t just a scandal. It’s a modern form of exploitation where Africa continues to bleed, organ by organ, for the comfort of elites abroad.

Swipe through for the harrowing details of this scandal.

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https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/organ-trafficking-how-germans-buy-new-kidneys-in-kenya-a-a16089cf-5bb6-40d3-ac38-fac8ef3eff4d

https://www.dw.com/en/kenya-kidney-probe-launched-clinic-denies-allegations/a-72317858

https://www.dw.com/en/inside-a-global-organ-trafficking-network/a-72239158

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https://www.fke-kenya.org/policy-issues/youth-employment

IN SOUTH AFRICA, BLACK MAJORITY ARE THE REAL OPPRESSED

Thapelo Mohapi, the Secretary General of the Abahlali BasMjondolo, ‘The Residents of the Shacks’ in Zulu (@abahlalibasemjondolo on instagram and @abahlalibM on X), a pro-democracy South African grassroots movement of over 150,000 shack dwellers seeking to reclaim South African land, speaks on the widely regurgitated unfounded claims of a ‘white g*nocide’ in South Africa that has been echoed by ill-informed media figures and politicians like Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump.

In recent months, the Trump administration froze aid to South Africa under claims that white settlers are facing persecution. Julius Malema (@julius.malema.sello on IG, @julius_s_malema on X), president of the Economic Freedom Fighters (@effsouthafrica), has called this a US bullying tactic of revenge for South Africa taking Israel to the International Court of Justice over its military onslaught on Gaza.

Continued….. Mohapi tells BreakThrough News (@btnewsroom on X) hosts @EugenePuryear (on X) and @raniakhalek (on X) that what South Africans are seeking is justice over the grave injustices they have suffered at the hands of European settlers, whose theft has resulted in sharp inequality between Black South Africans and the white minority. The South African Department of Rural Development and Land Reform reported in 2017 that the latter owned over 70 per cent of private farmland while making up less than 8 per cent of the population, according to 2022 government figures.

In light of this, Mohapi further points out the irony in far-right racist South African groups posing as the victims of injustice.

Many have debunked the so-called white g*nocide claim. Further, in February 2025, the Western Cape High Court dismissed the allegations as ‘imagined.’

Video credit: @btnewsroom (YouTube)

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https://abahlali.org

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This week's words of wisdom are apt in light of recent US attempts to character assassinate Burkina Faso's leader Ibrahim Traoré. During a Senate hearing, the Pentagon's top commander for Africa - General Michael Langley - claimed that the revolutionary president was using his country's gold reserves to pay for private security. Resorting to slander like this is evidence of desperation. It recalls the US tactic of discrediting anti-imperialist leaders such as Libya's Muammar Gaddafi - before swooping in to supposedly 'save the day,' leaving nothing but destruction behind.

Africans and their allies globally have sworn to protect Traoré, who is widely viewed as a symbol of anti-imperialism and pan-Africanism. His leadership embodies a new era of emancipation aimed at eliminating the influence of White-supremacist forces and establishing sovereign African states that prioritise the welfare of their citizens above the greed of foreign powers and multinationals.

Continued……. Despite the US and others' efforts to use Black faces, such as General Langley's, to protect their interests, Africans are increasingly studying history and recognising imperialist strategies. There is a growing determination not to fall victim to Western propaganda again. Indeed, Africa today holds the stage, and imperial powers are evidently scrambling to maintain their dwindling control.

Hear Us Roar: https://news.1rj.ru/str/AfricanStream

HOW THE WEST FROZE AFRICA IN TIME

Africans who were hailed as revolutionaries after independence were really just sensible men with a clear understanding of Africa’s needs, but they struck many as ‘ahead of their time’ because our continent was still being held back by neo-colonial exploiters and their puppets.

That’s the verdict of geopolitical analyst @ShahidkBolsen (X), who says our continent was ‘frozen’ in time, not allowed to progress and develop beyond the colonial era. He argues that the West’s relationship with Africa has historically been one of subjugation and extraction, keeping our continent in a state of stagnation through violence, coups and exploitative economic policies.

Continued…….. He says, ‘For Lumumba or Nkrumah, it was the 1960s, but for the West, it was still the 1860s, the 1760s, the 1660s.’

Pan-African leaders such as Burkina Faso’s Thomas Sankara, Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah and Congo’s Patrice Lumumba were eliminated or removed from power by imperialists because their progressive policies were on course to stop the pillaging of our continent and unleash its massive potential for the benefit of its people.

Following in their footsteps, Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso is emerging as a transformative leader spearheading a break from Western dominance. His efforts to regain control of his country’s resources and build alliances beyond the West are seen as acts of dignity and self-determination by many Africans. Alongside Assimi Goïta from Mali and Abdourahmane Tchiani from Niger, Traoré is advocating for African unity and sovereignty, gaining respect and support from anti-imperialists worldwide.

Video credit: Shahid Bolsen/Middle Nation

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https://roape.net/2023/11/02/revolutionary-movements-in-africa-an-untold-story/

https://historycollection.com/10-african-revolutionaries-changed-world/

https://www.dw.com/en/130-years-ago-carving-up-africa-in-berlin/a-18278894

https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/studies-in-intelligence/studies-in-intelligence-68-no-1-extracts-march-2024/review-the-lumumba-plot-the-secret-history-of-the-cia-and-a-cold-war-assassination/

https://actionaid.org/publications/2023/fifty-years-failure-imf-debt-and-austerity-africa

Continued……The centres aim to increase knowledge of Pan-Africanism, socialism, anti-imperialism, and women’s emancipation struggles in the Sahel to train cadre who are ideologically and organisationally prepared to defend, advance, and unify the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Africa’s newest self-determining alliance.

African Stream journalist Inemesit Richardson, also president of @burkinabooks, was on site for the inauguration.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX45OXthC4g

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0p6ZjAR1j5ZYbLTC1QbiXb7BYqEdsKvQXXL5xgKnnfoEKFoVrps6AsizTkeEDwu6Vl&id=100064361124609&sfnsn=wa&mibextid=6aamW6

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DdXoQiw6E/ (beginning at 37:15)