HUGE PYRAMID DISCOVERY?

Italian scientists have made some remarkable claims about what could be lying underneath Egypt’s pyramids. They say data obtained using radar technology point to huge, previously unknown man-made structures - and could even indicate an underground city. This would mean rewriting much of Egyptology. But rival scientists have cast doubt on that interpretation of the evidence - while the Internet has gone wild with speculation. Watch our video to make up your women mind. Let us know in the comments.

Sources

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/03/26/going-underground-experts-clash-over-hidden-city-beneath-egypt-pyramids

https://egyptindependent.com/controversial-study-claims-massive-structures-discovered-under-pyramids-in-egypt/


https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/544236.aspx

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-847207

Continued……. https://tribune.com.pk/story/2535959/experts-dismiss-viral-claims-of-underground-city-beneath-giza-pyramids

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14528445/The-war-pyramids-Row-REALLY-lies-beneath-Egypts-Giza-monuments-explodes-secret-city-investigation.html

This week’s African proverb - from Kenya - tells us that violence is often the result of a failure to engage intellectually. For Kenyans, this rings very true. Look at how their government cracked down on them with batons, deadly shootings and abductions when they protested IMF-backed tax hikes last year - rather than listening and opening a constructive, critical dialogue. Then there was the more recent case of school children being banned from performing a play (Echoes of War) whose story bears parallels to those events in 2024 - with tear gas used to disperse students and journalists who’d come to see the performance. Under pressure from the authorities, the young troupe was forbidden from taking part in a national theatre competition, though the High Court stepped in saying they could. Are courts the last bastion for reason in a state that fears its own people's voices?

LATIN AMERICAN LEADERS DEFY U.S. MIGRANT POLICY

Many Latin American leaders at the ninth meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) denounced US foreign policy that has forced many of their people to migrate to the United States, only to be turned away at the Mexico-US border or hounded and detained in the US. The country has deported at least 29 million people over the past 32 years, according to figures from the US Department of Homeland Security and news reports. 

Ralph Gonsalves, prime minister of Saint Vincent & Grenadines, delivered a fiery condemnation, blasting the hypocrisy of the wealthiest country posing as the world’s victim while the US economy flounders, partly due to trade imbalances and exploitative systems it spent decades engineering. ‘It is a moral obscenity,’ Gonsalves said.

Continued……. Honduras President Xiomara Castro, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Bolivian President Luis Arce and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum also blasted US immigration policies that result in mass deportations as criminalising aspiration and survival. Many Global South people have fled intercommunal violence, poverty, instability and war that can be attributed to Washington's foreign policies.

The leaders' remarks touch on a broader movement worldwide, including in Africa, with governments reclaiming control of resources, resisting neocolonialism, and insisting on more balanced migration, trade, and diplomatic relations. As the momentum builds across the Global South, this may be another turning point in the centuries-long quest for justice and self-determination worldwide.

Video credit: @btnewsroom via IG

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI13rJmW_oE

https://www.intellinews.com/latin-american-leaders-blast-us-tariffs-at-celac-summit-as-china-offers-economic-lifeline-376130

https://www.albatcp.org/en/2025/04/09/countries-call-for-deeper-regional-unity-and-support-for-migrants-at-9th-celac-summit

https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/11/celac-summit-trump-tariffs-un-secretary-general

https://english.elpais.com/usa/2024-11-19/trump-deported-fewer-people-than-obama-clinton-or-bush-but-more-indiscriminately.html

https://ohss.dhs.gov/topics/immigration/yearbook/2019/table39

WHITE CONVICTS IN U.S. HIRED OVER RECORD-FREE BLACK PEOPLE

In this clip, Devah Pager, a former professor of sociology and public policy at Harvard University who passed away in 2018, shared insightful findings on the stark reality of Black people in the US labour market.

In the experiment, part of Pager’s 2002 graduate dissertation, ‘The Mark of a Criminal Record,’ young Black and white men applied for entry-level jobs while varying their criminal histories. She found that having a criminal record significantly reduces employment opportunities for all applicants. However, Black applicants without a criminal record received callbacks at roughly half the rate of equally qualified white applicants. More profoundly, Black applicants without a criminal record received callbacks at slightly lower rates than white convicts.

Thus, her research suggested being born Black in the US was akin to being born with a criminal record, exposing the entrenched nature of systemic bias in hiring practices.

Continued……These systemic biases continue to create barriers for Black people in the US today. Moreover, the ripple effects of such discrimination have far-reaching consequences that continue the cycles of poverty and deepen the economic inequality between white and Black people.

Video credit: Stanford Centre On Poverty and Inequality (YouTube)

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https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/mark-criminal-record

https://thesociologistdc.com/all-issues/the-legacy-of-devah-pager

https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/pager/files/pager_ajs.pdf

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/08/31/black-workers-views-and-experiences-in-the-us-labor-force-stand-out-in-key-ways

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/african-americans-face-systematic-obstacles-getting-good-jobs

https://theconversation.com/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-in-the-workplace-are-under-attack-heres-why-they-matter-more-than-ever-250651

SUBMISSION VS SOVEREIGNTY: WHO STANDS FOR AFRICA?

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so lets revisit this one, taken 25 November 2024, when Kenya’s President William Ruto hosted the head of United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), General Michael Langley - the face of US military presence on African soil - at State House in Nairobi. Back then, Ruto touted the ‘excellent’ partnership between Washington and Nairobi. But pan-African observers saw something else: a photo-op masking neocolonial submission.

Continued……While African leaders such as Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré chart new, sovereign paths for their nations and inspire the continent to move away from Western dependency, others, like Ruto, seek to deepen their ties with the West. There is an awakening taking place both at home and abroad. Africans are hungry for freedom after centuries of Western exploitation, but the US is using faces and voices like Langley’s in an attempt to stop this. Unlike Ruto, who is willing to sacrifice the African struggle for genuine independence to be a darling of the West, Traoré seeks just partnerships in the interest of his people. Clearly, it’s the Rutos, not the Traorés, that the West champions.

In June 2024, while Ruto was deploying Kenyan police officers to the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince as part of the US-backed Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS), unrest at home was at an all time high. Dissatisfied young Kenyans were on the streets, protesting the 2024 Finance Bill (which sought to raise taxes), chanting ‘Ruto must go!’ However, their peaceful calls for better living standards were met with state violence: police and army forces opened fire, reportedly killing at least 63 people.

Yet, the US, usually quick to tout ‘democratic values,’ remained silent and did not sever ties with Ruto’s government. Meanwhile, in Burkina Faso, Traoré’s popular support is met with Western campaigns aimed at discrediting his leadership. Perhaps how the West views African leaders is an inappropriate yardstick for who truly serves African interests. Take the poll below and let us know your views in the comments.

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https://www.dvidshub.net/image/8782144/africom-commander-langley-key-leaders-visit-eastern-africa

https://ke.usembassy.gov/deputy-chief-of-mission-marc-d-dillard/

https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigations/2025/01/13/haiti-depth-why-kenya-led-security-mission-floundering

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7772v3j89o

https://www.dw.com/en/kenya-sends-more-troops-to-haiti-to-fight-gang-violence/a-71339807

https://www.dw.com/en/kenya-sends-more-troops-to-haiti-to-fight-gang-violence/a-71339807

https://www.blackagendareport.com/useunatos-regime-change-playbook-burkina-faso-and-captain-ibrahim-traore

https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/general_langley_opening_statements.pdf

https://khrc.or.ke/press-release/2024-a-year-of-blatant-state-repression-through-regime-policing/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jexr9yv0do