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IS BBC IMPARTIAL? WE REACT
Gary Lineker (@garylineker on X), a retired British football player and former host for BBC’s ‘Match of the Day,’ was relieved of his duties in 2023 following his refusal to apologise after comparing the UK’s asylum policy with N*zi Germany.
In a recent interview with BBC Two’s Amol Rajan (@amolrajan on X), Lineker called out BBC’s lack of impartiality while covering Israel's military onslaught in Gaza.
Join us in the comments as we expose the contradictions that exemplify Western media.
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Gary Lineker (@garylineker on X), a retired British football player and former host for BBC’s ‘Match of the Day,’ was relieved of his duties in 2023 following his refusal to apologise after comparing the UK’s asylum policy with N*zi Germany.
In a recent interview with BBC Two’s Amol Rajan (@amolrajan on X), Lineker called out BBC’s lack of impartiality while covering Israel's military onslaught in Gaza.
Join us in the comments as we expose the contradictions that exemplify Western media.
Soundbite credit: @BBC
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TRAORÉ: SPOKESMAN FOR A PEOPLE’S MOVEMENT
Imperialists are hellbent on clipping Pan-Africanist leader Ibrahim Traoré’s wings, and one way they are doing so is by portraying the Burkina Faso president as a lone ranger threatening Africa’s stability. That’s Sufi Alchemy’s assessment of the misinformation that has emerged over several months about the 37-year-old leader.
The Netherlands-based content creator argued that singling out @capitaineib226 (X) is meant to water down the anti-imperialist Pan-Africanist movement spearheaded by the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger formed the AES bloc on 6 July 2024 following successful people-backed coups d’état that ousted Western-aligned leaders in Africa’s Sahel region. They aim to create a federal Pan-African state to light the way for continental-wide governance.
Imperialists are hellbent on clipping Pan-Africanist leader Ibrahim Traoré’s wings, and one way they are doing so is by portraying the Burkina Faso president as a lone ranger threatening Africa’s stability. That’s Sufi Alchemy’s assessment of the misinformation that has emerged over several months about the 37-year-old leader.
The Netherlands-based content creator argued that singling out @capitaineib226 (X) is meant to water down the anti-imperialist Pan-Africanist movement spearheaded by the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger formed the AES bloc on 6 July 2024 following successful people-backed coups d’état that ousted Western-aligned leaders in Africa’s Sahel region. They aim to create a federal Pan-African state to light the way for continental-wide governance.
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Continued…….. Sufi Alchemy reminded viewers that Traoré isn’t alone and that the imperial playbook is predictable. If they can’t crush a movement, they will isolate its leaders.
Together with Mali’s Assimi Goïta and Niger’s Abdourahamane Tiani, Traoré is one of the recognisable flag holders of a Sahel-wide people’s movement aiming to reclaim Africa’s independence. In December 2023, thousands of Nigeriens camped around French installations to ensure troops representing the former coloniser exited Niger. Furthermore, many of the over 71 million Sahelians are solidly behind their revolutionary leaders. Plus, Pan-Africanists globally support the movement, speaking out on social media and via rallies.
Although the tip may be short, the spear’s length gives it weight and direction.
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Together with Mali’s Assimi Goïta and Niger’s Abdourahamane Tiani, Traoré is one of the recognisable flag holders of a Sahel-wide people’s movement aiming to reclaim Africa’s independence. In December 2023, thousands of Nigeriens camped around French installations to ensure troops representing the former coloniser exited Niger. Furthermore, many of the over 71 million Sahelians are solidly behind their revolutionary leaders. Plus, Pan-Africanists globally support the movement, speaking out on social media and via rallies.
Although the tip may be short, the spear’s length gives it weight and direction.
Video credit: @sufi_alchemy (IG)
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African people globally have suffered centuries of oppression. Even after so-called 'independence' on the continent, the 'abolition' of slavery, and the granting of 'civil rights' in the diaspora, our people’s subjugation and second-class citizenship have persisted. Will this be the generation that stops running and shifts the tide to bring dignity to all our people, as @aaprp (X) co-founder Kwame Ture (1941-98)—in these words widely attributed to him—demanded?
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https://www.biography.com/activists/stokely-carmichael
https://www.courant.com/2020/06/21/breathing-and-freedom-go-together-but-we-need-more-than-metaphors/
https://www.amazon.com/Stokely-Carmichael-Legacy-Activist-Movement/dp/B09RM4BS4Y
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https://www.amazon.com/Stokely-Carmichael-Legacy-Activist-Movement/dp/B09RM4BS4Y
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COUP DUNNIT? AMERICA’S SECRET ARMY
There was widespread anger among Africans after the attempted character assassination of Burkina Faso’s president by the head of US Africa Command (AFRICOM) during a recent Senate hearing. It’s not the first time General Michael E. Langley’s Senate performance has caught our eye. Back in March 2023, he admitted that the US had trained Africans who’d gone on to carry out coups on the continent.
Recall that on 3 April 2025, Langley accused Ibrahim Traoré of using Burkina Faso’s resources to fortify his own position, rather than for the greater good of his people. Slander is a tactic that’s been widely employed to manufacture consent for US interference in countries. Before Iraq was invaded in 2003, for instance, Washington falsely claimed the nation housed weapons of mass destruction. No WMDs were ever found.
The US also likes to use 'skinfolk' to push its agenda on the continent.
There was widespread anger among Africans after the attempted character assassination of Burkina Faso’s president by the head of US Africa Command (AFRICOM) during a recent Senate hearing. It’s not the first time General Michael E. Langley’s Senate performance has caught our eye. Back in March 2023, he admitted that the US had trained Africans who’d gone on to carry out coups on the continent.
Recall that on 3 April 2025, Langley accused Ibrahim Traoré of using Burkina Faso’s resources to fortify his own position, rather than for the greater good of his people. Slander is a tactic that’s been widely employed to manufacture consent for US interference in countries. Before Iraq was invaded in 2003, for instance, Washington falsely claimed the nation housed weapons of mass destruction. No WMDs were ever found.
The US also likes to use 'skinfolk' to push its agenda on the continent.
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Continued……. Libya, for example, was invaded under the leadership of the first Black president, Barack Obama. As a result of the 2011 operation, Muammar Gaddafi was k*lled and the country, once thriving, was plunged into ruin. It’s now widely accepted that Gaddafi was k*lled because he refused to bend to the will of Western powers and sought the unification of Africa.
Traoré, who rose to power through a widely supported coup in 2022, has, like Gaddafi, also refused to be a puppet. Following in the footsteps of Thomas Sankara, he is working to build a Burkina Faso that works for the betterment of the people instead of the enrichment of the West. Hailed as a true revolutionary on the continent and beyond, Traoré is clearly a threat to Western interests - so Washington is trying to stain his reputation.
Langley doing the master's dirty work is a reminder that not all skinfolk are kinfolk. Despite his skin colour, he serves the interests of the US, not those of the oppressed and marginalised peoples of the world.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/07/usa.iraq1
Traoré, who rose to power through a widely supported coup in 2022, has, like Gaddafi, also refused to be a puppet. Following in the footsteps of Thomas Sankara, he is working to build a Burkina Faso that works for the betterment of the people instead of the enrichment of the West. Hailed as a true revolutionary on the continent and beyond, Traoré is clearly a threat to Western interests - so Washington is trying to stain his reputation.
Langley doing the master's dirty work is a reminder that not all skinfolk are kinfolk. Despite his skin colour, he serves the interests of the US, not those of the oppressed and marginalised peoples of the world.
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https://burkina-faso.news-pravda.com/en/burkina-faso/2025/04/16/1724.html
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Burkina Faso Protests Against US General's 'Erroneous Assertions' on Mineral Resources Management
The Burkinabe Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly denied the statements made by General Michael Langley, the head of the United States Africa Command (US Africom), in early April. "By claiming that Burkina Faso's mineral resources, as well as certain...
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A man's most dangerous enemies are his neighbours, those closest to him, according to the holy Bible.
That's undoubtedly true of Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso's Pan-African leader. A French disinformation campaign against him is being boosted by media channels in neighbouring Nigeria.
Agence France-Presse (AFP), a French establishment mouthpiece, recently wrote an article headlined "Disinformation Fuels Support For Burkina Faso Junta Leader In Nigeria", an apparent attempt to dim Traoré's star among young Nigerians, millions of whom admire the 37-year-old revolutionary leader. The article was picked up and published word-for-word by several Nigerian publications, such as daily newspaper, The Guardian, and Channels Television, one of Nigeria's biggest and oldest television stations.
That's undoubtedly true of Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso's Pan-African leader. A French disinformation campaign against him is being boosted by media channels in neighbouring Nigeria.
Agence France-Presse (AFP), a French establishment mouthpiece, recently wrote an article headlined "Disinformation Fuels Support For Burkina Faso Junta Leader In Nigeria", an apparent attempt to dim Traoré's star among young Nigerians, millions of whom admire the 37-year-old revolutionary leader. The article was picked up and published word-for-word by several Nigerian publications, such as daily newspaper, The Guardian, and Channels Television, one of Nigeria's biggest and oldest television stations.
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Continued……ADF magazine, an online magazine run by the US military's Africa Command (AFRICOM) also amplified Channels TV's anti-Traoré piece on its social media accounts, highlighting the existence of a combined western campaign to discredit the Burkinabe leader.
The article alleges that Traoré's growing popularity in Nigeria is the fruit of misleading Russian propaganda aimed at casting him as a messianic figure and a viable option compared to Western-aligned African leaders. Nigerian authorities have even gone a step further, arresting activists for planning a rally in solidarity with Traoré's resistance against French neo-colonialism in West Africa.
It's easy to see why Paris is co-opting Abuja to help claw back its diminishing influence in Africa. The Sahel trio of anti-imperialist nations - Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger - have kicked out French troops, slashed French media influence, started nationalising their natural resources and formed an alliance to collaborate on defence, the economy and foreign policy.
Nigerian media–and its French overlords, would do well to remind themselves that "nothing can stop an idea whose time has come"–(Victor Hugo).
Sources
https://westafricaweekly.com/nigerian-media-amplifies-french-led-disinformation-campaign-falsely-attributing-traores-popularity-to-russia/
https://www.barrons.com/news/disinformation-fuels-support-for-burkina-junta-leader-in-nigeria-baee68bc?refsec=topics_afp-news
https://adf-magazine.com/2024/02/russia-flooding-burkina-faso-with-disinformation/
https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/nigerias-secret-police-clamps-down-on-rally-for-burkina-fasos-traore-arrests/y1ql10z
The article alleges that Traoré's growing popularity in Nigeria is the fruit of misleading Russian propaganda aimed at casting him as a messianic figure and a viable option compared to Western-aligned African leaders. Nigerian authorities have even gone a step further, arresting activists for planning a rally in solidarity with Traoré's resistance against French neo-colonialism in West Africa.
It's easy to see why Paris is co-opting Abuja to help claw back its diminishing influence in Africa. The Sahel trio of anti-imperialist nations - Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger - have kicked out French troops, slashed French media influence, started nationalising their natural resources and formed an alliance to collaborate on defence, the economy and foreign policy.
Nigerian media–and its French overlords, would do well to remind themselves that "nothing can stop an idea whose time has come"–(Victor Hugo).
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https://westafricaweekly.com/nigerian-media-amplifies-french-led-disinformation-campaign-falsely-attributing-traores-popularity-to-russia/
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https://adf-magazine.com/2024/02/russia-flooding-burkina-faso-with-disinformation/
https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/nigerias-secret-police-clamps-down-on-rally-for-burkina-fasos-traore-arrests/y1ql10z
West Africa Weekly
Nigerian Media Amplifies French-Led Disinformation Campaign Falsely Attributing Traore's Popularity to Russia
A report originally published by French international news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) is currently being reproduced by Nigerian media platforms including
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RYAN HINTON: A FAMILY'S GRIEF
Grief feels so much like fear, to quote author C.S. Lewis.
It's a sickening feeling that is all too familiar to many Black people in the US who contend with and are victims of police brutality. Such is the case of the family of 18-year-old Ryan Hinton, who was fatally shot by Ohio Cincinnati police on 1 May. 2025. The following day, Hinton's father, Rodney Hinton Jr., allegedly struck and killed Hamilton County Sheriff's Deputy Larry Henderson with his car. Deputy Henderson was directing traffic for a University of Cincinnati graduation ceremony at the time.
Cincinnati Police Chief stated that the two tragic incidents are connected. Rodney Hinton Jr. has been charged with aggravated murder in the death of Deputy Henderson and is currently being held without bond.
Grief feels so much like fear, to quote author C.S. Lewis.
It's a sickening feeling that is all too familiar to many Black people in the US who contend with and are victims of police brutality. Such is the case of the family of 18-year-old Ryan Hinton, who was fatally shot by Ohio Cincinnati police on 1 May. 2025. The following day, Hinton's father, Rodney Hinton Jr., allegedly struck and killed Hamilton County Sheriff's Deputy Larry Henderson with his car. Deputy Henderson was directing traffic for a University of Cincinnati graduation ceremony at the time.
Cincinnati Police Chief stated that the two tragic incidents are connected. Rodney Hinton Jr. has been charged with aggravated murder in the death of Deputy Henderson and is currently being held without bond.
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Continued…….. His attorney plans to file a motion for a mental competency hearing. The family of Ryan Hinton has launched an independent investigation into his death. They have also offered condolences to the family of Deputy Henderson.
The Cincinnati Police Department released body camera footage of the shooting of Ryan Hinton. The footage shows an officer shooting at Hinton, who appeared to be running away. Police say Hinton was armed and pointed a gun at the officer, but it is unclear from the footage if this is the case, with many who have viewed the footage doubting the police's version of events.
Data from Mapping Police Violence, a project aimed at delivering precise statistics on police-related fatalities, shows that in 2024, US police killed 1,364 individuals—8 more than in 2023. Even though Black people are 13% of the US population, they accounted for 22.72% of police killings in 2024, highlighting the fact that despite the enactment of the Civil Rights Act, Black people still face systematic discrimination from US law enforcement. Such structural targeting and racial profiling occur at every level of the US justice system, from legislation to policing to biased incarceration.
Video credit: WCPO 9
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/us/police-killings-prosecution-charges.html
The Cincinnati Police Department released body camera footage of the shooting of Ryan Hinton. The footage shows an officer shooting at Hinton, who appeared to be running away. Police say Hinton was armed and pointed a gun at the officer, but it is unclear from the footage if this is the case, with many who have viewed the footage doubting the police's version of events.
Data from Mapping Police Violence, a project aimed at delivering precise statistics on police-related fatalities, shows that in 2024, US police killed 1,364 individuals—8 more than in 2023. Even though Black people are 13% of the US population, they accounted for 22.72% of police killings in 2024, highlighting the fact that despite the enactment of the Civil Rights Act, Black people still face systematic discrimination from US law enforcement. Such structural targeting and racial profiling occur at every level of the US justice system, from legislation to policing to biased incarceration.
Video credit: WCPO 9
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TIMELINE: What we know about the deaths of 18-year-old Ryan Hinton and deputy Larry Henderson
Here's everything we know — and don't yet know — about the events that led up to the deaths of Ryan Hinton and Larry Henderson.
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HAITI: THE EXCEPTION THAT PROVES THE U.S. EMPIRE’S ‘RULE’
Did you notice that the US exempted Haiti from its recent sweeping foreign aid cuts? Alas, no - under Trump, Washington has not suddenly become a fan of the world’s first Black-led republic. On the contrary, it’s funding a so-called ‘security’ mission there that continues a long tradition of US meddling on the Caribbean island - even if, this time round, Washington persuaded countries of the Global South (such as Kenya, Guatemala, Jamaica, Belize and The Bahamas) to front the operation and put their own boots on the ground.
Did you notice that the US exempted Haiti from its recent sweeping foreign aid cuts? Alas, no - under Trump, Washington has not suddenly become a fan of the world’s first Black-led republic. On the contrary, it’s funding a so-called ‘security’ mission there that continues a long tradition of US meddling on the Caribbean island - even if, this time round, Washington persuaded countries of the Global South (such as Kenya, Guatemala, Jamaica, Belize and The Bahamas) to front the operation and put their own boots on the ground.
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Continued……. Since the 1804 revolution, Haiti has faced continuous interference from the US and other foreign powers. This has prevented it from flourishing and exercising sovereignty. If it wasn't invasions, it was coups and puppet leaders installed by Washington, or economic sabotage. And the US isn’t going to let a grandstanding policy like ending foreign aid get in the way of the kind of control that enables, as African Stream’s @Sannario_ explains in our latest video.
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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Removes DEI From the Foreign Service
RESTORING THE VALUES OF INDIVIDUAL DIGNITY, HARD WORK, AND EXCELLENCE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a memorandum removing radical “Diversity,
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SUDAN BREAKS UAE TIES CLOSES EMBASSY
Sudan has cut diplomatic ties with the UAE, accusing it of supplying the RSF with weapons used in recent drone attacks on Port Sudan. The strikes targeted key infrastructure and caused major damage. Sudan has vowed to defend its sovereignty, while bodies like the African Union and countries like Egypt have condemned the attacks. Evidence has repeatedly linked the RSF to the UAE despite denials by Abu Dhabi. The conflict has killed more than 150,000 people according to former U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan, Tom Perriello, and displaced millions, creating the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
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Sudan has cut diplomatic ties with the UAE, accusing it of supplying the RSF with weapons used in recent drone attacks on Port Sudan. The strikes targeted key infrastructure and caused major damage. Sudan has vowed to defend its sovereignty, while bodies like the African Union and countries like Egypt have condemned the attacks. Evidence has repeatedly linked the RSF to the UAE despite denials by Abu Dhabi. The conflict has killed more than 150,000 people according to former U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan, Tom Perriello, and displaced millions, creating the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
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https://archive.ph/OkgaW
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Continued….. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-accuses-rsf-of-sudan-genocide-and-sanctions-its-leader/ar-AA1x9ZAb
https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/sudan/humanitarian-crisis-sudan-statement-humanitarian-coordination-forum-hcf
https://dtm.iom.int/reports/two-years-conflict-sudan-visualizing-worlds-largest-displacement-crisis
https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/sudan/humanitarian-crisis-sudan-statement-humanitarian-coordination-forum-hcf
https://dtm.iom.int/reports/two-years-conflict-sudan-visualizing-worlds-largest-displacement-crisis
MSN
US accuses RSF of Sudan genocide and sanctions its leader
The paramilitary group is accused of the "systematic" murder of men and boys and brutal sexual violence.
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NIGERIA BANS BURKINA RALLY
It appears that the 2 years Burkina Faso has spent under revolutionary leadership has sent jitters down the spines of Nigeria's leadership. Pan-Africanism is apparently now banned in Nigeria.
Or at least that's what Nigerian activist Kola Edokpayi discovered when he organised a Pan-African solidarity rally in support of Burkina Faso. The rally was to be held in the spirit of countless other rallies around the world that took place on the same day in defence of Burkina Faso and its leader Ibrahim Traore against attacks from the US. He immediately received a cease-and-desist order from the Edo State Commissioner of Police.
And cease he did, but that was just the start. The Department of State Services and the police stormed his office, detained about six individuals, and later released four, keeping Edokpayi and another associate in custody. The act has been condemned by the Edo State chapter of the Take It Back Movement, calling it a violation of constitutional rights.
It appears that the 2 years Burkina Faso has spent under revolutionary leadership has sent jitters down the spines of Nigeria's leadership. Pan-Africanism is apparently now banned in Nigeria.
Or at least that's what Nigerian activist Kola Edokpayi discovered when he organised a Pan-African solidarity rally in support of Burkina Faso. The rally was to be held in the spirit of countless other rallies around the world that took place on the same day in defence of Burkina Faso and its leader Ibrahim Traore against attacks from the US. He immediately received a cease-and-desist order from the Edo State Commissioner of Police.
And cease he did, but that was just the start. The Department of State Services and the police stormed his office, detained about six individuals, and later released four, keeping Edokpayi and another associate in custody. The act has been condemned by the Edo State chapter of the Take It Back Movement, calling it a violation of constitutional rights.
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Continued………President Bola Tinubu's government has maintained a position of hostility against the Alliance of Sahel States, which Burkina Faso is a member of. Following the popular revolutionary coup against Western favourite Mohamed Bazoum in Niger, Tinubu, who then chaired ECOWAS, pushed firmly for an ECOWAS invasion to reinstate Bazoum. Solidarity from Mali and Burkina Faso with Niger is credited with eventually giving ECOWAS cold feet. Since then, there have been no conciliatory moves from Abuja.
Let us know what you think. Why did Nigeria ban rallies in support of Burkina Faso?
Sources
https://westafricaweekly.com/dss-arrests-nigerian-activist-kola-edokpayi-over-proposed-rally-supporting-burkina-fasos-fight-against-foreign-interference/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/6/niger-coup-divisions-as-ecowas-military-threat-fails-to-play-out
Let us know what you think. Why did Nigeria ban rallies in support of Burkina Faso?
Sources
https://westafricaweekly.com/dss-arrests-nigerian-activist-kola-edokpayi-over-proposed-rally-supporting-burkina-fasos-fight-against-foreign-interference/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/6/niger-coup-divisions-as-ecowas-military-threat-fails-to-play-out
West Africa Weekly
DSS Arrests Nigerian Activist Kola Edokpayi Over Proposed Rally Supporting Burkina Faso’s Fight Against Foreign Interference
Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested activist and Talakawa Parliament leader Comrade Kola Edokpayi in Benin City, Edo State. The arres
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YEMENI CHILD TO PALESTINE: WE WILL NOT BETRAY YOU
In a world where global powers feign neutrality while funding a 'plausible' g*nocide, a Yemeni child sends a powerful message to the people of Palestine. Speaking directly to the children of Gaza, he pledges unwavering solidarity, promising to never betray the Palestinian liberation struggle against almost 77 years of Israel’s violent settler-colonial occupation and apartheid.
Gaza has been under siege by Israel's forces since 7 October 2023. By early July 2024, the Lancet medical journal estimated the onslaught could have k*lled as many as 186,000 people. According to a November 2024 UN report, Israel had displaced at least 1.9 million people—or about 90 per cent of the population—across the Gaza Strip. Plus, Israel's airstrikes have destroyed over 90 per cent of homes.
In a world where global powers feign neutrality while funding a 'plausible' g*nocide, a Yemeni child sends a powerful message to the people of Palestine. Speaking directly to the children of Gaza, he pledges unwavering solidarity, promising to never betray the Palestinian liberation struggle against almost 77 years of Israel’s violent settler-colonial occupation and apartheid.
Gaza has been under siege by Israel's forces since 7 October 2023. By early July 2024, the Lancet medical journal estimated the onslaught could have k*lled as many as 186,000 people. According to a November 2024 UN report, Israel had displaced at least 1.9 million people—or about 90 per cent of the population—across the Gaza Strip. Plus, Israel's airstrikes have destroyed over 90 per cent of homes.
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Continued…….More than 39,000 children are now reported to be orphaned, according to a 5 April statement by Dr Ola Awad, president of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. Awad also called it ‘the largest orphan crisis in modern history,’ with over 43 per cent of orphaned children losing both parents.
Ansar Allah, the Yemeni political movement better known as the Houthis that governs parts of Yemen where the majority lives, has become one of the most consistent voices in the Global South standing with Palestine. Recently, on 7 March, it warned Israel it would resume naval operations against Tel Aviv if it did not immediately end a humanitarian aid block in Gaza.
Yemen's solidarity actions have led the US and Israel to strike Yemeni targets, including a cancer hospital in March, according to Yemen-based Saba news agency. While the US presents its airstrikes on Yemen as a response to Yemen’s blockade of ships that has interrupted and slowed down global shipping, many see the strikes as a guise for their continued protection for Israel and against the Houthis’ open support for Palestine.
In a heartwarming show of solidarity, the young boy in this clip says the foreign fleets in the Red Sea will not scare them into submission and silence as Israel's massacres continue in Gaza.
Video credit: english.masirahtv.net
Sources
https://www.unrwa.org/resources/reports/unrwa-situation-report-148-situation-gaza-strip-and-west-bank-including-east-jerusalem
https://www.dailysabah.com/world/mid-east/over-90-of-homes-in-gaza-destroyed-by-israel-un
https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/portals/_pcbs/PressRelease/Press_En_ChildDay05042025E.pdf
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2585353/middle-east
https://www.unicef.org/sop/stories/without-immediate-food-and-aid-lives-gazas-children-hang-balance
https://www.un.org/unispal/document/gaza-strip-ipc-report-sep24-apr25
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/houthi-united-states-strikes-gaza-blockade-israel-shipping
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250428-houthis-attack-israel-airbase-for-second-time-in-24-hours
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/04/1162696
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/8/yemens-houthis-threaten-israel-over-gaza-aid-blockade
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3/fulltext
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02678-3/fulltext
https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/the-lancet-and-genocide-by-slow-death-in-gaza/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTwjgcetyWk
https://qodsna.com/en/402972/Yemen:-Massive-rallies-in-solidarity-with-Gaza-in-Sana-%EF%BF%BDa-and-Saada
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3456056.htm
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/3/gaza-faces-largest-orphan-crisis-in-modern-history-report-says
Ansar Allah, the Yemeni political movement better known as the Houthis that governs parts of Yemen where the majority lives, has become one of the most consistent voices in the Global South standing with Palestine. Recently, on 7 March, it warned Israel it would resume naval operations against Tel Aviv if it did not immediately end a humanitarian aid block in Gaza.
Yemen's solidarity actions have led the US and Israel to strike Yemeni targets, including a cancer hospital in March, according to Yemen-based Saba news agency. While the US presents its airstrikes on Yemen as a response to Yemen’s blockade of ships that has interrupted and slowed down global shipping, many see the strikes as a guise for their continued protection for Israel and against the Houthis’ open support for Palestine.
In a heartwarming show of solidarity, the young boy in this clip says the foreign fleets in the Red Sea will not scare them into submission and silence as Israel's massacres continue in Gaza.
Video credit: english.masirahtv.net
Sources
https://www.unrwa.org/resources/reports/unrwa-situation-report-148-situation-gaza-strip-and-west-bank-including-east-jerusalem
https://www.dailysabah.com/world/mid-east/over-90-of-homes-in-gaza-destroyed-by-israel-un
https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/portals/_pcbs/PressRelease/Press_En_ChildDay05042025E.pdf
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2585353/middle-east
https://www.unicef.org/sop/stories/without-immediate-food-and-aid-lives-gazas-children-hang-balance
https://www.un.org/unispal/document/gaza-strip-ipc-report-sep24-apr25
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/houthi-united-states-strikes-gaza-blockade-israel-shipping
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250428-houthis-attack-israel-airbase-for-second-time-in-24-hours
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/04/1162696
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/8/yemens-houthis-threaten-israel-over-gaza-aid-blockade
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3/fulltext
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02678-3/fulltext
https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/the-lancet-and-genocide-by-slow-death-in-gaza/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTwjgcetyWk
https://qodsna.com/en/402972/Yemen:-Massive-rallies-in-solidarity-with-Gaza-in-Sana-%EF%BF%BDa-and-Saada
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3456056.htm
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/3/gaza-faces-largest-orphan-crisis-in-modern-history-report-says
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