WHAT BBC PARTIALITY TELLS US OF AFRICOM'S LANGLEY

Africans should be aware and cautious of the empire’s ability to change its face to be more palatable without a fundamental change in form and substance. One of these tricks involves carefully filtering candidates and employees to advance its agenda.

As part of our reaction to former footballer Gary Lineker’s (@GaryLineker on X) recent BBC interview, when he took a journalist, Amol Rajan (@amolrajan on X), to task on impartiality, we watched US intellectual Noam Chomsky offer another perspective. In the 1996 soundbite we played, he said BBC hosts do not self-censor but believe their positions due to years of imperial grooming. Chomsky says it's no accident, as BBC journalist Andrew Marr (@andrewmarr9 on X) would not have been hired if he held opinions to the contrary.

Continued……. We can see that with the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), which, despite serving white-supremacist interests in Washington, has a Black face as its commander in the form of General Michael Langley. This contradiction, again, is no accident, as Langley probably sincerely believes his stance from years of conditioning to believe in US supremacy. On 3 April, he testified to the US Senate Armed Services Committee that Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore is using the country’s reclaimed gold to protect himself at the cost of the people. Africans worldwide took their indignation at Langley’s comments to the streets on 30 April, perhaps paving the way for an African awakening demanding sovereignty.

What other examples can you think of regarding empires grooming people to work against ordinary people? Please share your thoughts.

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Soundbite credit: @BBC

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MEDICAL APARTHEID: GAZA PATIENTS LEFT TO D*E

In this recent clip, a doctor who volunteered in Gaza explains that hospitals there are collapsing due to Israel's escalated siege causing catastrophic shortages of equipment, fuel, and staff, as well as its airstrikes destroying health infrastructure. These conditions are leading to avoidable deaths, including those of children, the elderly and the chronically ill.

In April 2025, Israeli warplanes put al-Ahli Arab Hospital out of service, one of at least 36 hospitals that Israel has struck since October 2023, often with 2,000-pound US bombs to allegedly destroy H*mas 'bunkers.' According to the British charity Medical Aid for Palestinians, Israel had k*lled at least 1,400 healthcare workers between October 2023 and May 2025. Targeting medical facilities and personnel is a war crime, according to the Geneva Conventions.

Continued…….. In addition to air strikes, hospitals are short on life-saving materials due to the Israeli blockade on food, medical supplies, and humanitarian aid to Gaza. Dozens of trucks brimming with aid remain stuck at border crossings. In July 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Gaza's health sector needs approximately 80,000 litres of fuel daily, as the lack thereof has diminished the life-saving capacity of Gaza’s healthcare system. In particular, Israel's onslaught has halted cancer treatment, cardiac procedures, maternity services, and dialysis in Gaza. Fuel shortages have plunged hospitals into darkness, forcing physicians to work by the light of their cell phones.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 11 per cent of children in some areas of Gaza are experiencing ‘global acute malnutrition,’ with 57 child deaths due to starvation reported between 2 March, when Israel reimposed an aid blockade, and 13 May. The crisis has forced Al-Shifa Hospital to treat about 5,000 patients per day, more than seven times its 700-patient capacity. Doctors perform surgeries without proper anaesthesia and antibiotics while bandages run low.

Video credit: @60minutes (X) / @cbs (X)

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KILL THE BOER SONG EXPLAINED

On 21 May, US President Donald Trump hosted his South African counterpart at the White House. Cyril Ramaphosa had hoped the meeting would end months of sour relations between the two countries after Trump repeatedly made baseless allegations that White South Africans are persecuted.

However, thanks to Trump, the meeting quickly turned into a PowerPoint presentation of outright fake news and half-truths. From a video that Trump falsely claimed showed gravesites of victims of the alleged mass killings of White South Africans, to lies about the South African government allowing violent land grabs, the US president dished it all out.

However, most of Trump's venom was directed towards one man: Julius Malema, the leader of South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) opposition party. According to Trump, he was the one leading the alleged persecution.

Continued………Trump played a 2023 video of Malema singing an apartheid-era song - K*ll the Boer. Trump claimed the song was a call for the k*lling of White people. Fake news!

In fact, the song emerged during the struggle against apartheid. 'Boer' means farmer in Afrikaans, the language spoken by South Africans of Dutch descent. However, in the South African context, it loosely refers to all White people who are of Dutch origin, the group that designed, crafted and dominated the apartheid system.

So when freedom fighters sang about 'k*lling the Boer,' they were not talking about k*lling individual Boers but about bringing down the racist, oppressive system of apartheid. And now, when Malema and his EFF supporters sing about shooting the Boer, they are talking about ridding the country of the remnants of that system, which perpetuates the economic misery that many Black South Africans still endure.

The song calls for an end to the race-based economic inequality that’s seen the White-minority continue to hold the lion's share of the national cake. These are facts that Trump already knows but chooses to ignore. But when were facts ever important to Trump?

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BURKINA FASO DOOMSDAY REPORTS EXPLAINED

The mainstream media have presented a dire image of Burkina Faso in recent weeks. Western analysts suggest that the country’s military under President Ibrahim Traoré has failed to repel terrorists groups. Videos of armed militants have been circulated to reinforce the idea of a collapsing state. However, this narrative overlooks key developments and appears suspiciously timed, surfacing shortly after Traoré's public alignment with Russia and criticism of Western powers.

Continued……. The Burkinabe government asserts it is regaining control. Key indicators - such as a sharp drop in inflation and increased agricultural output - support that claim. Construction and infrastructure development further contradict the image of a failed state.

The supposed experts cited in panic-mongering reports often lack direct ties to the region and are backed by Western defence-funded think tanks or European Union institutions. This casts doubt on the true motive behind the doomsday reports.

As David Hundeyin (@davidhundeyin on IG) argues in this video, what’s being sold as news may actually be strategic disinformation designed to manipulate public opinion and justify foreign political agendas in West Africa. What’s your take?

Video credit to @HotSpotHotSpot (X)

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AFRICA LIBERATION DAY: GHANAIANS SUPPORT TRAORÉ AND AES

On 25 May, Ghanaians marched with slogans such as ‘Hands Off the AES!’, affirming their support for the recently formed Alliance of the Sahel States, comprising Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. In 2024, the trio exited the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regional bloc and formed the AES confederation after ousting Western-aligned leaders in people-backed coups d’état. They went on to expel former French colonial forces from their countries and reclaim natural resources from foreign entities.

Continued…….. The AES has become a powerful symbol of African resistance against neocolonialism and imperialist interference. Many view its leadership, particularly the charismatic Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré, embodying what the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now the African Union (AU), should have been for the continent when it formed on 25 May 1963.

Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah (1909-72), envisioned an Africa united in name and action. He advocated for a sovereign continent where African countries would come together to restore the dignity of their people and integrate economically, socially, and politically. In his words, ‘No sporadic act nor pious resolution can resolve our present problems. Nothing will be of avail, except the united act of a united Africa.’

More than ever, we are witnessing a unity forged in a call to reject the betrayal of Nkrumah’s dream and to stand united against imperialism. Many are calling for a return to the visions of our ancestors, and the AES has come to represent more than a regional alliance. It has evolved into a movement of Africans globally. Being the most outspoken of the three leaders - alongside his revolutionary comrades, Mali’s Assimi Goïta and Niger’s Abdourahamane Tiani - Traoré has earned Africans’ loyalty and love for his razor-sharp stance against imperialism.

Video credits: @ghbrain_ (IG) & @magikal_gh (IG)

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TOGO’S TRADITIONAL LEADERS PRAY FOR IBRAHIM TRAORE

Leaders of Togo’s traditional religions have chosen a representative among themselves to carry an essential message to the people of Burkina Faso: “We support President Ibrahim Traoré and will pray for his success and the prosperity of Burkina Faso.” These Togolese religious leaders are transmiting their message at a time when Africans around the world are raising their voices to call for the protection and defence of the revolutionary young Burkinabé leader.

This religious community and those who lead it are an essential cornerstone of Togolese culture and society. According to the United States government 2022 report on International Religious Freedom, about 36.9 per cent of Togo’s population practises African Traditional Religion (ATR), making it the second largest religion after Christianity. Thus, the call from these leaders to protect and defend President Traoré can potentially impact a significant sector of Togo’s population.

Continued……. On 21 April 2025, Burkina Faso foiled its sixth reported destabilisation plot, which reportedly targeted traditional and religious leaders, members of the Volunteers for the Defence of the Homeland (VDP), and the Burkina Faso Defence and Security Forces. Loyal soldiers and members of the VDP came forward to expose the plot before it could be executed Many frontline anti-Traoré plotters have since gone into hiding or have fled the country.

With all this going on, it is easy to understand the necessity of a worldwide movement calling for Traoré’s protection, prosperity, and support.

Have you attended any mobilisations or events in solidarity with Burkina Faso recently?

Video Credit: @L_Activiste226

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https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/togo/

On 21 May, Uganda's Parliament passed a controversial bill to revive military tribunals to try civilians, only months after the East African country's highest court ruled the practice unconstitutional. 

President Yoweri Museveni supports military tribunals in cases of weapons possession, escalating fears that he would sign the bill into law, thus allowing Uganda's military to prosecute dissenting civilians in a country where political repression has intensified under Museveni’s four-decade rule. 

In January 2025, the Supreme Court ruled that the military should not try civilians and directed all such prosecutions to cease immediately. Many viewed the historic ruling as a rare victory for judicial independence. However, Museveni rejected the ruling, publicly rejecting the court’s directive. With this new legislation, he is moving to rewrite the law, restoring the army’s grip over civil justice.

Continued……. The bill introduced on 13 May allows military courts to try civilians for possessing arms, ammunition or military-grade equipment. Justice Minister Nobert Mao has said the bill seeks to redefine 'exceptional circumstances' that would lead military courts to try civilians. However, critics say the law is designed to be indefinite and opens up the possibility of wholesale abuse. 

The National Unity Platform (@nup_ug on IG), Uganda's main opposition party, condemned the bill, arguing the government will use it to persecute political opponents and anyone seen as a threat to state power. Two of Museveni’s most visible challengers, NUP 2021 presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (known as @bobiwine) and Dr Kizza Besigye (@kizzabesigye) of the Forum for Democratic Change (@fdcofficial_1), have faced military-style crackdowns for staging protests and speaking out against Museveni.

What might this bill mean for people's movements in Uganda? Let us know in the comments.

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ISRAEL ISN'T SEEKING PEACE, BUT AVOIDING JUSTICE

In this 2023 clip, Irish Member of Parliament Richard B. Barrett contested that Israel is interested in peace, pointing to Israel’s long record of continued settler-colonial expansion as it continues to seize control of Palestinian and Syrian lands.

Israel was created to advance Western imperialism and destroyed over 500 Palestinian villages and expelled 750,000 Palestinians from their homes when the settler colony was established in 1948, known as the Nakba by Palestinians.

In 1967, Israel began its illegal occupation of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, Syria’s Golan Heights and the Sinai Peninsula (which it gave back to Egypt after a peace deal).

The colonial occupation and expansion continue to this day. For example, as of 2023, over 730,000 Israeli settlers occupy the West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to Brussels-based NGO International Crisis Group.

Continued……. In this clip, Barrett argued Palestinians have a right to protect themselves from Israeli apartheid, as laid out in a 1990 UN General Assembly resolution.

To Pan-Africanists, Israel's tactics recall colonial methods that Africans fought to uproot: Land theft, racial oppression and collective punishment. Zi*nists had considered occupying parts of Africa before settling on seizing Palestine. Over the decades, Israel has shared counter-insurgency tools, repressive policing measures, and surveillance technologies for governments to use against Africans and grassroots social movements worldwide.

Therefore, African solidarity with Palestine is not symbolic but historical and strategic. Anyone invested in the liberation of Africa must see Israel's refusal to end its onslaught in Gaza for what it is: A refusal to end apartheid and settler-colonialism. Peace is impossible without justice, and justice requires decolonisation.

Video credit: @partisan_12 (X)

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PIERS MORGAN CONCEDES ISRAEL G*NOCIDING GAZA

Not too long ago, a headline saying, ‘Piers Morgan Sides With Mehdi Over Israel's Genoc*de in Gaza’ would have been unthinkable.

Not anymore.

For years, Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan on X), an outspoken pro-Israel media personality, and Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan on X), a pro-Palestine journalist, have represented different ends of the political spectrum on the matter of Israel’s 77-year occupation.

Sharp exchanges and fundamental disagreements characterise their on-air debates.

However, as of 21 May, the pair is finally aligned on Israel's onslaught in Gaza, about which Francesca Albanese, the UN's Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, said in March 2024 that there are reasonable grounds to believe Israel is committing g*nocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

Continued…….. As the 7 October escalation quickly evolved into a full-blown military onslaught by Tel Aviv, Mehdi Hasan asserted Israel's actions constituted a clear plan for the cleansing of the Gaza Strip (one of the crimes that constitute g*nocide). In contrast, Piers Morgan and many Western establishment mouthpieces kept denying the facts, insisting no g*nocide was taking place.

Now, the G-word is going mainstream, with reputable legal scholars agreeing that Israel's military onslaught and ongoing blockade of Gaza constitute g*nocide, according to Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamse Courant.

British medical journal The Lancet put the death toll at over 186,000 in a July 2024 report. According to UN Women, Israel has k*lled over 28,000 women and girls since 7 October 2023, with one woman and one girl k*lled every hour. Since Israel reinstated a complete blockade on humanitarian aid in March, ending a 19 January ceasefire, it has k*lled almost 3,000 Palestinians. As of 12 May, around 500,000 are currently experiencing ‘severe food deprivation,’ according to the UN’s Integrated Food Security Phase Classification.

History will not forget Morgan and others like him who dutifully parroted imperialist lies about the origin, nature, and policy of imperialist-backed Israeli settler-colonialism in Palestine.

Video credit: Piers Morgan Uncensored (@piersmorganuncensored on X, IG, FB, TT)

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MALEMA SLAMS U.S. POLITICS: "THEY WOULDN'T DARE IN MY PRESENSE"

In this video, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema came out at US President Donald Trump following a live telecast of Trump's confrontation with President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House. Trump showed decontextualised videos of Malema and accused him of inciting violence against white farmers, an assertion based on the long-refuted "white genocide" conspiracy theory.

Malema retaliated against Trump and Ramaphosa, calling them cowards, liars, and disrespectful. He also reiterated the EFF's position on land reform and dismissed the US government's interference in South African politics.

Continued……The White House incident has prompted broader debate across the continent. Many Africans see Trump's comments as part of a long tradition of Western powers using disinformation and racial anxiety to sabotage African independence. The attempt to frame African leaders and liberation movements as threatening or illegitimate is an old tactic dating back to the colonial era, which has been reinforced using powerful propaganda, foreign economic pressure, and diplomatic humiliation.

Across Africa, the struggles for land reform, economic sovereignty, and national self-definition remain unwon. Malema's response has been interpreted by many as a necessary assertion of African dignity in the face of continuing Western aggression and condescension. Transcending South Africa, this event has morphed into a broader conversation about how Africa handles foreign narratives that still attempt to distort its realities and stunt its political progress from beyond Africa's borders.

Video Credit: @Joe__Bassey (X)

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KENYA HOSTS AFRICOM CONFERENCE WEEKS AFTER TRAORE ATTACK

The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) is set to host a conference for African Defence Chiefs in Nairobi, Kenya, starting on 28 May 2025. According to Brigadier General George Dietrich, the conference will involve fields such as emerging technologies, professional military education, and civilian-military cooperation.

It comes barely 5 weeks after AFRICOM commander General Michael Langley accused Burkina Faso's leader Ibrahim Traore of using the country's gold to consolidate power. His comments sparked outrage across the continent and the global African diaspora, as events on the ground, such as economic growth, increased security capacity, and removal of colonial-era barriers with Mali and Niger, all point toward leadership that is in tune with the people's wishes. Langley's statements were likened to consent-manufacturing operations deployed against previous icons such as Muammar Gaddafi in the build-up to violent regime-change operations.