Continued………Prince’s record does not boost confidence that this will be in the interests of Haiti. In 2007, his team k*lled 14 civilians in Iraq, a crime Trump pardoned in 2020. Prince helped recruit and train Colombian mercenaries for the United Arab Emirates in 2011. Interestingly, the foreign-backed proxy war in Sudan since April 2023 has involved UAE-hired Colombian mercenaries supporting the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces. In 2021, the United Nations accused Prince of violating an arms embargo on Libya.
Considering the disastrous history of foreign interventions in Haiti since its 1804 Black-led revolution, Prince’s move in Haiti doesn’t seem like a break from normal proceedings. During the UN ‘peacekeeping’ intervention from 2004 to 2017, Haitians reported abuses, such as civilian k*llings and s*xual assault. UN soldiers discharging sewerage into a river also caused the deaths of at least 10,000 Haitians.
Kenyan police are now leading a US-backed, UN-sanctioned multistate occupation of Haiti to fight gangs.
Sources say these gangs that the US and the West claim they have been trying to defeat are backed and armed by the Haitian bourgeoisie that collaborates with foreign powers.
What does Erik Prince’s involvement mean for the people of Haiti? Let us know in the comments.
Image credit: @DeptofDefense on X
Sources
https://archive.ph/OrHuz
https://theintercept.com/2018/01/10/haiti-raid-united-nations-police-grand-ravine/
https://jacobin.com/2023/10/haiti-crises-chaos-united-states-foreign-policy-intervention
https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/12/06/in-1825-haiti-gained-independence-from-france-for-21-billion-its-time-for-france-to-pay-it-back/
https://www.democracynow.org/2014/10/6/death_of_baby_doc_duvalier_wont
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2004/03/hait-m01.html#:~:text=Aristide%E2%80%99s%20overthrow%20is%20the%20outcome,country%20in%20the%20early%201990s
https://isreview.org/issues/35/aristide/
https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/94-459.html#:~:text=In%201915%2C%20the%20United%20States,a%20program%20of%20public%20works
https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/feature-images-of-legacy-of-un-peacekeeping-mission-haiti
marxist.com/the-gangs-of-haiti-and-the-failure-of-bourgeois-rule.htm
Considering the disastrous history of foreign interventions in Haiti since its 1804 Black-led revolution, Prince’s move in Haiti doesn’t seem like a break from normal proceedings. During the UN ‘peacekeeping’ intervention from 2004 to 2017, Haitians reported abuses, such as civilian k*llings and s*xual assault. UN soldiers discharging sewerage into a river also caused the deaths of at least 10,000 Haitians.
Kenyan police are now leading a US-backed, UN-sanctioned multistate occupation of Haiti to fight gangs.
Sources say these gangs that the US and the West claim they have been trying to defeat are backed and armed by the Haitian bourgeoisie that collaborates with foreign powers.
What does Erik Prince’s involvement mean for the people of Haiti? Let us know in the comments.
Image credit: @DeptofDefense on X
Sources
https://archive.ph/OrHuz
https://theintercept.com/2018/01/10/haiti-raid-united-nations-police-grand-ravine/
https://jacobin.com/2023/10/haiti-crises-chaos-united-states-foreign-policy-intervention
https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/12/06/in-1825-haiti-gained-independence-from-france-for-21-billion-its-time-for-france-to-pay-it-back/
https://www.democracynow.org/2014/10/6/death_of_baby_doc_duvalier_wont
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2004/03/hait-m01.html#:~:text=Aristide%E2%80%99s%20overthrow%20is%20the%20outcome,country%20in%20the%20early%201990s
https://isreview.org/issues/35/aristide/
https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/94-459.html#:~:text=In%201915%2C%20the%20United%20States,a%20program%20of%20public%20works
https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/feature-images-of-legacy-of-un-peacekeeping-mission-haiti
marxist.com/the-gangs-of-haiti-and-the-failure-of-bourgeois-rule.htm
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NIGER PRESIDENT: FRANCE IS INTERTWINED WITH T*RRORISTS
Just a few days before the 83rd birthday of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (1942-2011), we bring you this 31 May clip, in which Nigerien President Abdourahamane Tiani came forward once again to accuse imperialist powers of destabilising his country. This time, he zoomed in on the role of France, the United States, the European Union and NATO, especially their part in supporting t*rrorism within the Sahel.
He specifically criticised NATO for its 2011 invasion and destruction of Libya, which led NATO-backed ‘rebels’ to k*ll Gaddafi. Upon Gaddafi’s assassination, violent t*rrorist militias gained access to Libyan weapons.
Just a few days before the 83rd birthday of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (1942-2011), we bring you this 31 May clip, in which Nigerien President Abdourahamane Tiani came forward once again to accuse imperialist powers of destabilising his country. This time, he zoomed in on the role of France, the United States, the European Union and NATO, especially their part in supporting t*rrorism within the Sahel.
He specifically criticised NATO for its 2011 invasion and destruction of Libya, which led NATO-backed ‘rebels’ to k*ll Gaddafi. Upon Gaddafi’s assassination, violent t*rrorist militias gained access to Libyan weapons.
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Continued…….. They flooded the Sahel with those arms, enabling Al-Qa*da in the Islamic Maghreb to seize multiple territories in northern Mali. For the next several years, various t*rrorist organisations would continue to reap chaos in Mali and neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.
In this clip from a longer interview, Tiani also states, ‘France and its other acolytes have not limited themselves to creating these cells where they have entrusted very specific missions. France has also infiltrated all the movements that were initially called independence movements, then jihadist movements and finally, terrorist movements.’
This declaration echoes Mali’s accusations at the 2022 UN General Assembly against France that the latter had violated its airspace and provided arms and intelligence to t*rrorist organisations. Mali then submitted a letter to the UN Security Council detailing these airspace violations, arguing, ‘These flagrant violations of Malian airspace were used by France to collect information for t*rrorist groups operating in the Sahel and to drop arms and ammunition to them.’
Now that Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have united under the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) confederation, the heads of state of all three countries have been raising their voices against imperialist support for t*rrorism in their region.
Video credit: @ortntele (X)
Sources
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-wests-war-libya-has-spurred-terrorism-14-countries
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2022/08/18/mali-s-junta-continues-to-mount-accusations-against-france-after-troop-withdrawal_5993953_124.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/mali-accuses-france-arming-islamist-fighters-letter-un-2022-08-17/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHjVl6dZx8o&t=355s
In this clip from a longer interview, Tiani also states, ‘France and its other acolytes have not limited themselves to creating these cells where they have entrusted very specific missions. France has also infiltrated all the movements that were initially called independence movements, then jihadist movements and finally, terrorist movements.’
This declaration echoes Mali’s accusations at the 2022 UN General Assembly against France that the latter had violated its airspace and provided arms and intelligence to t*rrorist organisations. Mali then submitted a letter to the UN Security Council detailing these airspace violations, arguing, ‘These flagrant violations of Malian airspace were used by France to collect information for t*rrorist groups operating in the Sahel and to drop arms and ammunition to them.’
Now that Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have united under the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) confederation, the heads of state of all three countries have been raising their voices against imperialist support for t*rrorism in their region.
Video credit: @ortntele (X)
Sources
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-wests-war-libya-has-spurred-terrorism-14-countries
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2022/08/18/mali-s-junta-continues-to-mount-accusations-against-france-after-troop-withdrawal_5993953_124.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/mali-accuses-france-arming-islamist-fighters-letter-un-2022-08-17/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHjVl6dZx8o&t=355s
Middle East Eye
How the West's war in Libya has spurred terrorism in 14 countries
The true extent of the fall-out from the Libya war is remarkable: it has spurred terrorism in Europe, Syria, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa
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On 4 June, the US shot down a draft UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
The US Ambassador to the UN, Dorothy Shea, argued the resolution did not condemn H*mas or call for the group to disarm and leave Gaza. She further accused H*mas of rejecting ceasefire proposals despite the group agreeing in May to one that the Trump administration proposed.
The US exercised its veto against a proposal co-sponsored by the 10 non-permanent UN Security Council members: Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia and Somalia. The other permanent members, China, France, Russia, and the UK, had voted in favour.
The US Ambassador to the UN, Dorothy Shea, argued the resolution did not condemn H*mas or call for the group to disarm and leave Gaza. She further accused H*mas of rejecting ceasefire proposals despite the group agreeing in May to one that the Trump administration proposed.
The US exercised its veto against a proposal co-sponsored by the 10 non-permanent UN Security Council members: Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia and Somalia. The other permanent members, China, France, Russia, and the UK, had voted in favour.
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Continued……. The resolution reiterated calls for the ‘immediate, dignified and unconditional release of ‘all hostages held by H*mas and other groups’ and the ‘immediate and unconditional lifting of all restrictions’ on the entry and distribution of humanitarian aid while calling for ‘safe and unhindered access’ for the UN and its partners.
H*mas is believed to hold 56 hostages in Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel far dwarfs that figure, holding over 9,500 Palestinians, many of which have never been convicted.
The UN has warned that based on Israel’s obstruction of aid, all people in Gaza face a ‘high risk of starvation,’ or Phase 5 of its Integrated Food Security Phase Classification.
The ceasefire veto comes as Gaza’s horrific crisis deepens, with the UN warning of the ‘total collapse of health services, growing displacement, and a rising death toll around the new privatised US-Israel led aid distribution system which bypasses established agencies.’ It is also part of a pattern of US support that Israel has enjoyed since 7 October 2023, including weapons shipments and funding, making the US an accomplice in the massacre of Palestinians.
Sources
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/06/1164056
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g60p1xgdlo
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/11/29/why-does-israel-have-so-many-palestinians-detention-and-available-swap
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-remaining-hostages-gaza-dbedb436b04fac1c790a794a4ef03853
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-ready-to-free-all-hostages-at-once-for-end-to-war-palestinian-official/
https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/content/current-members
https://www.state.gov/military-assistance-to-israel/
https://abcnews.go.com/International/history-us-support-israel-runs-deep-growing-chorus/story?id=104957109
https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/content/current-members
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/over-760-palestinians-arrested-in-israeli-raids-in-west-bank-in-february/3505348
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/05/israel-recovers-bodies-two-israeli-american-hostages-7-october-attack-judih-weinstein-gad-haggai
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/6/1/why-hamas-is-seeking-to-change-the-us-proposed-gaza-ceasefire-deal
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/05/1163131
H*mas is believed to hold 56 hostages in Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel far dwarfs that figure, holding over 9,500 Palestinians, many of which have never been convicted.
The UN has warned that based on Israel’s obstruction of aid, all people in Gaza face a ‘high risk of starvation,’ or Phase 5 of its Integrated Food Security Phase Classification.
The ceasefire veto comes as Gaza’s horrific crisis deepens, with the UN warning of the ‘total collapse of health services, growing displacement, and a rising death toll around the new privatised US-Israel led aid distribution system which bypasses established agencies.’ It is also part of a pattern of US support that Israel has enjoyed since 7 October 2023, including weapons shipments and funding, making the US an accomplice in the massacre of Palestinians.
Sources
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/06/1164056
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g60p1xgdlo
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/11/29/why-does-israel-have-so-many-palestinians-detention-and-available-swap
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-remaining-hostages-gaza-dbedb436b04fac1c790a794a4ef03853
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-ready-to-free-all-hostages-at-once-for-end-to-war-palestinian-official/
https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/content/current-members
https://www.state.gov/military-assistance-to-israel/
https://abcnews.go.com/International/history-us-support-israel-runs-deep-growing-chorus/story?id=104957109
https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/content/current-members
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/over-760-palestinians-arrested-in-israeli-raids-in-west-bank-in-february/3505348
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/05/israel-recovers-bodies-two-israeli-american-hostages-7-october-attack-judih-weinstein-gad-haggai
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/6/1/why-hamas-is-seeking-to-change-the-us-proposed-gaza-ceasefire-deal
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/05/1163131
UN News
US vetoes Security Council resolution demanding permanent ceasefire in Gaza
A draft resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza failed to pass in the UN Security Council on Wednesday after the United States cast its veto – blocking the initiative backed by all ten elected members of the Council.
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PRESIDENT TRAORE FLOODS BURKINA FASO WITH MORE FARMING EQUIPMENT
On 22 May 2025, President Ibrahim Traoré visited the city of Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. He did not show up empty handed. Instead, he came with thousands of new farming and fishing equipment made available to Burkinabé workers by his administration. This generous distribution of resources is a part of the government's campaign to fight for food sovereignty and self-determination.
Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj-ilBGSBwY&t=16s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyPLz9ZGa1M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUhrcwBZwas
https://burkina24.com/2025/05/23/bobo-dioulasso-le-capitaine-ibrahim-traore-visite-lusine-de-la-societe-nouvelle-anatrans-sa/
https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/burkina-faso-suspension-de-lexportation-de-la-noix-brute-de-cajou/3526658
On 22 May 2025, President Ibrahim Traoré visited the city of Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. He did not show up empty handed. Instead, he came with thousands of new farming and fishing equipment made available to Burkinabé workers by his administration. This generous distribution of resources is a part of the government's campaign to fight for food sovereignty and self-determination.
Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj-ilBGSBwY&t=16s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyPLz9ZGa1M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUhrcwBZwas
https://burkina24.com/2025/05/23/bobo-dioulasso-le-capitaine-ibrahim-traore-visite-lusine-de-la-societe-nouvelle-anatrans-sa/
https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/burkina-faso-suspension-de-lexportation-de-la-noix-brute-de-cajou/3526658
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MEETING SETTLERS BUILDING A WHITES-ONLY TOWN IN SOUTH AFRICA
Renowned poet, writer and activist Maya Angelou (1928-2014) famously said, 'When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.'
One group of people has consistently shown the world who they are, but many still refuse to believe them.
For over three centuries, Europeans brutally colonised South Africa's indigenous African population, violently displacing them from their land, establishing laws and systems that dehumanised Black people and excluded them from any meaningful participation in the country's economic and social sectors.
Even after the country gained independence from apartheid in 1994, the new African-led multi-racial government let them get away with committing atrocities against Black people. Many settlers have opposed ceding to the Black majority, including by establishing whites-only enclaves.
Renowned poet, writer and activist Maya Angelou (1928-2014) famously said, 'When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.'
One group of people has consistently shown the world who they are, but many still refuse to believe them.
For over three centuries, Europeans brutally colonised South Africa's indigenous African population, violently displacing them from their land, establishing laws and systems that dehumanised Black people and excluded them from any meaningful participation in the country's economic and social sectors.
Even after the country gained independence from apartheid in 1994, the new African-led multi-racial government let them get away with committing atrocities against Black people. Many settlers have opposed ceding to the Black majority, including by establishing whites-only enclaves.
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Continued……. In this 2000 video clip, journalist Louis Theroux (@louistheroux on X / @officiallouistheroux on IG) interviews Minkie du Toit, who, alongside her husband, Pieter du Toit, had set up Owendale, a whites-only town in 1998 and the early 2000s on a site once known for asbestos mining in South Africa's Northern Cape region.
During the interview, Du Toit made several r*cist statements, including that white people are God's ‘chosen people’ and, therefore, Black people can not govern them. We are sure you know which other group calls themselves the 'chosen people,’ but in case you don’t, they have occupied Palestine since 1948.
The Owendale project collapsed in the 2000s due to financial problems.
However, South Africa is still home to two r*cist enclaves: Orania in the Northern Cape province and Kleinfontein, near the capital Pretoria.
These settlements are not only evidence of their r*cism but also a worrying sign of the government's ineptness. When will South Africa hold these settlers accountable?
Video credit: ‘Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends,’ @BBC (2000)
Sources
https://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/201204/programs/ZX8779A003D2012-04-09T203117.htm?program=Louis%20Theroux%27s%20Weird%20Weekends
https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_noscripts.php?tv-show=louis-therouxs-weird-weekends-1998&episode=s03e03
https://www.facebook.com/wherestommeh/videos/the-mentality-of-white-separatist-settlers-explained-by-the-founders-wife-this-w/2586068205094022
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/30/south-africa-kleinfontein-apartheid-afrikaner
https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/382003
During the interview, Du Toit made several r*cist statements, including that white people are God's ‘chosen people’ and, therefore, Black people can not govern them. We are sure you know which other group calls themselves the 'chosen people,’ but in case you don’t, they have occupied Palestine since 1948.
The Owendale project collapsed in the 2000s due to financial problems.
However, South Africa is still home to two r*cist enclaves: Orania in the Northern Cape province and Kleinfontein, near the capital Pretoria.
These settlements are not only evidence of their r*cism but also a worrying sign of the government's ineptness. When will South Africa hold these settlers accountable?
Video credit: ‘Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends,’ @BBC (2000)
Sources
https://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/201204/programs/ZX8779A003D2012-04-09T203117.htm?program=Louis%20Theroux%27s%20Weird%20Weekends
https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_noscripts.php?tv-show=louis-therouxs-weird-weekends-1998&episode=s03e03
https://www.facebook.com/wherestommeh/videos/the-mentality-of-white-separatist-settlers-explained-by-the-founders-wife-this-w/2586068205094022
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/30/south-africa-kleinfontein-apartheid-afrikaner
https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/382003
www.abc.net.au
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends - South Africa
South Africa is a vibrant multi-racial democracy - a model of reconciliation and opportunity. But Louis Theroux is visiting for a different story. He's heard about a group opposed to the new regime, determined to build communities for 'whites only'.
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Another day, another airstrike by the Nigerian Air Force gone horribly wrong.
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) reportedly bombed local vigilantes in Zamfara state, killing at least 20 in an alleged case of 'mistaken identity'. The 31 May incident is not an isolated event, with similar incidents recorded in January 2025 (16 vigilantes killed in Zamfara), January 2017 (over 100 killed at a camp for displaced people in Borno State), and December 2023 (at least 85 people killed at a religious gathering in Kaduna).
The Air Force is apparently unable to distinguish between armed criminal groups, often referred to as "bandits", and local self-defence groups or regular civilians.
Since Nigeria's return to democratic rule in 1999, its armed forces have experienced periods of both underfunding and increased budgetary allocations.
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) reportedly bombed local vigilantes in Zamfara state, killing at least 20 in an alleged case of 'mistaken identity'. The 31 May incident is not an isolated event, with similar incidents recorded in January 2025 (16 vigilantes killed in Zamfara), January 2017 (over 100 killed at a camp for displaced people in Borno State), and December 2023 (at least 85 people killed at a religious gathering in Kaduna).
The Air Force is apparently unable to distinguish between armed criminal groups, often referred to as "bandits", and local self-defence groups or regular civilians.
Since Nigeria's return to democratic rule in 1999, its armed forces have experienced periods of both underfunding and increased budgetary allocations.
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Continued……In the immediate post-1999 era, there was a focus on civilian control of the defence forces after years of military rule. However, the rise of Boko Haram and widespread banditry in the Northwest and Central regions led to a significant increase in defence spending.
The Military Balance, a journal of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, reports that Nigeria's Air Force comprises 18,000 personnel, 61 combat-ready air platforms, and a total of 179 air platforms. It also has 117 aircraft, 55 helicopters, and seven heavy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In 2024, Abuja allocated $138 million to the Air Force.
Given these considerable resources, the apparent ineffectiveness of the Air Force is puzzling, as evidenced by persistent insecurity and the repeated "mistaken" bombings of civilians and vigilantes. Some analysts suggest that corruption, inadequate resources, and political expediency prevent optimal utilisation of funds and other resources.
Concerns over foreign interference were raised by Scott Perry, a U.S. Congressman, who claimed that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded the terror group Boko Haram. However, USAID has vehemently denied the allegations, stating there is "no evidence" to support them.
Still, serious questions remain over the latest Nigerian Air Force fiasco.
Sources
https://saharareporters.com/2025/06/02/nigerian-military-jet-mistakenly-strikes-kills-20-vigilantes-zamfara-state
https://theconversation.com/why-theres-a-mismatch-between-funding-for-nigerias-military-and-its-performance-149554
https://theconversation.com/west-africa-is-the-worlds-new-epicentre-for-terrorism-nigeria-is-expanding-its-air-force-in-response-242074
https://saharareporters.com/2025/06/03/we-were-trail-terrorists-when-nigerian-air-force-jet-bombed-us-zamfara-vigilantes-react
https://dailytrust.com/zamfara-airstrikes-naf-locals-differ-over-casualty-figures/
https://punchng.com/zamfara-mourns-as-another-airstrike-kills-vigilantes/
https://acleddata.com/2024/03/26/actor-profile-volunteers-for-the-defense-of-the-homeland-vdp/
https://www.voaafrica.com/a/usaid-denies-funding-nigeria-terror-groups/7982897.html
https://theconversation.com/why-theres-a-mismatch-between-funding-for-nigerias-military-and-its-performance-149554
https://www.voanews.com/a/nigeria-boosts-military-spending-but-analysts-doubt-it-will-improve-security/7378910.html
https://businessday.ng/africa/article/top-10-african-countries-by-defence-budget-in-2025/
https://budgetoffice.gov.ng/index.php/resources/internal-resources/budget-documents/2024-budget
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tmib20/about-this-journal
The Military Balance, a journal of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, reports that Nigeria's Air Force comprises 18,000 personnel, 61 combat-ready air platforms, and a total of 179 air platforms. It also has 117 aircraft, 55 helicopters, and seven heavy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In 2024, Abuja allocated $138 million to the Air Force.
Given these considerable resources, the apparent ineffectiveness of the Air Force is puzzling, as evidenced by persistent insecurity and the repeated "mistaken" bombings of civilians and vigilantes. Some analysts suggest that corruption, inadequate resources, and political expediency prevent optimal utilisation of funds and other resources.
Concerns over foreign interference were raised by Scott Perry, a U.S. Congressman, who claimed that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded the terror group Boko Haram. However, USAID has vehemently denied the allegations, stating there is "no evidence" to support them.
Still, serious questions remain over the latest Nigerian Air Force fiasco.
Sources
https://saharareporters.com/2025/06/02/nigerian-military-jet-mistakenly-strikes-kills-20-vigilantes-zamfara-state
https://theconversation.com/why-theres-a-mismatch-between-funding-for-nigerias-military-and-its-performance-149554
https://theconversation.com/west-africa-is-the-worlds-new-epicentre-for-terrorism-nigeria-is-expanding-its-air-force-in-response-242074
https://saharareporters.com/2025/06/03/we-were-trail-terrorists-when-nigerian-air-force-jet-bombed-us-zamfara-vigilantes-react
https://dailytrust.com/zamfara-airstrikes-naf-locals-differ-over-casualty-figures/
https://punchng.com/zamfara-mourns-as-another-airstrike-kills-vigilantes/
https://acleddata.com/2024/03/26/actor-profile-volunteers-for-the-defense-of-the-homeland-vdp/
https://www.voaafrica.com/a/usaid-denies-funding-nigeria-terror-groups/7982897.html
https://theconversation.com/why-theres-a-mismatch-between-funding-for-nigerias-military-and-its-performance-149554
https://www.voanews.com/a/nigeria-boosts-military-spending-but-analysts-doubt-it-will-improve-security/7378910.html
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https://budgetoffice.gov.ng/index.php/resources/internal-resources/budget-documents/2024-budget
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tmib20/about-this-journal
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Nigerian Military Jet Mistakenly Strikes, Kills 20 Vigilantes In Zamfara State | Sahara Reporters
A Nigerian military fighter jet has mistakenly struck and killed about 20 men of a vigilante group during an operation targeting bandits in Garin Mani, a village in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
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TANZANIA STATE VIOLENCE: A COLONIAL REFLECTION
What is the common denominator between colonisers and African leaders who rule with iron fists and suppress dissent?
African Stream's @mwaibrenda (on instagram) examines this question in context of the recent allegations of brutal violence - including sexual abuse - meted out to activists Boniface Mwangi (@bonifacemwangi on instagram and X) and Agather Atuhaire (@AAgather on X) in Tanzania at the hands of security forces who didn't even attempt to conceal the fact that they were acting in their capacity as official state actors.
Sources
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/kenyan-ugandan-activists-say-they-were-sexually-assaulted-tanzania-2025-06-02
https://www.instagram.com/p/DKaCvaXNXYj/?hl=en
https://www.africarebirth.com/the-epic-maji-maji-rebellion-by-tanzanians-against-german-colonizers
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-12997138
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13623699708409316
What is the common denominator between colonisers and African leaders who rule with iron fists and suppress dissent?
African Stream's @mwaibrenda (on instagram) examines this question in context of the recent allegations of brutal violence - including sexual abuse - meted out to activists Boniface Mwangi (@bonifacemwangi on instagram and X) and Agather Atuhaire (@AAgather on X) in Tanzania at the hands of security forces who didn't even attempt to conceal the fact that they were acting in their capacity as official state actors.
Sources
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/kenyan-ugandan-activists-say-they-were-sexually-assaulted-tanzania-2025-06-02
https://www.instagram.com/p/DKaCvaXNXYj/?hl=en
https://www.africarebirth.com/the-epic-maji-maji-rebellion-by-tanzanians-against-german-colonizers
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-12997138
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13623699708409316
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Over the last couple of days, the world has witnessed a distasteful bare-knuckle online feud between US President Donald Trump and his ally-turned-foe, tech billionaire Elon Musk - two men whose egos are as inflated as their imperialist influence. The bickering has led some to use Artificial Intelligence to generate memes, such as this hilarious one showing Trump wearing the signature red beret of the South African Pan-Africanist political party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (@EFFSouthAfrica).
A disagreement over Trump's tax bill, which proposed phasing out electric-vehicle (EV) subsidies, apparently sparked the bickering. Musk had built Tesla in the US using a reported tens of billions of dollars in government funds, including $3.8 billion in the 2024 fiscal year, according to a US government website.
A disagreement over Trump's tax bill, which proposed phasing out electric-vehicle (EV) subsidies, apparently sparked the bickering. Musk had built Tesla in the US using a reported tens of billions of dollars in government funds, including $3.8 billion in the 2024 fiscal year, according to a US government website.
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Continued……. Musk had already bid goodbye in a public appearance with Trump on 30 May in the Oval Office as his 130-day mandate as a special government employee had ended. As the feud escalated, Trump suggested terminating Musk’s funding.
Ordinarily, like many Pan-Africanists, we wouldn't concern ourselves with schoolyard-like skirmishes between two white supremacists. However, we are closely watching the battle as it could have ramifications for South Africa as Musk had influenced Trump to cut off aid to the South African government over its alleged discriminatory policies against white settlers and discredited claims of a 'white g*nocide.' Trump also tried to publicly humiliate South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a meeting at the White House.
The question many people are now asking is: Will the fallout between Trump and Musk change the US government's attitude towards South Africa?
Honestly, we are not holding our breath. Trump’s white-supremacist views seem to drive his hostility toward Pretoria. Most likely, the anti-African bus will continue with its journey, even without Musk.
Note: *This is an AI-generated image
Sources
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cyvm2181lqvt
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/06/what-we-know-so-far-trump-and-musks-spectacular-public-blowup-rocks-washington
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/19/south-africas-ramaphosa-to-visit-trump-can-they-fix-tricky-relations
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/aid-trump-south-africa
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j76djzgpvo
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-elon-musk-federal-subsidies-cost-tesla-spacex-billions
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114632206992330264
https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient/8a3a5525-3218-a488-db0e-4823241ceb90-P/2024
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/29/elon-musk-announces-exit-from-us-government-role-after-breaking-with-trump-on-tax-bill
Ordinarily, like many Pan-Africanists, we wouldn't concern ourselves with schoolyard-like skirmishes between two white supremacists. However, we are closely watching the battle as it could have ramifications for South Africa as Musk had influenced Trump to cut off aid to the South African government over its alleged discriminatory policies against white settlers and discredited claims of a 'white g*nocide.' Trump also tried to publicly humiliate South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a meeting at the White House.
The question many people are now asking is: Will the fallout between Trump and Musk change the US government's attitude towards South Africa?
Honestly, we are not holding our breath. Trump’s white-supremacist views seem to drive his hostility toward Pretoria. Most likely, the anti-African bus will continue with its journey, even without Musk.
Note: *This is an AI-generated image
Sources
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cyvm2181lqvt
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/06/what-we-know-so-far-trump-and-musks-spectacular-public-blowup-rocks-washington
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/19/south-africas-ramaphosa-to-visit-trump-can-they-fix-tricky-relations
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/aid-trump-south-africa
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j76djzgpvo
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-elon-musk-federal-subsidies-cost-tesla-spacex-billions
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114632206992330264
https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient/8a3a5525-3218-a488-db0e-4823241ceb90-P/2024
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/29/elon-musk-announces-exit-from-us-government-role-after-breaking-with-trump-on-tax-bill
BBC News
Trump says Musk has 'lost his mind' but says he is not focusing on row
The White House tells the BBC the president does not intend to speak to Musk today following their fiery exchanges on Thursday.
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SUDAN: TAKING BACK WHAT PROXY WAR STOLE
As the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) further advance against the United Arab Emirates-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the foreign-backed proxy war that began on 15 April 2023, this video shows displaced Sudanese reportedly returning to their hometowns in territories that the SAF had recently reclaimed from the RSF.
Now in its third year, the latest phase of Sudan’s crisis has displaced millions and turned vast regions into battlegrounds but recent military gains offer hope for resettlement and recovery.
Sudanese authorities recently estimated that reconstructing the country’s devastated infrastructure would require over $1 trillion. Khartoum state alone faces a rebuilding cost of approximately $300 billion, while the rest of Sudan would need around $700 billion.
As the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) further advance against the United Arab Emirates-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the foreign-backed proxy war that began on 15 April 2023, this video shows displaced Sudanese reportedly returning to their hometowns in territories that the SAF had recently reclaimed from the RSF.
Now in its third year, the latest phase of Sudan’s crisis has displaced millions and turned vast regions into battlegrounds but recent military gains offer hope for resettlement and recovery.
Sudanese authorities recently estimated that reconstructing the country’s devastated infrastructure would require over $1 trillion. Khartoum state alone faces a rebuilding cost of approximately $300 billion, while the rest of Sudan would need around $700 billion.
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Continued……Although the war has caused catastrophic structural damage, the human cost has been even more severe. Experts from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine estimate that the death toll in Khartoum alone during the first 14 months of the war, from April 2023 to June 2024, may exceed 61,000. Furthermore, the researchers say over 90 per cent of deaths in Khartoum went unrecorded, suggesting that the actual death toll could be much higher throughout the country, including in areas still under RSF control, such as Darfur and Kordofan.
Sudanese who have endured the brutal violence of this war now face the daunting task of rebuilding their lives from scratch. Yet, despite the challenge, rebuilding offers a more hopeful path for the country than continued entanglement in a neocolonial power struggle waged by foreign countries through local proxies.
Video credit: @mohanadelbalal on X
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2025/4/14/animated-maps-show-two-years-of-war-in-sudan
https://www.unrefugees.org/news/sudan-crisis-explained/
Sudanese who have endured the brutal violence of this war now face the daunting task of rebuilding their lives from scratch. Yet, despite the challenge, rebuilding offers a more hopeful path for the country than continued entanglement in a neocolonial power struggle waged by foreign countries through local proxies.
Video credit: @mohanadelbalal on X
Sources
https://www.iom.int/sudan-conflict-two-years#:~:text=With%20over%2011%20million%20people,the%20world's%20largest%20displacement%20crisis.
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https://www.unrefugees.org/news/sudan-crisis-explained/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2025/4/14/animated-maps-show-two-years-of-war-in-sudan
https://www.unrefugees.org/news/sudan-crisis-explained/
International Organization for Migration
Sudan Conflict Two Years On | International Organization for Migration
Since war erupted in Sudan on 15 April 2023, the country has plunged into an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. More than half the population needs urgent assistance, with millions lacking access to food, water, shelter, electricity, education, and healthcare. …
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PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR'S PLEA
In this 28 May clip, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the UN Riyad Mansour sobbed as he considered the Palestinian children that Israel’s military onslaught had k*lled. He called on the international community to intervene and halt the escalating violence in Gaza as airstrikes and an escalated siege since 7 October 2023 have k*lled over 61,000 Palestinians, according to Al Jazeera's live tracker. However, the Lancet medical journal estimated at least 186,000 by early July 2024. The UN reports Israel's onslaught has k*lled or injured more than 50,000 children.
Speaking at the UN Security Council (UNSC), Mansour lamented what he called ‘gen*cide’ and accused Israel of perpetually violating international law. He condemned some states for engaging in double standards, asking why international outrage at Israeli casualties is not extended to Palestinian casualties as well.
In this 28 May clip, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the UN Riyad Mansour sobbed as he considered the Palestinian children that Israel’s military onslaught had k*lled. He called on the international community to intervene and halt the escalating violence in Gaza as airstrikes and an escalated siege since 7 October 2023 have k*lled over 61,000 Palestinians, according to Al Jazeera's live tracker. However, the Lancet medical journal estimated at least 186,000 by early July 2024. The UN reports Israel's onslaught has k*lled or injured more than 50,000 children.
Speaking at the UN Security Council (UNSC), Mansour lamented what he called ‘gen*cide’ and accused Israel of perpetually violating international law. He condemned some states for engaging in double standards, asking why international outrage at Israeli casualties is not extended to Palestinian casualties as well.
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Continued….. Mansour's address highlighted the worsening conditions in Gaza, where airstrikes have targeted infrastructure like hospitals and refugee camps. Doctors Without Borders reported in January that only 17 out 36 Gaza hospitals were 'partially functional,' while the other 19 had closed. Mansour stated that Palestinians are being bombed, starved and blamed for Israel’s onslaught, and he called on the UNSC to act quickly to end the violence and hold Israel accountable for its actions.
Video credit: @trtworld (IG)
Sources
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/palestinians-plead-stop-the-bombs-at-un-meeting-but-israel-insists-hamas-must-be-obliterated/articleshow/104741759.cms
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https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2587841/middle-east
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www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3/fulltext
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Video credit: @trtworld (IG)
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Al Jazeera
Palestinian ambassador urges UN to ‘stop the killing’ as Israel pounds Gaza
Riyad Mansour says certain nations that he did not name were applying a double standard on the war.
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REMEMBERING GADDAFI’S SUPPORT FOR PALESTINE
Libya’s revolutionary leader, Muammar Gaddafi, was born on this day, 7 June 1942, in the district of Sirte. Gadaffi had strong views on many subjects, including Israel’s actions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and West Asia at large.
In this 1988 speech, he alleged that Israel wanted to expand and occupy Arab lands, with historic Palestine being a ‘frontline.’ He lauded Palestinians for holding back Israeli attacks, for if they failed, other Arab states would be next. Further, Gaddafi also stated that a ‘new, angry Arab generation’ is ready to unite and liberate Palestine.
Gaddafi condemned Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (1918-81) for signing the 1979 Camp David Accords that led Egypt to recognise Israel, which started diplomatic ties and prompted Egypt to sign many bilateral agreements with Israel, while taking pressure off winning freedom and justice for the Palestinians.
Libya’s revolutionary leader, Muammar Gaddafi, was born on this day, 7 June 1942, in the district of Sirte. Gadaffi had strong views on many subjects, including Israel’s actions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and West Asia at large.
In this 1988 speech, he alleged that Israel wanted to expand and occupy Arab lands, with historic Palestine being a ‘frontline.’ He lauded Palestinians for holding back Israeli attacks, for if they failed, other Arab states would be next. Further, Gaddafi also stated that a ‘new, angry Arab generation’ is ready to unite and liberate Palestine.
Gaddafi condemned Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (1918-81) for signing the 1979 Camp David Accords that led Egypt to recognise Israel, which started diplomatic ties and prompted Egypt to sign many bilateral agreements with Israel, while taking pressure off winning freedom and justice for the Palestinians.
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Continued……. The 2011 US-led NATO invasion led NATO-backed ‘rebels’ to k*ll Gaddafi, transforming the once-most prosperous African state into a fractured territory riddled by conflict and slave markets.
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Temehu
Colonel Gaddafi: Muammar Abuminyar Alqaddafi (معمر القذافي)
Gaddafi's birth place, childhood and education; 1969 coup d'etat; Arabisation of Libya; the Popular or Cultural Revolution of 1973; timeline of the main events between 1969 and 2011; Gaddafi's installation; Gaddafi's Green Book; gold dinar; the names of the…
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