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WHY AFRICA'S WORKERS CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE
Across Africa, essential public workers are facing a deepening crisis, caught between shrinking incomes and rising living costs. African Stream spoke exclusively with Ashina Mtsumi, Coordinator for Tax and Education Alliance at ActionAid, uncovering how IMF-driven austerity policies are pushing millions of Africans into poverty.
ActionAid's recent report reveals the staggering reality: 84% of teachers and 97% of healthcare workers across Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Ghana, and Liberia can no longer meet basic living needs due to massive public spending cuts. Families face impossible choices - children are forced out of school because their parents can’t afford fees, while teachers manage classrooms with up to 200 students, lacking basic teaching materials and adequate income.
The fallout disproportionately burdens women and girls, adding an additional 20 to 28 hours per week of unpaid care duties.
Across Africa, essential public workers are facing a deepening crisis, caught between shrinking incomes and rising living costs. African Stream spoke exclusively with Ashina Mtsumi, Coordinator for Tax and Education Alliance at ActionAid, uncovering how IMF-driven austerity policies are pushing millions of Africans into poverty.
ActionAid's recent report reveals the staggering reality: 84% of teachers and 97% of healthcare workers across Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Ghana, and Liberia can no longer meet basic living needs due to massive public spending cuts. Families face impossible choices - children are forced out of school because their parents can’t afford fees, while teachers manage classrooms with up to 200 students, lacking basic teaching materials and adequate income.
The fallout disproportionately burdens women and girls, adding an additional 20 to 28 hours per week of unpaid care duties.
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Continued……. Critical maternal healthcare programs, like Kenya's Linda Mama, are facing devastating reductions, endangering the lives of mothers and newborns.
Ashina emphasizes that these hardships aren't accidental - they result from policies imposed by institutions like the IMF, which prioritize debt repayments over the well-being of ordinary Africans. Africa’s economic struggles are compounded by Western-based credit rating agencies that label African countries as risky, perpetuating a cycle of debt and crisis.
There's an urgent call for reform. Despite being home to 54 countries, Africa collectively holds only three seats on the IMF board, leaving the continent with little voice in the very decisions that shape its economic future. This imbalance reinforces a global financial system that serves the interests of wealthy nations and international bankers over the basic rights of ordinary Africans.
What’s needed is a new financial architecture that puts people before profits, empowers nations to fund public services, and restores African control over its own economic destiny. It's time for Africa to reclaim economic sovereignty and dignity.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/20/public-workers-in-africa-see-wages-fall-by-up-to-50-in-five-years-survey
https://nayakenya.org/2023/10/25/linda-mama-the-shattered-promise-of-kenyan-mothers/
https://actionaid.org/publications/2025/human-cost-public-cuts-africa
https://www.actionaidusa.org/news/crippling-budget-cuts-have-left-africas-public-sector-workers-underpaid-overworked-and-struggling-to-make-ends-meet-study-finds/
https://actionaid.org/news/2025/africa-owed-us36-trillion-climate-debt-rich-polluting-countries-new-report-actionaid
Ashina emphasizes that these hardships aren't accidental - they result from policies imposed by institutions like the IMF, which prioritize debt repayments over the well-being of ordinary Africans. Africa’s economic struggles are compounded by Western-based credit rating agencies that label African countries as risky, perpetuating a cycle of debt and crisis.
There's an urgent call for reform. Despite being home to 54 countries, Africa collectively holds only three seats on the IMF board, leaving the continent with little voice in the very decisions that shape its economic future. This imbalance reinforces a global financial system that serves the interests of wealthy nations and international bankers over the basic rights of ordinary Africans.
What’s needed is a new financial architecture that puts people before profits, empowers nations to fund public services, and restores African control over its own economic destiny. It's time for Africa to reclaim economic sovereignty and dignity.
Sources
https://eastleighvoice.co.ke/maternal%20health%20care%20kenya/43762/linda-mama-budget-cut-sparks-worry-over-rising-risks-for-pregnant-women
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/20/public-workers-in-africa-see-wages-fall-by-up-to-50-in-five-years-survey
https://nayakenya.org/2023/10/25/linda-mama-the-shattered-promise-of-kenyan-mothers/
https://actionaid.org/publications/2025/human-cost-public-cuts-africa
https://www.actionaidusa.org/news/crippling-budget-cuts-have-left-africas-public-sector-workers-underpaid-overworked-and-struggling-to-make-ends-meet-study-finds/
https://actionaid.org/news/2025/africa-owed-us36-trillion-climate-debt-rich-polluting-countries-new-report-actionaid
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Linda Mama budget cut sparks worry over rising risks for pregnant women
Many women are worried as the Treasury has halved the initiative's budget, limiting its benefits to only a few women in marginalised communities.
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HOW THE U.S. STOLE HAWAII
Anti-imperialism begins with telling the truth, starting with that Hawaii was never the US government’s to take, as author @marcojwilliams (IG) articulates in this video.
Hawaii wasn’t ‘granted statehood’ in a fairytale handshake of mutual agreement. White business people forcefully and unapologetically seized the Hawaiian islands in 1893 in a textbook act of imperialist aggression to further corporate and geopolitical interests.
Before US boots touched the islands, Hawaii was a sovereign nation with a monarchy, constitution, thriving society, and diverse flora and fauna. A coup against Queen Liliʻuokalani allowed the businessmen to develop large-scale mono-culture plantations, featuring mainly pineapples and sugar cane to sell abroad.
This takeover fits the long pattern of US imperialism, where they engineer coups, and Washington sanitises it all as ‘strategic interest.’
Anti-imperialism begins with telling the truth, starting with that Hawaii was never the US government’s to take, as author @marcojwilliams (IG) articulates in this video.
Hawaii wasn’t ‘granted statehood’ in a fairytale handshake of mutual agreement. White business people forcefully and unapologetically seized the Hawaiian islands in 1893 in a textbook act of imperialist aggression to further corporate and geopolitical interests.
Before US boots touched the islands, Hawaii was a sovereign nation with a monarchy, constitution, thriving society, and diverse flora and fauna. A coup against Queen Liliʻuokalani allowed the businessmen to develop large-scale mono-culture plantations, featuring mainly pineapples and sugar cane to sell abroad.
This takeover fits the long pattern of US imperialism, where they engineer coups, and Washington sanitises it all as ‘strategic interest.’
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Continued……In 1959, the US government granted the archipelago 'statehood.' To this day, Native Hawaiians oppose the colonisation.
Listen to this breakdown and share your thoughts.
Note: While we think this video helps our people understand the nature of imperialism, as descendants of enslaved and colonised Africans, African Stream doesn't identify with the United States or other imperial powers and, therefore, disagrees with the use of ‘we’ to describe the United States. We never invaded and occupied other people’s lands!
Video credit: @marcojwilliams (IG)
Sources
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/queen-lili-uokalani.htm?utm_source
https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?psid=1283&smtID=3&utm_source
Listen to this breakdown and share your thoughts.
Note: While we think this video helps our people understand the nature of imperialism, as descendants of enslaved and colonised Africans, African Stream doesn't identify with the United States or other imperial powers and, therefore, disagrees with the use of ‘we’ to describe the United States. We never invaded and occupied other people’s lands!
Video credit: @marcojwilliams (IG)
Sources
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/queen-lili-uokalani.htm?utm_source
https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?psid=1283&smtID=3&utm_source
www.nps.gov
Queen Lili'uokalani (U.S. National Park Service)
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Today's proverb serves as a powerful metaphor, highlighting the futility of denying the obvious in the face of clear evidence. A recent example is South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's visit to the White House, aimed at mending diplomatic relations.
What started as an opportunity for constructive dialogue quickly turned into a contentious display of intimidation and disinformation, reminiscent of a reality TV show. President Trump is not oblivious to the facts - he has access to a wealth of intelligence. The disinformation presented was more strategic than accidental, and Ramaphosa's attempt to engage Washington with factual appeals ultimately proved pointless.
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What started as an opportunity for constructive dialogue quickly turned into a contentious display of intimidation and disinformation, reminiscent of a reality TV show. President Trump is not oblivious to the facts - he has access to a wealth of intelligence. The disinformation presented was more strategic than accidental, and Ramaphosa's attempt to engage Washington with factual appeals ultimately proved pointless.
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CHINA U.N. REP: YOU DESTROYED HAITI STOP THE HYPOCRISY, U.S.!
Since Haiti’s 1804 revolution that transformed it into the first Black-led republic, the Caribbean state has faced relentless foreign interventions, with the United States playing a central role in its destabilisation, including three invasions.
In his 21 April address to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), China’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Geng Shuang (@chinamission2un on X), highlighted how the ongoing violence in Haiti, which had displaced over 1 million people by January 2025, is rooted in more than a century of US interference, such as invasions, occupations, tariffs, coups and spearheading unsuccessful UN missions. The US often frames its interference under the pretext of ‘aid.’
Since Haiti’s 1804 revolution that transformed it into the first Black-led republic, the Caribbean state has faced relentless foreign interventions, with the United States playing a central role in its destabilisation, including three invasions.
In his 21 April address to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), China’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Geng Shuang (@chinamission2un on X), highlighted how the ongoing violence in Haiti, which had displaced over 1 million people by January 2025, is rooted in more than a century of US interference, such as invasions, occupations, tariffs, coups and spearheading unsuccessful UN missions. The US often frames its interference under the pretext of ‘aid.’
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Continued…….. Meanwhile, Haitian migrants in the US are not exempt from deportation. US President Donald Trump also propagated false claims during the 2024 presidential campaign that Haitian migrants ate pets, leading to the rise of xenophobic sentiment toward Haitians in the US.
Further, the UN says illegally shipped arms from the US have wound up in Haiti. Plus, reports say Haiti’s bourgeoisie that collaborates with foreign powers fund and arm Haitian gangs.
Shuang urged that the US be held responsible for constantly interfering in Haiti, leading it to become a hotspot for violence and dire humanitarian conditions.
Video credit: @unwebtv (X
Sources
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/haitis-troubled-path-development
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https://www.iom.int/news/haiti-displacement-triples-surpassing-one-million-humanitarian-crisis-worsens
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https://news.un.org/en/interview/2025/04/1162396
marxist.com/the-gangs-of-haiti-and-the-failure-of-bourgeois-rule.htm
Further, the UN says illegally shipped arms from the US have wound up in Haiti. Plus, reports say Haiti’s bourgeoisie that collaborates with foreign powers fund and arm Haitian gangs.
Shuang urged that the US be held responsible for constantly interfering in Haiti, leading it to become a hotspot for violence and dire humanitarian conditions.
Video credit: @unwebtv (X
Sources
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/haitis-troubled-path-development
https://www.eurodad.org/10_years_haiti
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https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/haiti/overview
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/19/us/politics/us-haiti-intervention.html
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https://news.un.org/en/interview/2025/04/1162396
marxist.com/the-gangs-of-haiti-and-the-failure-of-bourgeois-rule.htm
Council on Foreign Relations
Haiti’s Troubled Path to Development
Introduction Few countries have struggled with development like Haiti. Since breaking free from French colonial rule more than two centuries ago, the Caribbean state has weathered multiple foreign interventions, chronic political instability, social unrest…
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ERROL MUSK LEAKED HIS DEVIANCY TO THE PRESS
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, and the Musk family is a good example of the saying. Take Elon Musk’s dad, Errol Musk, who admitted to having a child with a woman entrusted to his care as a step-daughter. As if that weren’t bad enough, he revealed in a podcast with Joshua Rubin (joshwideawake on Instagram) that he leaked the story to the press.
This saga is not just gossip, it’s a reflection of how patriarchal power, colonial ennoscriptment and capitalist impunity reproduce themselves across generations. In any just society, allegations facing the family would trigger a reckoning. But in the empire of capital, accountability is a poor man’s burden.
The pattern persists with his son, Elon who has battled multiple sexual misconduct allegations. For instance, he once reportedly offered a SpaceX flight attendant a horse in exchange for an erotic massage.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, and the Musk family is a good example of the saying. Take Elon Musk’s dad, Errol Musk, who admitted to having a child with a woman entrusted to his care as a step-daughter. As if that weren’t bad enough, he revealed in a podcast with Joshua Rubin (joshwideawake on Instagram) that he leaked the story to the press.
This saga is not just gossip, it’s a reflection of how patriarchal power, colonial ennoscriptment and capitalist impunity reproduce themselves across generations. In any just society, allegations facing the family would trigger a reckoning. But in the empire of capital, accountability is a poor man’s burden.
The pattern persists with his son, Elon who has battled multiple sexual misconduct allegations. For instance, he once reportedly offered a SpaceX flight attendant a horse in exchange for an erotic massage.
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Continued…. The company paid her $250,000 to settle the matter. Other relationships involved an intern he later assigned to his executive staff, a woman he asked to bear his children, and a sexual relationship in 2014 with a woman he directly supervised, according to reporting by The Independent.
This is the same Elon Musk who: Interfered in African affairs by pressuring US officials to cut aid to South Africa over debunked claims of “white genocide,” and ignores allegations of exploitation in his global supply chains, including reported child labor linked to Congo’s cobalt mines. While Africa is lectured about “good governance” and “rule of law,” Western oligarchs like Musk operate with zero scrutiny, leveraging wealth to silence victims, protect reputations and expand empires.
Western media often sanitises such figures, but Pan-African voices must name the figures behind their power: white supremacy, capitalist predation, and patriarchal ennoscriptment.
Video credit: @joshwideawake on IG
Sources
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elon-musk-spacex-sexual-relationships-b2561556.html
https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/a-spacex-flight-attendant-said-elon-musk-exposed-himself-and-propositioned-her-for/hpj4xgh
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/musk-spacex-lawsuit-former-employees-sexual-harassment-fired-rcna156854
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elon-musk-father-kids-stepdaughter/
This is the same Elon Musk who: Interfered in African affairs by pressuring US officials to cut aid to South Africa over debunked claims of “white genocide,” and ignores allegations of exploitation in his global supply chains, including reported child labor linked to Congo’s cobalt mines. While Africa is lectured about “good governance” and “rule of law,” Western oligarchs like Musk operate with zero scrutiny, leveraging wealth to silence victims, protect reputations and expand empires.
Western media often sanitises such figures, but Pan-African voices must name the figures behind their power: white supremacy, capitalist predation, and patriarchal ennoscriptment.
Video credit: @joshwideawake on IG
Sources
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elon-musk-spacex-sexual-relationships-b2561556.html
https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/a-spacex-flight-attendant-said-elon-musk-exposed-himself-and-propositioned-her-for/hpj4xgh
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/musk-spacex-lawsuit-former-employees-sexual-harassment-fired-rcna156854
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elon-musk-father-kids-stepdaughter/
The Independent
Musk had relationships with several women at SpaceX, report reveals
Billionaire allegedly had a relationship with a summer intern
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Amnesty International has confirmed what Congolese communities have long cried out: the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group is committing human rights abuses in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which could be classified as war crimes. Between February and April 2025, Amnesty investigated and documented illegal detentions, torture, and enforced disappearances - acts carried out with chilling impunity in areas under M23 occupation.
These violations are not isolated incidents. They are the latest chapter in a long-standing pattern of foreign-backed destabilisation, in which Rwanda, with tacit Western approval, continues to wage a proxy war on Congolese soil for strategic and economic gain.
The organisation is urging immediate international intervention to safeguard civilians and ensure that those responsible are brought to justice.
These violations are not isolated incidents. They are the latest chapter in a long-standing pattern of foreign-backed destabilisation, in which Rwanda, with tacit Western approval, continues to wage a proxy war on Congolese soil for strategic and economic gain.
The organisation is urging immediate international intervention to safeguard civilians and ensure that those responsible are brought to justice.
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TINUBU HAILS PROGRESS AMIDST HARDSHIP
A nation’s economic progress is best measured by how many of its citizens have full bellies–or not.
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is seeing improved economic data by neo-colonial entities like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, all while grappling with its worst cost-of-living crisis in 40 years.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is touting the IMF’s numbers, highlighting his radical reforms as a key factor in producing Nigeria’s best economic data in a decade. He ended a fuel subsidy and devalued the national currency twice. But the benefits have not trickled down to ordinary Nigerians, who are angry with the government over high inflation and widespread poverty.
A nation’s economic progress is best measured by how many of its citizens have full bellies–or not.
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is seeing improved economic data by neo-colonial entities like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, all while grappling with its worst cost-of-living crisis in 40 years.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is touting the IMF’s numbers, highlighting his radical reforms as a key factor in producing Nigeria’s best economic data in a decade. He ended a fuel subsidy and devalued the national currency twice. But the benefits have not trickled down to ordinary Nigerians, who are angry with the government over high inflation and widespread poverty.
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Continued……. Two years into his presidency, Nigerians are struggling to put food on the table. Ongoing issues with banditry and kidnappings exacerbate daily challenges, casting doubt on Tinubu’s assertion that the West African nation is heading in the right direction.
Dubbed the ‘tourist-in-chief’ due to his extensive travels, since coming into power in May 2023, Tinubu has embarked on 36 foreign trips, with over 15 occurring in his first six months as president, costing $2.2 million. In November 2023, his government faced criticism for funding the attendance of more than 400 Nigerians at the Cop28 Climate Summit in Dubai. Notably, affluent members of his All Progressives Congress Party have backed him for a second term in the upcoming 2027 general elections.
But for Nigeria’s starving majority, the ultimate judgment on Tinubu’s economic reforms hinges on whether their stomachs are full or empty.
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Dubbed the ‘tourist-in-chief’ due to his extensive travels, since coming into power in May 2023, Tinubu has embarked on 36 foreign trips, with over 15 occurring in his first six months as president, costing $2.2 million. In November 2023, his government faced criticism for funding the attendance of more than 400 Nigerians at the Cop28 Climate Summit in Dubai. Notably, affluent members of his All Progressives Congress Party have backed him for a second term in the upcoming 2027 general elections.
But for Nigeria’s starving majority, the ultimate judgment on Tinubu’s economic reforms hinges on whether their stomachs are full or empty.
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https://www.qatar-tribune.com/article/114362/world/nigerias-prez-halts-foreign-trips-by-govt-officials
https://leadership.ng/apc-stakeholders-endorse-tinubu-sani-for-second-term/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211912419300069
DW
Nigeria's Tinubu touts economy amid cost-of-living anger
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said his economic reforms are "working" as consumer prices for the average Nigerian stay high. The Tinubu government has devalued the country's currency and cut subsidies.
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SOUTH AFRICA TAXIS LAUD TRAORÉ
If you thought the days of African revolutionaries gracing bumpers, rear windows and barber-shop murals were over, think again.
In South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, Burkina Faso's Ibrahim Traoré's image is plastered on public minibus taxis in a show of love for the leader who came to power in a people-backed coup d’état in 2022.
For many, Traoré represents a fierce rejection of neocolonial control and a bold reimagining of African leadership that is unapologetically Pan-Africanist.
Global protests on 30 April in support of Burkina Faso and Traoré showed a continent and a diaspora ready to reclaim Africa’s sovereignty.
Burkina Faso, along with Mali and Niger, expelled French troops and reclaimed national resources following recent people-backed coups. On 6 July 2024, the trio formed the Alliance of Sahel States (AES).
If you thought the days of African revolutionaries gracing bumpers, rear windows and barber-shop murals were over, think again.
In South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, Burkina Faso's Ibrahim Traoré's image is plastered on public minibus taxis in a show of love for the leader who came to power in a people-backed coup d’état in 2022.
For many, Traoré represents a fierce rejection of neocolonial control and a bold reimagining of African leadership that is unapologetically Pan-Africanist.
Global protests on 30 April in support of Burkina Faso and Traoré showed a continent and a diaspora ready to reclaim Africa’s sovereignty.
Burkina Faso, along with Mali and Niger, expelled French troops and reclaimed national resources following recent people-backed coups. On 6 July 2024, the trio formed the Alliance of Sahel States (AES).
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Continued……. This new anti-imperialist bloc plans to create a federal, Pan-African state, with the eventual goal of uniting Africa under a single governance.
Video credit: @ashlainegovender on TikTok and @capitaineib226 on X
Sources
https://apnews.com/article/burkina-faso-protest-ibrahim-traore-coup-attempt-langley-9c2b167d2516c1fcbe5a3acd558bcc9f
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/1/headlines/burkina_faso_protesters_rally_in_defense_of_interim_president_after_alleged_coup_attempt
Video credit: @ashlainegovender on TikTok and @capitaineib226 on X
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https://apnews.com/article/burkina-faso-protest-ibrahim-traore-coup-attempt-langley-9c2b167d2516c1fcbe5a3acd558bcc9f
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/1/headlines/burkina_faso_protesters_rally_in_defense_of_interim_president_after_alleged_coup_attempt
AP News
Thousands rally in Burkina Faso in support of military junta following alleged coup attempt
Thousands of people rallied in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday in support of the military junta after an alleged coup attempt and comments by an American official criticizing junta leader Ibrahim Traore.
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HOW THE WEST DEMONISED VODOU
Vodou is gravely misunderstood worldwide. In the West, it has been portrayed as devil worship and cult-like. But even keeping the 6,000-year-old religion alive in its home country has been a challenge - chiefly thanks to colonialism and the barbaric slave trade.
We went to Benin to demystify the past, present and future of this vibrant religion.
Vodou is gravely misunderstood worldwide. In the West, it has been portrayed as devil worship and cult-like. But even keeping the 6,000-year-old religion alive in its home country has been a challenge - chiefly thanks to colonialism and the barbaric slave trade.
We went to Benin to demystify the past, present and future of this vibrant religion.
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Sudan is teetering on the edge of a catastrophic health crisis as a severe cholera outbreak intensifies amidst an ongoing civil war. Recently, in just one week, the Sudan Health Ministry reported 172 cholera-related deaths. The resurgence of cholera is blamed on the nation's deteriorating infrastructure as a result of over 2 years of war. Here's a breakdown of what's happening.
Sources
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3v5n5ynl59o
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/27/sudan-says-cholera-outbreak-killed-172-people-in-a-week#:~:text=Water%20treatment%20stations%20attacked%20by,90%20percent%20of%20the%20cases.&text=Sudan's%20Ministry%20of%20Health%20has,deaths%20in%20the%20past%20week.
https://trt.global/afrika-english/article/ea4f5888fe3c
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crln9lk51dro
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/14/sudan-war-death-toll-much-higher-than-previously-recorded-new-study-finds#:~:text=Released%20on%20Wednesday%20by%20the,14%20months%20of%20the%20war.
Sources
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3v5n5ynl59o
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/27/sudan-says-cholera-outbreak-killed-172-people-in-a-week#:~:text=Water%20treatment%20stations%20attacked%20by,90%20percent%20of%20the%20cases.&text=Sudan's%20Ministry%20of%20Health%20has,deaths%20in%20the%20past%20week.
https://trt.global/afrika-english/article/ea4f5888fe3c
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crln9lk51dro
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/14/sudan-war-death-toll-much-higher-than-previously-recorded-new-study-finds#:~:text=Released%20on%20Wednesday%20by%20the,14%20months%20of%20the%20war.
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