WHY IS SOMALIA SO LONG?

With the longest coastline of mainland Africa, Somalia has more of a hook shape and is roughly shaped like a boomerang but why is the Horn of Africa country so long?

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Our favourite cartoon of the year depicts one of the biggest stories of 2023 - Niger’s overthrow of French neocolonialism. And how regional bloc ECOWAS exposed itself as an obedient lapdog for France.

Seeing how the brave trio of Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso went about cutting ties with France, Niger took the cue and deposed western puppet Mohamed Bazoum on July 26th.

Moving in lockstep with the West, ECOWAS imposed sanctions on poverty-hit Niger after the military seizure of power. These included freezing national assets, ending ‘aid’ to the country and halting financial transactions, as well as closing borders with Niger and banning commercial flights. Nigeria cut off electricity supply, which amounts to 70% of the power that Niger gets from its southern neighbour.

Aided by people power, Niger held off threats of invasion and eventually succeeded in expelling the French ambassador and agreeing a timeline for the withdrawal of all French troops.

Continued….Interestingly, after cutting ties with France, Niger’s real GDP is projected to grow by an impressive 11.1% in 2024, according to an IMF report.

Will ECOWAS see where the wind is blowing and change tack? We hope to see an end to Africans fighting their own brothers for the sake of external neo-/colonial powers.

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IS UNCLE BOB’S LAND REFORM TO BLAME FOR ZIMBABWE’S WOES?

Zimbabwe has had a myriad of economic challenges and also sanctions since the reign of President Mugabe, is the Land reform to blame or there is more?

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AFROCENTRIC SCHOOLS RULE!

Most African countries adopted a Eurocentric form of education at Independence. But there is a school in Kenya disrupting the colonial form of education. Children in Freedom School, the first of its kind, offers an Afrocentric system of learning. It focuses on incorporating African culture and teaching its students about their roots and history. It even teaches and examines students in their mother tongue, something that’s banned in some western-styled classrooms.
We paid a visit, and definitely give them top marks!
Click the video and tell us how highly you grade what they’re doing.

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2023 RECAP: OUR REACTION TO CNN ‘EXPERT’S’ TAKE ON NIGER

African Stream has reacted to videos of Donald Trump, King Charles, Elon Musk, among others, but the one that took the cake was our reaction to CNN’s expert on the coup in Niger.

Shortly after July 26 it was evident that the overthrow of Western-aligned president Mohamed Bazoum by the military had popular support. For Nigeriens, here at last was a chance to kick out the exploitative French - and their influence - from their motherland.

CNN brought on Washington DC think-tanker and former State Department employee Aneliese Bernard to explain France’s (and the West’s) dwindling fortunes in Niger.

Trying to make sense of it all, she said that the capital Niamey was populated by the elite, whose differences with the president may have contributed to his downfall.

Continued….No mention of how France has greatly benefited at the expense of Niger, which is one of the poorest countries in the world with a per capita income of $ 628 (IMF).

CNN’s host Zain Asher then echoed the West’s fear of an awakened continent when she wondered why Nigeriens were happy to be rid of a ‘democratically elected’ leader who is ‘trusted by the West’.

It’s a dangerous time for humanity when mainstream media believes its own propaganda, especially about Africa. It’s even more dangerous when people believe what these ‘experts’ say about the continent.

Watch the reaction videos on our YouTube channel and help us unmask them.

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Continued….The legacy of North Korea’s steadfast support of African liberation includes training militants in Angola, Mozambique and South Africa, among other pivotal spots on the continent. In Senegal, a North Korean company helped build the continent’s largest statue, the African Renaissance Monument, towering in the Soviet art style of Socialist Realism. It was completed in 2010. The statue stands 50 meters tall, making it higher than both the Statue of Liberty in New York City and Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer.

Let us know your thoughts on North Korea’s contribution to the African liberation struggle.

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WHY IS AFRICA CLOSED TO AFRICANS?

We hear a lot about Africans having a hard time travelling abroad but far less about the difficulties they face visiting other African countries. It’s a bigger problem than you might have imagined - and one it’s high time to address.

ALABAMA BRAWL NIGER STYLE

One of our favourite posts of 2023 was when merged two stories together and made this hilarious meme video where we took the now-viral clip of the Alabama Street Brawl and combined it with how Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso declared that they would join forces with Niger to defend the nation against a possible ECOWAS attack led by Nigeria.

The original video went viral because it showed Africans collectively coming together to defend black security, set on by a mob of white people for just doing his job. We are constantly told that Africans are disunited, but this was a very visceral display of that unity, with a 16-year-old brother even jumping from a boat and swimming to support the security guard who was being attacked. Another theory is that after scores of videos circulated on social media of Africans in America and elsewhere being brutalised by police officers and racists, it is refreshing to see a video of Africans fighting back and embodying the words of Malcolm X:

Continued…“I don’t call it violence when it’s self-defence; I call it intelligence.”

If the video has taught us anything, it’s we must come together and defend one another, whether on the streets or that we come together as Africans to defend Niger from Western aggression. We must develop the appropriate attitude of “touch one, touch all” when defending African people and states from imperialism.

Mali and Burkina Faso did the right thing by rushing to Niger’s defence as soon as imperialist forces threatened it. Guinea quickly followed suit. When we unite to fight our shared enemies, we become a real force to reckon with. Divided, we are weak; united, we are strong. As President Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso stated, “Africa needs to be able to unite, and the more united we are, the more effective we are.”

THE AMAZIGH NEW YEAR CELEBRATION

The Amazigh people of North Africa celebrate the arrival of the year 2974 on January 12th! That’s according to their calendar. Their new year - known as Yennayer - has been an official day off in Algeria since (the Gregorian) 2018.

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