Continued….The saga highlights some truths about the West’s much-hyped commitment to human rights and so-called rules-based order. The same Western countries that clamoured for Putin’s arrest are not interested in the possible war crimes committed by Israel against the people of Palestine. The US, the UK, Germany and other Western countries are all opposed to the genocide case brought by South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Could it be the West has lost the zeal for fighting war crimes? Or are they more comfortable with atrocities committed by their allies?

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‘GERMANY’S LOST PLOT OVER GAZA’

Why can’t Germany or any country in the EU call out Israel’s genocide in Gaza? Irish MEP Mick Wallace asks the question as he rips into the bloc with this thumping speech at the European Parliament.

After rattling off the grim Palestinian death toll, he wonders how Berlin can stay silent, given its role in World War Two’s holocaust and its little-known genocide in Africa. That saw over 75% of Namibia’s Herero and Nama people killed, with their skulls shipped to Europe. Historians regard it as the first genocide of the 20th century.

Listen to Wallace’s fiery soundbite. There were a few claps but mainly silence afterwards. Says it all.

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AFRO-PALESTINIAN CHILDREN SING FOR PALESTINE

The African diaspora has lived in Palestine for centuries, mixing with the local populations and forging an Afro-Palestinian identity. In both the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip, Afro-Palestinians have contributed to the Palestinian liberation struggle for decades. In this video clip, Afro-Palestinian children sing and dance for liberation in a music class. These children live in the Gaza Strip, currently the most dangerous place for children on Earth, according to a UNICEF spokesperson who was quoted in December. Israel’s military operation has killed more than 11,000 Palestinian children since the 7 October escalation in the Palestine-Israel conflict.

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US President Joe Biden has a long and contradictory record when it comes to race. While he is currently lauded for his 'progressive outlook' - the appointment of judges and diverse staff - past remarks paint a very different picture.

In the mid ‘70s, Biden worked alongside segregationists to sponsor a bill that would limit the power of courts to order school desegregation via busing (that is, by sending children to schools in other districts to make them more diverse).

Decades later, this revelation led to the mic-drop moment in Kamala Harris’s campaign for the presidential nomination, when she opportunistically blasted him as having personally impacted her education as a young girl.

His relationship to those segregationists would continue. At the 2003 funeral of notoriously racist Senator Strom Thurmond, Biden said during his eulogy that “Strom was a product of his time. But he understood people. He cared for them. He knew how to get things done.”

Continued….During a 1994 interview, where he advocated for US military invasion in Haiti, Biden claimed that “If Haiti just quietly sunk into the Caribbean, or rose up 300 feet, it wouldn’t matter a whole lot in terms of our interests.”

In 2010, Biden warmly eulogised Senator Robert Byrd, a former high-ranking member of the Ku Klux Klan, saying he was “one of my mentors” and that “the Senate is a lesser place for his going.”

Even with this sordid history, Biden remarked in a 2020 Breakfast Club interview that “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t Black.”

Many critics in the US suggest that it is important to understand Biden's mixed record on race in order to understand his upcoming campaign strategy. What do you think?

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AFRICA HAS TO STAY POOR FOR WORLD TO BE RICH

The failures of Western-imposed economic policies in Africa make sense once you realise it is intentional sabotage. Here, Howard Nicholas, senior lecturer of economics at the International Institute of Social Studies, explains how an entire system exists to keep Africa poor so it will always remain a source of cheap raw materials and cheap labour. Africa subsidises the living standards of the rest of the world with almost none of its wealth benefiting Africans.

Take Niger, for example, where a significant amount of the uranium that France uses to power its electricity grid is from, yet the Sahelian nation is among the poorest in the world. This unfortunate situation is not limited to Niger but common across the continent. African countries produce most of the minerals and resources that the modern world needs to function, so how can Africa still be poor?

Continued….A lot has been invested to maintain the status quo. When Lumumba in DR Congo pledged to utilise Congolese resources to benefit Congolese people, the CIA, Belgium and Britain had him assassinated and placed the puppet Mobutu in his stead. Burkina Faso saw its ‘self-reliance’ and ‘self-sufficiency’ champion Thomas Sankara murdered by France and the puppet Compaoré installed. Similar events happened with Kwame Nkrumah, Maurice Bishop, Samora Machel, the list goes on.

Have a listen to Dr Nicholas’ remarks and let us know what you think.

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PLO TO NORTH AFRICA: EMULATE NASSER, GADDAFI

Just a few days ago an Algerian football fan and influencer turned up in Ivory Coast for AFCON and slagged off the host nation. She basically said her country should divorce itself from poor uncivilised African countries and link up with the likes of Spain and Portugal instead. It stoked plenty of debate about the superiority complex of some African Arab states and their relationship with the rest of the continent.

Well, we got the thoughts of Pan-African scholar, PLO Lumumba, who didn’t shirk the challenge. He went through the Arab slave trade and highlighted the recent appalling treatment of African migrants in Tunisia and Libya. He also took aim at Morocco’s desire for ‘proximity to whiteness’. So much so, they once left the African Union to court European Union membership.

Continued….But Lumumba insists it doesn’t have to be like this and remembers previous North African leaders, such as Nasser and Gaddafi, who preached African unity. The question is: why don’t other leaders want to do the same? Have as listen, join the debate and leave your comments below.

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GHANA TEAM BUS ATTACKED

Ghana and Ivory Coast fans went on the rampage as their sides faced a humiliating exit from AFCON. The Ghana team bus was attacked after a 2-2 draw with Mozambique in the last group game. And in Abidjan, fuming Ivory Coast supporters smashed local buses after Equatorial Guinea thumped the hosts 4-0.

The Black Stars are definitely out of the tournament, but there’s a small chance the Elephants could still make the last 16 as one of the four best third-placed teams. Although to be honest, like these buses, that possibility looks grim.

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PLO ON AFRICA’S RELIGIOUS FANATICISM

Africa undeniably has a problem with religious extremism. Why is it that Africans remain vulnerable to fanaticism and doomsday sects?

Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie, who’s been in custody for over 100 days, has now been charged with manslaughter for the deaths of over 200 people. The self-proclaimed pastor and 94 other suspects, including his wife, pleaded ‘not guilty’ to 238 counts of manslaughter in what is now known as the Shakahola massacre. Mass graves in the forest by that name have turned up the emaciated and abused corpses of his followers, sometimes of entire families. It’s alleged he preached starvation as a route to heaven.

We chat with Pan-African professor PLO Lumumba as we wrap up January to find out why the African continent is so susceptible to religious manipulation, discussing the root causes as well as possible ways to deter preying ‘pastors.’

ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA SPAT: EGYPT WEIGHS IN - WHY?

Egypt’s president has publicly thrown his country’s weight behind Somalia after Ethiopia’s controversial deal with Somaliland to gain access to the Gulf of Aden was announced. African Stream’s Ahmed Ghoneim unpacks why the rumbles of war are sounding off again in the region in the latest episode of Africa in 90 Seconds.

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DISMANTLED: UK HOST TRASHING SOUTH AFRICA

Shocking UK TV host Julia Hartley-Brewer is at it again Only this time she has teamed up with the Israeli Defence Forces favourite British Journalist, Douglas Murray. After being slammed for a ‘racist’ interview with a Palestinian MP, she now says South Africa should deal with its own problems, before suing Israel for genocide at the UN’s top court. And, no, we are not exaggerating. That’s exactly what she said.

It exposes, yet again, a pervasive sense of superiority and disgust that an African country has the nerve to hold a Western one to account. Here’s part one of our take on her awful rant and the disturbing dogma it reveals.

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SUDAN CRISIS DEEPENS

As fighting between Sudan’s army and paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces has raged for close to 10 months, the humanitarian crisis has continued to deteriorate.

In this interview with US-based Breakthrough News, academic and Sudanese Communist Party’s Central Committee member Dr. Sidgi Kaballo discusses how the conflict has decimated the country’s vital infrastructure, leaving millions without access to water, electricity or health care.

Continued…..Dr. Kaballo, father of African Stream CEO Ahmed Kaballo, stayed in Sudan for 7-1/2 months during the war, so he gives a first-hand account of the misery that has been inflicted on civilians. He also explains how millions of Sudanese citizens have been forced to flee to neighbouring countries since April, while the international community has shown little to no concern about the plight of Sudanese citizens since the power struggle began between the army’s General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the RSF’s Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, or ‘Hemedti.’

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PLO LUMUMBA: SOUTH AFRICA ICJ PETITION COMMENDABLE

PLO Lumumba joined us to go over January’s biggest stories in Africa. In this clip, he thinks South Africa’s petition against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is worthy of praise. A lawyer himself, the Pan-Africanist scholar sees South Africa’s case as airtight on the charge that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Israel has killed over 25,000 Palestinians in a little more than three months inside the 41-kilometre-long enclave. Gazans live under the Israeli blockade, with food and water hard to come by, forcing civilians to grind animal feed for flour. Now, 9 out 10 Gazans do not have enough to eat. The healthcare system is collapsing, with all 36 of the Gaza Strip’s hospitals no longer fully functional, due to Israel’s bombardments.

Continued….About 15 hospitals provide only limited care and have been overwhelmed with patients. Plus, a 300 per cent rise in miscarriages has been reported.

South Africa’s case has received support from other countries as well, including Bangladesh, Bolivia, Comoros and Djibouti, all of which had sought an ICJ investigation in November. Indonesia and Slovenia have announced plans to file a request for an opinion. Moreover, reports indicate Indonesia is set to be at the Hague on 19 February to present its perspective during a public hearing. Plus, Mexico and Chile filed a lawsuit with the International Criminal Court (distinct from the ICJ), asking for a probe into Israel’s crimes against Palestinians. Other countries that have expressed support for South Africa’s ICJ case include Cuba, Jordan, Malaysia, the Maldives, Pakistan, Namibia, Turkey, as well as the 57-member Organization of Islamic Countries and the 22-member Arab League.

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PT. 3: EGYPTIAN COMEDIAN ON H*M*S’ GOAL

Here’s part 3 of Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef setting the record straight with PBD Podcast co-host Adam Sosnick. He had raised H*m*s had decapitated babies in October, even though the Israeli government refuted that claim.

Youssef reminded the co-host that terrorist groups wouldn’t shy away from showing their horrendous acts. He also shut down the co-host by saying respected Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that it was, in fact, Israeli soldiers who killed many Israeli concert goers and hostages on and after 7 October.

Take a look and let us know what you think.

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