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.

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HAITIAN COUP LEADER APPEALS TO KENYANS

As the Kenyan government ramps up to deploy police officers to the Caribbean nation of Haiti, Guy Philippe, a controversial Haitian figure, recently made a passionate appeal to the Kenyan people to put pressure on their leaders to shelve the contentious plan.

Philippe said the move is part of a Western imperialist effort to continue to control a predominantly African country that had booted European slavemasters in 1804. Philippe remains a divisive figure in Haiti. He reportedly previously served as a police chief and founded the Front for National Liberation and Reconstruction (FLRN), one of the paramilitary organisations that participated in the 2004 US-orchestrated coup against Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the country's first democratically elected leader. In the years leading up to the coup, US Special Forces reportedly trained Philippe in Ecuador.

Continued….In the post-coup era, he is reported to have continued paramilitary activities before winning a senate seat in 2016. However, he shortly thereafter withdrew a government certificate indicating he had been elected. Then he was arrested in January 2017 on money laundering charges related to drug trafficking and served time in a US prison. Philippe was released and deported back to Haiti in late 2023, after serving less than seven years of a nine-year sentence that he obtained after cutting a deal with US prosecutors to avoid a life sentence.

Since his recent return to Haiti, he is said to have joined up with another militant group, while becoming a vociferous campaigner against the US-led plan to deploy Kenyan police officers to Haiti.

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PLO LUMUMBA: GERMANY HAS NO REMORSE FOR AFRICAN GENOCIDE

Germany is using Palestinians under Israeli assault to launder its conscience, and it’s not even doing that well, said Pan-Africanist PLO Lumumba. In this clip from our January monthly wrap-up, the scholar demonstrated Germany’s duplicity. The former coloniser attempted to pour cold water on South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, prompting a clapback from Namibia, reminding Germany it had committed the 20th century’s first genocide against the Nama and Herero peoples.