TINUBU’S NIGERIA: KIDNAPPINGS SOAR AS NAIRA TUMBLES

Nigeria’s Bola Ahmed Tinubu was re-elected on the back of promises to reign in the cost-of-living crisis - but over a year on, it’s making life an ever greater misery for millions in the country. With the naira in apparent free fall and subsidies axed, prices have made everyday living a real struggle, if not impossible. Against this backdrop, there’s been a spike in kidnappings across the country - with ransom seemingly the main motivation. African Stream’s Nigeria correspondent Poloum David reports from Abuja.

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GADDAFI’S SPOKESPERSON: WEST ACHIEVED ITS GOALS IN LIBYA

What was the West hoping to achieve by removing Gaddafi from power 13 years ago? In this clip from our exclusive interview with the Libyan leader’s former spokesman and communications minister, Moussa Ibrahim sheds light on how, since the 2011 NATO intervention, some 600-billion dollars of Libyan wealth have gone missing - held in European and American banks, where Libyans can’t access it. But besides the wealth extraction, he says (citing a UN official’s admission) there’s the fact that foreign troops are now firmly installed in Libya, with military bases across the country. You can catch the full interview on our YouTube channel.

What do you think NATO’s 7,000 bombing sorties over 8 months were really for?

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GAZA’S ROAD OF DEATH

America’s planned pier to get aid into Gaza is being built with rubble from destroyed Palestinian homes. Excavators and bulldozers are also being used while Gazans dig for loved ones trapped under bombed buildings with their bare hands. Human rights activist Sarah Wilkinson highlights the sick irony in this video.

America and the UN describe the pier as a humanitarian effort to relieve suffering in the besieged enclave. They ignore it’s suffering caused by the US funding and arming Israel’s bombardment and Tel Aviv’s blockade of supplies.
Sarah dubs the pier and nearby jetty on Gaza’s beach the ‘Road of the Dead’. It’s hard to disagree.

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ZIONISTS IN HAITI & AFRICA!

Zionism, a political ideology that many say has hijacked Judaism to pursue settler-colonialism in occupied Palestine, does not end at the borders of the state of Israel. Zionist businessmen Gilbert Bigio and Dan Gertler cast a shadow over the economies of Haiti, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and occupied Palestine.

Bigio’s business in Haiti, the GB Group, has been involved in ‘infrastructure development’ projects, telecommunications services, oil and gas, and real estate ventures. That has raised questions about Zionist interests in a predominantly African country struggling to overcome the legacies of colonialism and foreign intervention. Bigio, born in 1935 to a Sephardic Jewish family in what is now Syria, is considered a de facto leader of Haiti’s Jewish community and is an honorary consul to Israel.

Continued….Like many other Zionists, Bigio is reportedly not religious but participates in Jewish cultural activities.

Similarly, human rights activists have criticised Gertler for disregarding environmental and human rights standards as he does business in the DRC. The United States imposed sanctions on Gertler in 2017 for human rights abuses and corruption. However, Israeli financial media outlet @TheMarker claims to have a recent recording of Gertler admitting he skirted those sanctions to pursue a $1.5 billion mine in the DRC. Gertler was born in 1973 in Tel Aviv, learned the diamond trade through his father and grandfather, and started a diamond business after completing mandatory military service.

Since the late 1800s, foreign forces have collaborated with Congolese leaders to exploit the heart of Africa, worsening existing socio-economic disparities and fueling violence. More than 7 million people are internally displaced in the DRC while conflict rages in the country’s eastern provinces.

In this video, TikTok creators iamlaurachung (of @theslowfactory) and @kevin.ug make the connection between Zionist entrepreneurs like Bigio and Gertler and our liberation struggle.

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DIASPORA NEEDS AN AFRICAN CULTURAL RENAISSANCE

Activist and academic Ramona Edelin - famous for popularising the term ‘African-American’ - has died at the age of 78.

She argued that the diaspora must draw inspiration from its African roots. Too much emphasis is given, she claimed, to the dark side of our history - especially slavery and the socio-economic problems faced by Africans in America.

In this clip from a TV appearance a while back, she reminds us how rich Africa’s past is in mathematics, science, music, art and religion. Focusing on this, she hoped, would lead to a cultural renaissance within diaspora communities.

Rest in power, sister!

Please keep Edelin’s ideas alive by letting us know your views. Do you agree with her that the diaspora needs to reconnect more positively with the continent?

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TEARFUL SOCCER STAR VOWS TO FIGHT RACISM

Racism reduced Brazilian footballer Vinicius Jr. to tears at a press conference this week. The Real Madrid star says he faces constant abuse during games in Spain, but little is done about it.

There were 10 incidents of racism against him in La Liga last season, from monkey chants to death threats. Authorities handed out fines and stadium bans to a handful of offenders, but that’s done nothing to the stop the racism. This season the 23-year-old has been targeted by fans at Sevilla, Barcelona, Valencia and Athletic Madrid. Last week, Real filed a complaint against a referee who omitted from his match report alleged racist abuse towards Vinicius during the game against Osasuna. Last night, Brazil played Spain in a friendly in Madrid, with organisers promoting the anti-racism slogan ‘One Skin.’

Continued….While Vinicius was applauded by reporters during his tearful press conference, others accuse him of ‘provoking’ players and fans. It’s a vile situation, which the player admits he can’t do anything about, apart from keep playing.

Brazi’ls coach, Dorival Júnior, says clubs and police should be doing more to address issues like this. He recently told the Guardian ’It should be possible to track down the people if the police put their mind to it.’

What would you do? What should be done? Tell us in the comments.

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WHAT NEW PRESIDENT MEANS FOR SENEGAL

Senegal has chosen a new direction - by voting in 44-year-old Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who will become Africa’s youngest elected president.

Here’s a look at why his victory could mean greater economic sovereignty for Senegal - and a kick in the teeth for French neocolonial interests.

Do you like the cut of Faye’s jib? Do let us know!

HOW THE WEST BETRAYED GADDAFI

While the West vilifies him now, it once welcomed Libya’s revolutionary leader Muammar Gaddafi - as he relates in this 2011 ABC News interview, just weeks before the fateful NATO intervention that brought disaster on his country and, of course, on himself. He candidly explains why he felt betrayed as the international community became openly hostile.

Libya’s relationship with the West had improved through the 2000s: the North African country was viewed as a bulwark against jihadist extremists and illegal migration. But when the Arab Spring swept the region, beginning in December 2010, President Obama turned against Gaddafi, claiming he was hellbent on murdering thousands of pro-democracy protesters.

Continued….From reaching a political settlement with Britain and the US and compensating Lockerbie bombing victims, to being invaded by a NATO-led coalition, Gaddafi’s relations with the West went full circle. It all ended on October 20th, 2011, when he was killed by rebels in the city of Sirte, Libya.

Do you agree with Gaddafi that he was betrayed? And do you think the West regrets its part in his toppling? As always, please let us know your thoughts.

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TRUMP’S SON-IN-LAW: ‘CLEAR OUT’ GAZA

Few things exemplify the depravity of the West than former US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law calling on Israel to ‘clear out’ Gaza’s civilian population to ‘finish the job.’

In a similar vein, German Nazis called for a ‘final solution’ to the Jewish Question. US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield also recently echoed the phrase. Plus, those words appeared in a slide show that the Israel lobby allegedly showed to US political leaders to train them on how to elicit public support.

In this clip, @middleeast_HKS chairperson Tarek Masoud mentioned to Jared Kushner that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to move Palestinians from Rafah into the Negev Desert.

Continued….Masoud asked if Arabs should be concerned about that being a permanent solution. Kushner replied that the enclave was already destroyed. The 43-year-old real estate developer said a little later, ‘Gaza’s waterfront property, it could be very valuable to, if people would focus on, kind of, building up, um, you know, livelihoods.’

Other bits that hadn’t gone viral deserve mention, including Kushner questioning the legitimacy of Gaza as a Palestinian entity and applauding the Trump administration for brokering ‘normalisation’ agreements between some Arab states and Israel as a solution to the Palestine Question.

His views are not fringe. While the US feigns concern for civilian lives by dropping packages of food throughout the 41-kilometre-long enclave, it has shipped hundreds of aeroplane- and ship-loads of bombs that have been dropped on Palestinians, killing more than 32,000 people and injuring more than 74,000. The United States provides $3.8 billion in annual funding that reinforces Israel’s military. Plus, US veto power on the UN Security Council has prevented a permanent ceasefire.

In recent days, the US has been using rubble from destroyed Palestinian homes to construct an aid-delivery port in Gaza that Israel would control, a dark look into what is to come if the international community stands by.

What do you think of Kushner’s comments? Let us know in the comments.

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CLUELESS KAMALA CLAPS TO ANTI-US SONG IN PUERTO RICO

Kamala Harris, the American Vice President, was caught on camera dancing to a song protesting her visit to Puerto Rico. It’s a Caribbean island that’s a de facto American colony.

African Stream’s Ahmed Ghoneim takes the chance to throw a couple of jabs at the politician’s gaffe and breaks down the complicated status of Puerto Rico, which is considered the oldest colony in the world.

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ISRAELI STUDENTS ACT OUT APARTHEID

This clip shows Israeli schoolchildren doing a parody in which Israeli ‘soldiers’ appear to execute a ‘Palestinian.’ This reportedly took place on a school premises with no adult intervention. The background music, featuring mumble rap (a Black invention) in Hebrew, is ironic given reports say Israeli society mistreats African Jews.

Many have raised alarms over the years about Israeli society indoctrinating Israeli children to wish for the cleansing of Palestinians.

Continued…..This clip took place as Israel continues a military operation that has killed more than 32,000 Palestinians and injured more than 74,000 since the 7 October escalation in the 75-year Israeli occupation of Palestine. The United Nations said famine is ‘imminent’ in the northern Gaza Strip, while one out of three children suffer acute malnutrition, up from 15.6 per cent in January. This comes despite an International Court of Justice ruling in January requiring Israel to take precautions to avoid genocidal acts, as well as a 25 March UN Security Council resolution for an immediate ceasefire and flow of aid that would last through Ramadan, which ends in two weeks.

The Israeli state began in violence when armed Zionist settlers moved 750,000 Palestinians off the land to create Israel in 1948. That event was called the ‘Nakba,’ or catastrophe in Arabic.

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ANTHONY JOSHUA GIFTS BULLIED BLACK KID

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has thrown his support behind a Black schoolboy targeted by an alleged race-hate attack in the U.K.

In a disturbing video that went viral in mid March, the youngster is seen being pushed and punched by a White kid before being made to kiss his shoe in the city of Carlisle. Four teenagers have been arrested and released on bail over the incident that sparked outrage nationwide.

Joshua sent the youngster a message of support and boxing gloves which were delivered by our brothers @Raspectrebbelion and @ForeverFamilyForce. They also offered him lessons in self-defence.

According to media reports, the boy had recently moved to Carlisle from Zimbabwe to be with his mum. For legal reasons we’ve blurred the faces of people in the video.

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REPORT: NETANYAHU WANTS TO DEPORT PALESTINIANS VIA U.S.-BUILT PORT

In this recent clip from the UK Parliament’s floor, newly elected British MP George Galloway of the Workers Party of Britain demanded an immediate intervention to address Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s alleged proposal to use a US-built port to deport more than 2 million Palestinians. Kann News journalist @yaara_shapira reported that Netanyahu made the remarks during a private meeting of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Security Committee.

US President Joe Biden recently announced that the US military would build a temporary port on the Mediterranean Sea coastline of the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian supplies after aid agencies said airdrops are insufficient to manage the hunger crisis taking a toll on displaced Palestinians, especially children.

Continued….The Israeli military operation since 7 October has killed more than 32,000 Palestinians and injured more than 74,000. Further, the United Nations has warned famine is ‘imminent’ in the northern Gaza Strip, while one out of three children suffer acute malnutrition, up from 15.6 per cent in January. The Israeli bombardments and aid blockade continue despite an International Court of Justice ruling in January requiring Israel to avoid genocidal acts and a 25 March UN Security Council ceasefire that will last through Ramadan, which ends in two weeks.

Israel’s attacks have destroyed 70 per cent of Gaza’s homes. The United States is using some of the rubble to construct the port.

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US TO SUBMIT NIGER EXIT PLAN

So Niger is giving the US military the boot - and says The Pentagon will submit an exit plan. It’s a blow to Washington, which spent 110-million dollars on its Agadez base in central Niger. At the same time, Niamey is exploring other options when it comes to security partnerships - including with Russia. And it’s bolstering defence ties with revolutionary Pan-African neighbours Burkina Faso and Mali.

Do you think it’s a good idea for Niger to be getting into bed again with foreign, non-African security partners? Or should it stick to its Sahel allies?

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WHY DID WEST ONCE COZY UP TO GADDAFI?

After decades of hostility, the mid-2000s seemed to indicate a thaw between Libya and the West. However, both sides had different motives. Gaddafi was looking to buy time - to be able to complete major African projects, like an African Central Bank. The West, on the other hand, was seeking to stall precisely these projects - as they represented a threat to its neo-colonial interests. That’s the view of Gaddafi’s former spokesman, who shared his first-hand insights exclusively with African Stream recently. In this clip, he elaborates on what was behind the apparent rapprochement between Libya and the West, which came just a few years before NATO destroyed the country. We’re also keen to hear your views on this in the comments, please share them. (The full interview is up on our YouTube channel - you can also engage with us there!)

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