Africa Can De-Dollarise!

Is this the moment African business has been waiting for?
Trade on the continent can now be done through local currencies thanks to new technology.
And it means Africans can finally bypass the dollar and avoid losing billions in commission each year.
Kenya’s President William Ruto thinks it’s a game changer and is urging Africans to take advantage.

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Climate-Change Action We're Doing It Wrong

Climate change is hitting Africa hard - with deadly floods the latest example - even though our continent is responsible for only a fraction of global emissions.

What’s worse, green initiatives designed to offset carbon footprints are failing badly - and creating additional disruptions to indigenous African communities.

And to cap it, the approach of institutions like the IMF and the World Bank to African debt is accelerating ecological (not to mention other forms of) destruction.

A rethink and action are needed fast for Africa and the globe. African Stream’s William Sakawa breaks it down for us with some in-depth analysis also provided by Action Aid’s David Archer.

You can check out the full version on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4jpHnPIW9Y&pp=ygUOYWZyaWNhbiBzdHJlYW0%3D

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French Flags Burn In Senegal

Violent protests have erupted in Senegal after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was sentenced to two years in jail. Dozens have been killed in clashes with police, while supermarkets and petrol stations have been vandalised.

Sonko was cleared of rape but found guilty of ‘immoral behaviour.’ His supporters say the charges are trumped up and designed to prevent him from running in next year’s presidential election - one in which they fear President Macky Sall will try and win an ‘unconstitutional’ third term.

Some of Sonko’s supporters burned French flags in the streets of Dakar. They see Paris as having a hand in Sonko’s political persecution, due to his strongly anti-French stance....

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Senegal belongs to ‘Françafrique‘- a bloc of former French colonies still under the sway sway of Paris, politically and economically. Senegal uses the CFA franc and hosts multiple large French businesses accused of undercutting locals, while a French firm operates toll roads that are seen as a symbol of inequality in a country where 40% are under the poverty line.

There’s growing resistance to French influence across The Sahel. Burkina Faso and Mali, for example, have both expelled French ambassadors, journalists and troops - with Paris, no doubt, concerned that Senegal too is now spiralling out of its orbit.

Let’s not forget that France has form when it comes to using underhand tactics to get its way on our continent. For instance, when Guinea left the CFA franc, Paris flooded the country with counterfeit notes - in a bid to destabilise its economy.

Africa, Brazil
Tackle Racism

Brazil will play friendlies against two African teams as part of an anti-racism campaign.
They’ll take on Guinea in Barcelona on June 17th and Senegal in Lisbon three days later.
It’s been organised in support of Brazilian Vinicius Junior who suffered horrific racial abuse for the tenth time this season, while playing for Real Madrid against Valencia.
The incident sparked demonstrations outside the Spanish Embassy in Soa Paulo.
Players in Brazil also showed solidarity by sitting down at the start of games in protest against racism.
It was a sight that took the commentator's breath away when Flamengo faced Cruzeiro.

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Africans civilised Europeans - twice. Watch Pan-Africanist writer John G. Jackson explain how.

First, he notes how the Greeks learned from Black Egyptians, and passed on their knowledge to the Romans. Then, after the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe entered the so-called ‘dark ages.’ These were not as ‘dark’ in terms of knowledge and learning as the name suggests, but European culture was transformed by the arrival of the Moors from North Africa. Their conquest brought with it ‘light’ - so much so, claims Jackson, that the Moors re-civilised Europe.

Western textbooks often ignore this inconvenient side of the story, as it grates with their implicit ‘victor’s’ narrative that Europeans are superior. Jackson urges Africans to write their own histories. Only in this way can a truer, more inclusive and comprehensive narrative gain traction - one that acknowledges and respects Africa’s phenomenal contribution to world civilisation.

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Nasser And Six-Day War

This week marks the anniversary of the Six-Day War.
On June 5th, 1967, Israel launched pre-emptive strikes against Egypt and its allies.
Aided by the US, Israel went on to invade the Sinai Peninsular and colonise the West Bank, Golan heights and more.
At the time, Egypt was led by one of its most popular presidents, Gamal Abdel Nasser.
He’d beaten the British, French and Israelis in 1956 and changed the landscape of his nation and the Arab world.
He also pushed for more African integration with other leaders.
But his socialist movement and defiance of the West ultimately came to a head.
Nasser remained defiant before and after defeat in the Six-Day War.
Many believe if hadn’t died in 1970, Egypt would still be fighting to free all the occupied lands.
His successor, Anwar Sadat, did manage to liberate the Sinai Peninsula, the eastern most tip of the African continent.
However, his normalisation of the Israel-US alliance remains a controversial topic among African and Arabs alike.

Black And White Boardroom Bias

Decades after apartheid was abolished, there’s still a stark Black and White divide in South Africa’s boardrooms.
Despite making up less than eight per cent of the population, Whites hold two-thirds of CEO positions.
Blacks, who make up 80 per cent of society, hold less than 15 per cent of the top jobs. And it’s not down to a lack of education, either.
Listen to Cape Town journalist and radio host Lester Kiewit run through the facts.

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Bring On The Brics

BRICS wants more African countries to join and has its sights set on ditching the dollar.
Its priorities were highlighted during a foreign ministers meeting in Cape Town ahead of the main BRICS summit in South Africa in August.
The group’s combined GDP already exceeds that of the G7 and a further 19 countries want membership.

Exclusive: Escaping Sudan

Finding refuge for the Sudanese people is not a fairy tale. In many cases the planes and aid workers you see on TV simply aren’t there. We follow the dangerous journey of one refugee, Abdrahman, who was forced to leave his home and head to Cairo. He gave us an exclusive video-diary account of what happened.

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MI6 Terror Plot To Remove Gaddafi

The UK’s secret service - MI6 - funded al-Qaeda-linked groups in Libya, in the hope they’d topple Muammar Gaddafi. And it had its eyes firmly on the prize: lucrative oil-contracts in the wake of his removal.

So basically, London partnered with terrorists to exploit Africans. Don’t take our word for it. Here’s former UK intel officer Annie Machon spilling the beans on how her country plays with fire to get its way.