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FUNNY ECOWAS BUST-UP
Ivorian representative Adjaratou Traoré errupted into a fit of rage at an ECOWAS Parliament session in Abuja on 20th July, 2024, when her Senegalese counterpart stated that African heads of state impoverished their countries. In her view, certain things should never be said about African leaders and this is one of them.
The Seneglese parliamentarian, however, is none of other than Guy Marius Sagna, who rose to prominence through his grassroots organising with the Front for an Anti-Imperialist Popular and Pan-African Revolution. He was at the forefront of the struggle against former Senegalese president Macky Sall’s neo-liberal policies and close ties to France. He has long accused Macky Sall and others like him of betraying the interests of their people and fought against certain economic policies, such as the free trade agreement Sall signed with the European Union.
Ivorian representative Adjaratou Traoré errupted into a fit of rage at an ECOWAS Parliament session in Abuja on 20th July, 2024, when her Senegalese counterpart stated that African heads of state impoverished their countries. In her view, certain things should never be said about African leaders and this is one of them.
The Seneglese parliamentarian, however, is none of other than Guy Marius Sagna, who rose to prominence through his grassroots organising with the Front for an Anti-Imperialist Popular and Pan-African Revolution. He was at the forefront of the struggle against former Senegalese president Macky Sall’s neo-liberal policies and close ties to France. He has long accused Macky Sall and others like him of betraying the interests of their people and fought against certain economic policies, such as the free trade agreement Sall signed with the European Union.
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Continued……A staunch anti-imperialist, Sagna went viral for another recent video, filmed at the ECOWAS summit two days prior, during which he blasted the bloc for allowing Swiss and US-based institutions to participate in the West African parliament as special guests.
While Adjaratou Traoré does not feel it is appropriate to accuse African heads of state of impoverishing their citizens, President Alassane Ouattara of her home country Ivory Coast is overseeing one of the largest mass-eviction campaigns in West Africa, removing thousands of Abidjan-residents from their homes for the past several years. The evictions have accelerated in 2024 and this month, protests and clashes broke out in Adjamé village in northern Abidjan as the villagers blocked the demolition of their neighbourhood. 170 neighbourhoods in Abidjan are being targeted for demolition so that new infrastructure projects and buildings can be erected, including a luxury shopping mall and a new bridge. Perhaps Guy Marius Sagna is on to something here.
What do you think? Did Sagna take it too far by bringing African heads of state into this or is he right on the nose?
While Adjaratou Traoré does not feel it is appropriate to accuse African heads of state of impoverishing their citizens, President Alassane Ouattara of her home country Ivory Coast is overseeing one of the largest mass-eviction campaigns in West Africa, removing thousands of Abidjan-residents from their homes for the past several years. The evictions have accelerated in 2024 and this month, protests and clashes broke out in Adjamé village in northern Abidjan as the villagers blocked the demolition of their neighbourhood. 170 neighbourhoods in Abidjan are being targeted for demolition so that new infrastructure projects and buildings can be erected, including a luxury shopping mall and a new bridge. Perhaps Guy Marius Sagna is on to something here.
What do you think? Did Sagna take it too far by bringing African heads of state into this or is he right on the nose?
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From anti-government protests in Nigeria to Pro-Maduro rallies in Venezuela, here’s our weekly photo dump.
1. Abuja, Nigeria – Anti-government protests sweep Nigeria. Inflation is at a 30-year high, fuel subsidies have been scrapped and the Naira currency massively devalued. Just under half the country’s population lives in poverty, despite Nigeria being Africa’s biggest oil producer. Activists have called for more demos against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as police launch a brutal crackdown that's killed at least 11 people.
2. Kingston, Jamaica – Hundreds of Dancehall fans lined up outside the Tower Street Correctional Facility chanting 'Free Worl’ Boss! ' after the Jamaica Court of Appeals' decision to release Vybz Cartel. He and his three co-defendants were freed after years in prison for the murder of Clive "Lizard" Williams, whose body was never found. Cartel is known for his great music and also promoting bleaching, which saw him visibly whiten his skin.
1. Abuja, Nigeria – Anti-government protests sweep Nigeria. Inflation is at a 30-year high, fuel subsidies have been scrapped and the Naira currency massively devalued. Just under half the country’s population lives in poverty, despite Nigeria being Africa’s biggest oil producer. Activists have called for more demos against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as police launch a brutal crackdown that's killed at least 11 people.
2. Kingston, Jamaica – Hundreds of Dancehall fans lined up outside the Tower Street Correctional Facility chanting 'Free Worl’ Boss! ' after the Jamaica Court of Appeals' decision to release Vybz Cartel. He and his three co-defendants were freed after years in prison for the murder of Clive "Lizard" Williams, whose body was never found. Cartel is known for his great music and also promoting bleaching, which saw him visibly whiten his skin.
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3. Caracas, Venezuela – Thousands march in support of incumbent President Maduro after he was declared the winner of a tightly contested election in Venezuela. Violent anti-Maduro demos also took place, with the opposition claiming voting fraud. The anti-imperialist leader won a third six-year term.
4. Villeneuve-D'Ascq, France – Bul Kuol dunks past America’s LeBron James in at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Despite losing against the U.S.' star-stacked line-up, Sudan can still make it to the quarter-finals with victory over Serbia next. Not a bad Olympic debut!
5. Kencho, Ethiopia – Search teams look for victims of a landslide that killed 229 people in the Kencho, Geze-Gofa district. It was one of the deadliest in Ethiopia’s history and has left communities in desperate need of aid.
4. Villeneuve-D'Ascq, France – Bul Kuol dunks past America’s LeBron James in at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Despite losing against the U.S.' star-stacked line-up, Sudan can still make it to the quarter-finals with victory over Serbia next. Not a bad Olympic debut!
5. Kencho, Ethiopia – Search teams look for victims of a landslide that killed 229 people in the Kencho, Geze-Gofa district. It was one of the deadliest in Ethiopia’s history and has left communities in desperate need of aid.
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6. Sandringham, United Kingdom – Britain's King Charles III greets Ghana's Asante King, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, at the Sandringham Estate. Worth remembering that King Charles possesses looted artefacts seized during British military operations in Africa, when Queen Victoria was on the throne. Many of them belong to Ghana, Nigeria and Ethiopia.
7. New York, United States – The UN Security Council holds an emergency meeting to address tensions in the Middle East and the ongoing Israeli onslaught in occupied Palestine. The session was called by Iran and backed by Russia, Algeria, and China. It also featured remarks from Ambassador Feda Abdelhady, the Deputy Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the U.N.
7. New York, United States – The UN Security Council holds an emergency meeting to address tensions in the Middle East and the ongoing Israeli onslaught in occupied Palestine. The session was called by Iran and backed by Russia, Algeria, and China. It also featured remarks from Ambassador Feda Abdelhady, the Deputy Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the U.N.
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WHY BLACK AMERICANS SHOULD REJECT U.S. IDENTITY
Many people ask us what our solution is if we support neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump. The answer is simple: we believe that Pan-Africanism, Africa’s total liberation and unification, will free all African people everywhere. In this video, Pan-African organiser Onyesonwu Chatoyer of @aaprpinternational and @hoodcommunist breaks down why she, as an African living in America, rejects US identity and directs all her energies towards liberation on the African continent.
Many people ask us what our solution is if we support neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump. The answer is simple: we believe that Pan-Africanism, Africa’s total liberation and unification, will free all African people everywhere. In this video, Pan-African organiser Onyesonwu Chatoyer of @aaprpinternational and @hoodcommunist breaks down why she, as an African living in America, rejects US identity and directs all her energies towards liberation on the African continent.
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Continued….. Rather than placing our fate and our destiny in the hands of the US empire, which has done nothing but oppress us for the past 500 years, we encourage our viewers to align themselves with the future of the African continent. As the great Pan-Africanist Kwame Ture once explained, “Until Africa is free, no African anywhere in the world will ever be free or respected.” This is also to say that once the African continent is free and unified, Africans across the world, whether in the United States, the UK, Brazil, or elsewhere, will have a safe and prosperous continent to return to. And perhaps not everyone will choose to return home. Either way, Africans living anywhere in the world will be ensured their basic safety and security because a liberated Africa will have the international power necessary to guarantee the protection of Africans everywhere. If a person of African heritage is gunned down and killed on the streets of New York or Rio de Janeiro, a unified Pan-African state can intervene and demand answers, and if answers are not sufficient, recall ambassadors or even refuse to trade with countries where Africans are mistreated.
That’s why we should think very carefully about potentially supporting Democrat or Republican politicians whose policies go towards the destruction of Africa: the drone bombing of African countries, the expansion of the US military across Africa, the sanctioning of African countries, shady business deals, the entrapment of Africa via World Bank debt.
Have a listen to our sister and let us know your views on what she says in the comments.
Video credit: @Black Liberation Media
That’s why we should think very carefully about potentially supporting Democrat or Republican politicians whose policies go towards the destruction of Africa: the drone bombing of African countries, the expansion of the US military across Africa, the sanctioning of African countries, shady business deals, the entrapment of Africa via World Bank debt.
Have a listen to our sister and let us know your views on what she says in the comments.
Video credit: @Black Liberation Media
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UKRAINE ADMITS BACKING MALI SEPARATISTS
Ukraine has publicly stated its backing separatist and Jihadi groups in Mali.
Rebels say they recently killed ‘dozens’ of Malian forces and members of the Russian Wagner group near the Algerian border. Ukraine’s military intelligence claims it helped provide info for the ambush that targeted ‘Russian war criminals’.
Mali denies working with Wagner, although has turned to Russia to help fight an insurgency in the north. Since 2012, Mali has been fighting against an Azawad sepratist movement which has collaborated with and also fought against Ansar Dine, an Al-Qaeda affiliate organisation.
Ukraine has publicly stated its backing separatist and Jihadi groups in Mali.
Rebels say they recently killed ‘dozens’ of Malian forces and members of the Russian Wagner group near the Algerian border. Ukraine’s military intelligence claims it helped provide info for the ambush that targeted ‘Russian war criminals’.
Mali denies working with Wagner, although has turned to Russia to help fight an insurgency in the north. Since 2012, Mali has been fighting against an Azawad sepratist movement which has collaborated with and also fought against Ansar Dine, an Al-Qaeda affiliate organisation.
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MULTINATIONALS HOLD AFRICA HOSTAGE
In an interview, Shahid Bolsen, founder of Middle Nation and a political commentator on global Muslim affairs, discusses how countries’ leaders and governments are not managing their economies.
Using Kenya as an example due to the recent protests over tax hikes, he stated that President William Ruto is just a face. The actual decision-makers are lenders, like the International Monetary Fund (IMF), who aim to secure the profits of Western multinational corporations, such as Coca-Cola, Barclays Bank, Nestlé, and others.
Video credit: @MiddleNation @shahidkbolsen
In an interview, Shahid Bolsen, founder of Middle Nation and a political commentator on global Muslim affairs, discusses how countries’ leaders and governments are not managing their economies.
Using Kenya as an example due to the recent protests over tax hikes, he stated that President William Ruto is just a face. The actual decision-makers are lenders, like the International Monetary Fund (IMF), who aim to secure the profits of Western multinational corporations, such as Coca-Cola, Barclays Bank, Nestlé, and others.
Video credit: @MiddleNation @shahidkbolsen
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WYCLEF: WHY AM I SO SEXY? I’M AFRICAN!
Haitian-born rapper, Wyclef Jean, recently joked he used to ask himself ‘why am I so tough, sexy and good looking?’ He then had a DNA test that showed he was 80 per cent Nigerian! His quip is a reminder of the indelible link between the Caribbean and Africa, brought about by the European slave trade.
In the 16th-century millions of African men, women and children were shipped abroad and sold into slavery in the Caribbean Islands, America and Europe. Most came from areas now part of modern-day countries such as Nigeria, Benin, Senegal, Ghana, and the Congo region. Major ethnic groups that contributed to the Haitian population include the Yoruba, Igbo, Fon, and Kongo.
Haitian-born rapper, Wyclef Jean, recently joked he used to ask himself ‘why am I so tough, sexy and good looking?’ He then had a DNA test that showed he was 80 per cent Nigerian! His quip is a reminder of the indelible link between the Caribbean and Africa, brought about by the European slave trade.
In the 16th-century millions of African men, women and children were shipped abroad and sold into slavery in the Caribbean Islands, America and Europe. Most came from areas now part of modern-day countries such as Nigeria, Benin, Senegal, Ghana, and the Congo region. Major ethnic groups that contributed to the Haitian population include the Yoruba, Igbo, Fon, and Kongo.
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Continued….. Wyclef identities as an African, something that was instilled in him by his parents from a young age. His DNA test in 2019 just proved what he always knew.
The musician was speaking at a recent annual meeting of the African Export-Import Bank in the Bahamas. It states its aim is to strengthen economic ties between Africa and the Caribbean. But, as Wyclef explains, those ties run a lot deeper.
Video Credit: @afreximbanktv
The musician was speaking at a recent annual meeting of the African Export-Import Bank in the Bahamas. It states its aim is to strengthen economic ties between Africa and the Caribbean. But, as Wyclef explains, those ties run a lot deeper.
Video Credit: @afreximbanktv
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Decades of escalating violence in eastern DRC has created a record 7-million internally displaced people. Many have had to flee their homes multiple times in a country where displacement and loss are a fact of life, with the bloodshed extending down generations. Since the late ‘90s, Uganda and Rwanda have been accused of aiding militant groups - and even fighting each other - on Congolese soil, all in a bid to loot and benefit from Congo's vast resource wealth. Despite mounting evidence of culpability, both Uganda and Rwanda have always denied involvement. Multiple UN reports (the latest is called S/2024/432) confirm what Congolese human-rights organisations have been documenting and sharing regarding Uganda and Rwanda’s role in supporting militias in the country.
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Continued….. This week’s Facts of the Week out Uganda as Rwanda’s co-conspirator in the DRC’s never-ending crisis. The evidence is overwhelming. But will Uganda ever admit its role in the Congo crisis? Will it ever be held to account? We value your views and insights.
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UK SUPPRESSING CRITICISM THAT UAE BACKS SUDAN’S RSF
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has just released a damning report on the atrocities committed by the warring parties in Sudan’s 18-month war. While both sides - the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) - have carried out war crimes, the report, noscriptd “Khartoum is not Safe for Women!,” shows that the United Arab Emirates-backed RSF has committed most of the heinous and brutal acts against civilians, especially women and children. According to HRW, the RSF’s tally of atrocities includes r*pe, forced marriages and ethnic cleansing.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has just released a damning report on the atrocities committed by the warring parties in Sudan’s 18-month war. While both sides - the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) - have carried out war crimes, the report, noscriptd “Khartoum is not Safe for Women!,” shows that the United Arab Emirates-backed RSF has committed most of the heinous and brutal acts against civilians, especially women and children. According to HRW, the RSF’s tally of atrocities includes r*pe, forced marriages and ethnic cleansing.
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