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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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Continued….. However, an exposé by British newspaper The Guardian reveals that, despite this sordid RSF record, the UK government has continued to engage with the group and their Emirati backers. The report indicates that not only has the UK government held secret meetings with the group, but it has also vigorously pressured African leaders not to condemn the UAE’s backing of the paramilitary. African Stream’s William Sakawa takes a closer look.
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NATION OF ISLAM DEFENDS AFRICAN STREAM FROM NBC ATTACK
Nation of Islam member Rizza Islam was one of NBC’s six targets in their recent smear campaign against independent Black media - as was African Stream. In this clip, he gives a kind shout-out to our contribution to African discourse and explains why Pan-African media organisations are in the mainstream’s crosshairs.
NBC made a big deal about us not being based in the US - thereby revealing its failure to grasp that Africans might be concerned about their kin across the Atlantic. But as Islam notes, it also shows they don’t like Black minds being told hard truths - for example, as to why neither main political party in the US has African interests at heart.
Your thoughts on this in the comments are appreciated.
Video credit: @RizzaIslam
Nation of Islam member Rizza Islam was one of NBC’s six targets in their recent smear campaign against independent Black media - as was African Stream. In this clip, he gives a kind shout-out to our contribution to African discourse and explains why Pan-African media organisations are in the mainstream’s crosshairs.
NBC made a big deal about us not being based in the US - thereby revealing its failure to grasp that Africans might be concerned about their kin across the Atlantic. But as Islam notes, it also shows they don’t like Black minds being told hard truths - for example, as to why neither main political party in the US has African interests at heart.
Your thoughts on this in the comments are appreciated.
Video credit: @RizzaIslam
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On 5th August, Burkina Faso celebrates 64 years since gaining independence from colonial master France. For many years, the West African state was known as the Republic of Upper Volta. But in 1984, revolutionary Pan-Africanist president Thomas Sankara oversaw the renaming to Burkina Faso (Land of Incorruptible People) and the people to Burkinabé, meaning ‘upright people.’
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Continued…. The young President Sankara changed more than just the country’s name. During his four years in power (4th August 1983 - 15th October 1987), he launched a remarkable series of social, ecological and economic reforms. Many are comparing Burkina Faso’s current leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, with Thomas Sankara. 36-year-old Traoré has similarly embarked on an anti-imperialist path by building on Sankara’s legacy.
We’ve compiled a list of Sankara’s key achievements. Have a swipe through and tell us what impresses you most about his accomplishments.
We’ve compiled a list of Sankara’s key achievements. Have a swipe through and tell us what impresses you most about his accomplishments.
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SENEGALESE PAN-AFRICANISTS DEMAND FRENCH MILITARY EXPULSION
Senegalese organisers from dozens of Pan-African groups demanded that newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye expel the French military from Senegalese soil.
A few days later, on 14 July, Diomaye Faye said to the media, ‘I do not think there is any need today, whoever the partner may be, to go in the direction of brutal ruptures.’ This is a significant blow for Pan-Africanists and Diomaye Faye’s young working-class base.
While there was initially much hope that the new president would join his revolutionary neighbours’ Alliance of Sahel States (AES) confederation, Diomaye Faye instead visited the conservative neo-colonial governments of Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Ghana to meet their presidents in his first few months in office. Then, the 44-year-old’s first visit outside the African continent occurred in Paris, where he met with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Senegalese organisers from dozens of Pan-African groups demanded that newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye expel the French military from Senegalese soil.
A few days later, on 14 July, Diomaye Faye said to the media, ‘I do not think there is any need today, whoever the partner may be, to go in the direction of brutal ruptures.’ This is a significant blow for Pan-Africanists and Diomaye Faye’s young working-class base.
While there was initially much hope that the new president would join his revolutionary neighbours’ Alliance of Sahel States (AES) confederation, Diomaye Faye instead visited the conservative neo-colonial governments of Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Ghana to meet their presidents in his first few months in office. Then, the 44-year-old’s first visit outside the African continent occurred in Paris, where he met with French President Emmanuel Macron.
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