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The UN Needs Africa
The UN Security council, in political terms, is more archaic than the pyramids of Giza! Currently, five superpowers make all the decisions, and it's about time that changed.
In ninety seconds Ahmed Ghoneim makes the case for giving African nations a seat at the big table.
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The UN Security council, in political terms, is more archaic than the pyramids of Giza! Currently, five superpowers make all the decisions, and it's about time that changed.
In ninety seconds Ahmed Ghoneim makes the case for giving African nations a seat at the big table.
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RISK YOUR LIFE OR STARVE
A gas explosion at a decommissioned mine shaft in South Africa killed at least 31 people who were scavenging for gold in the mine. The incident is the latest in string of many accidents that have claimed hundreds of lives of people who enter closed and dangerous shafts to mine leftover over minerals, mostly gold. Driven by poverty and desperation, the illegal miners knowns as Zama Zamas risk it all to provide for their families. It’s a brutal business! And unscrupulous international companies take the lion's share from sales, leaving the Zama Zama in a vicious cycle at the bottom of the food chain.
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A gas explosion at a decommissioned mine shaft in South Africa killed at least 31 people who were scavenging for gold in the mine. The incident is the latest in string of many accidents that have claimed hundreds of lives of people who enter closed and dangerous shafts to mine leftover over minerals, mostly gold. Driven by poverty and desperation, the illegal miners knowns as Zama Zamas risk it all to provide for their families. It’s a brutal business! And unscrupulous international companies take the lion's share from sales, leaving the Zama Zama in a vicious cycle at the bottom of the food chain.
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GOOD NEWS FRIDAY: EPISODE FOUR
Let's recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievements of Africans in different areas such as art, culture, science, and business. Their trailblazing efforts are inspiring and will contribute to a better future. We should appreciate and acknowledge their excellence together.
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Let's recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievements of Africans in different areas such as art, culture, science, and business. Their trailblazing efforts are inspiring and will contribute to a better future. We should appreciate and acknowledge their excellence together.
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YOUR AFRICA
NEWS WRAP:
JUNE
2023 is halfway through and Africa is as busy as ever. As we do around this time of every month, here's the biggest news making headlines across the continent.
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NEWS WRAP:
JUNE
2023 is halfway through and Africa is as busy as ever. As we do around this time of every month, here's the biggest news making headlines across the continent.
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Rwanda's Independence Day
Rwanda is celebrating its Independence Day, which commemorates the end of Belgium rule on July 1st, 1962.
The country's history has been turbulent and bloody.
Initially, the it was ruled by a Tutsi Mwami or king, who conquered and assimilated the majority of the territory.
The Tutsi were a wealthy minority who had power and status compared to their Hutu counterparts. The Hutu served as servants and farmers.
But when Germany and later Belgium colonialists took over, they favoured the Tutsi, using them to impose and enforce harsher policies on the Hutu majority. This divisive steps sowed the seed of hate and mistrust, which later germinated and blossomed into a towering monument of shame and bloodbath, that would define the country's post-independent history.
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Rwanda is celebrating its Independence Day, which commemorates the end of Belgium rule on July 1st, 1962.
The country's history has been turbulent and bloody.
Initially, the it was ruled by a Tutsi Mwami or king, who conquered and assimilated the majority of the territory.
The Tutsi were a wealthy minority who had power and status compared to their Hutu counterparts. The Hutu served as servants and farmers.
But when Germany and later Belgium colonialists took over, they favoured the Tutsi, using them to impose and enforce harsher policies on the Hutu majority. This divisive steps sowed the seed of hate and mistrust, which later germinated and blossomed into a towering monument of shame and bloodbath, that would define the country's post-independent history.
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Continued - Rwanda Independence Day
The first Hutu rebellion happened in the 1950s . But the situation turned violent when the king died in 1959. Grégoire Kayibanda would later be elected president in 1961, after Tutsis lost power.
One year later, the country became fully independent from Belgium, along with Burundi.
The independence of Rwanda was only the beginning of a tumultuous slide that culminated in the 1994 genocide that claimed almost one million lives.
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The first Hutu rebellion happened in the 1950s . But the situation turned violent when the king died in 1959. Grégoire Kayibanda would later be elected president in 1961, after Tutsis lost power.
One year later, the country became fully independent from Belgium, along with Burundi.
The independence of Rwanda was only the beginning of a tumultuous slide that culminated in the 1994 genocide that claimed almost one million lives.
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Africa's
Vaccine
Apartheid
The global health system is broken. It is no longer fit for purpose, at least not for the African continent. Vaccine apartheid during the height of the Covid pandemic, which saw countries in the northern hemisphere dominate the world's vaccine supply chains, all but reduced African countries to beggars. According to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa higher-income nations stockpiled critical vaccine doses and administered booster shots to already vaccinated citizens while African countries were denied access to the much needed doses. The vaccine injustice in Africa was not a problem of scarcity, whether of infrastructure or finances, it was the result of a deeply neo-colonial global health system. Do you agree? Let us know in the comments section.
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Vaccine
Apartheid
The global health system is broken. It is no longer fit for purpose, at least not for the African continent. Vaccine apartheid during the height of the Covid pandemic, which saw countries in the northern hemisphere dominate the world's vaccine supply chains, all but reduced African countries to beggars. According to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa higher-income nations stockpiled critical vaccine doses and administered booster shots to already vaccinated citizens while African countries were denied access to the much needed doses. The vaccine injustice in Africa was not a problem of scarcity, whether of infrastructure or finances, it was the result of a deeply neo-colonial global health system. Do you agree? Let us know in the comments section.
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‘Free’ Market
Made Slavery
Possible
A liberal and free market is often touted as a precondition for other types of freedom, including political and social. Watch South Korean economist Ha-Joon Chang bust this stubborn myth by citing the example of slavery. Africans were treated as property to be sold and profited from - and, he argues, it was precisely the glorification of a ‘laissez-faire’ economy that made possible this cruel insanity.
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Made Slavery
Possible
A liberal and free market is often touted as a precondition for other types of freedom, including political and social. Watch South Korean economist Ha-Joon Chang bust this stubborn myth by citing the example of slavery. Africans were treated as property to be sold and profited from - and, he argues, it was precisely the glorification of a ‘laissez-faire’ economy that made possible this cruel insanity.
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SPEECH THAT
KILLED LUMUMBA
Sixty-three years ago, on 30th June 1960, Congo gained its independence from Belgium.
The African country’s first Prime Minister, Patrice Emery Lumumba, delivered an unforgettable speech.
He eloquently rebutted the patronising speech delivered by then Belgian King, Baudouin, who arrogantly claimed that the Congolese should be grateful to his grandfather, King Leopold II, for bringing civilisation to the Great Lakes nation. Leopold II is the man who killed between 10 and 5 million Congolese, maimed more, and turned the region's populations into his personal slaves.
Lumumba explained the horrors of Belgium’s colonial rule, where children’s limbs were chopped off if their parents didn’t meet their daily rubber quotas. He explained that Belgium never gave Congo its independence, but rather it was won by the brave Congolese who gave their blood, sweat and tears.
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KILLED LUMUMBA
Sixty-three years ago, on 30th June 1960, Congo gained its independence from Belgium.
The African country’s first Prime Minister, Patrice Emery Lumumba, delivered an unforgettable speech.
He eloquently rebutted the patronising speech delivered by then Belgian King, Baudouin, who arrogantly claimed that the Congolese should be grateful to his grandfather, King Leopold II, for bringing civilisation to the Great Lakes nation. Leopold II is the man who killed between 10 and 5 million Congolese, maimed more, and turned the region's populations into his personal slaves.
Lumumba explained the horrors of Belgium’s colonial rule, where children’s limbs were chopped off if their parents didn’t meet their daily rubber quotas. He explained that Belgium never gave Congo its independence, but rather it was won by the brave Congolese who gave their blood, sweat and tears.
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KILLED LUMUMBA
The speech ultimately cost Lumumba his life. The Belgian King took personal offense. He later conspired with the CIA, M16 and local collaborators to assassinate Lumumba less than a year later.
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KILLED LUMUMBA
The speech ultimately cost Lumumba his life. The Belgian King took personal offense. He later conspired with the CIA, M16 and local collaborators to assassinate Lumumba less than a year later.
Happy Independence day to all our Congolese brothers and sisters. You are a proud people with a rich history!
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Remembering Joshua Nkomo
1st July 2023 marks the 24th anniversary of the death of Zimbabwean liberation war icon, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo. Fondly known as 'Father Zimbabwe', Nkomo was the leader and founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), which was one of the two nationalist organizations that waged Zimbabwe's liberation war against the racist Ian Smith regime.
Nkomo was born on 19 June 1918 in Southern Rhodesia in Zimbabwe. In his late teens, he moved to South Africa to further his studies. While there, Nkomo got introduced to anti-colonial politics through interactions with African National Congress (ANC) leaders and activists. After completing his studies, he returned to his native country where he landed a job as a social worker with the Rhodesian Railways in the city of Bulawayo. He quickly became a prominent member of the Black Railway Workers Trade Union.
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1st July 2023 marks the 24th anniversary of the death of Zimbabwean liberation war icon, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo. Fondly known as 'Father Zimbabwe', Nkomo was the leader and founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), which was one of the two nationalist organizations that waged Zimbabwe's liberation war against the racist Ian Smith regime.
Nkomo was born on 19 June 1918 in Southern Rhodesia in Zimbabwe. In his late teens, he moved to South Africa to further his studies. While there, Nkomo got introduced to anti-colonial politics through interactions with African National Congress (ANC) leaders and activists. After completing his studies, he returned to his native country where he landed a job as a social worker with the Rhodesian Railways in the city of Bulawayo. He quickly became a prominent member of the Black Railway Workers Trade Union.
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In 1961, he formed ZAPU with other anti-colonial and labour activists. The party was founded on communist and nationalist principles, a factor that helped it gain nationwide acceptance. In 1963, the party suffered a major split that saw leaders such as Robert Mugabe, Ndabaningi Sithole and Hebert Chitepo leave and form the rival Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). In 1964 Nkomo was arrested by colonial authorities and jailed for ten years. Upon his release in 1974, he moved to Zambia from where he led ZAPU's anti-colonial activities.
ZAPU's armed wing, Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), scored a number decisive military victories against the Rhodesian army, helping to weaken the colonial government and forcing it to the negotiating table at the Lancaster house talks.
The talks led to the first non-racial election in Zimbabwe.
In 1961, he formed ZAPU with other anti-colonial and labour activists. The party was founded on communist and nationalist principles, a factor that helped it gain nationwide acceptance. In 1963, the party suffered a major split that saw leaders such as Robert Mugabe, Ndabaningi Sithole and Hebert Chitepo leave and form the rival Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). In 1964 Nkomo was arrested by colonial authorities and jailed for ten years. Upon his release in 1974, he moved to Zambia from where he led ZAPU's anti-colonial activities.
ZAPU's armed wing, Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), scored a number decisive military victories against the Rhodesian army, helping to weaken the colonial government and forcing it to the negotiating table at the Lancaster house talks.
The talks led to the first non-racial election in Zimbabwe.
Continued - Remembering Joshua Nkomo
Nkomo lost the elections to ZANU's Robert Mugabe who went on to become the country's first post-independent Prime Minister. In 1982, Nkomo was appointed to Mugabe's cabinet but the two quickly fell out. Nkomo was would later be accused of plotting a coup. His movements were severely restricted but he managed to flee into exile a few months later. The two leaders reconciled in 1987 and merged their parties to form ZANU-PF. In 1990 Nkomo was appointed as Vice President, a position he held until his death in 1999.
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Nkomo lost the elections to ZANU's Robert Mugabe who went on to become the country's first post-independent Prime Minister. In 1982, Nkomo was appointed to Mugabe's cabinet but the two quickly fell out. Nkomo was would later be accused of plotting a coup. His movements were severely restricted but he managed to flee into exile a few months later. The two leaders reconciled in 1987 and merged their parties to form ZANU-PF. In 1990 Nkomo was appointed as Vice President, a position he held until his death in 1999.
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How Belgium Killed Congo
Belgium’s horrific colonial occupation of Congo was one of the worst crimes of the 20th century. The resource-rich country had the potential to become an African superpower, but, it was destroyed along with its charismatic leader Patrice Lumumba who would have turned 98 years old today had he not been assassinated. US academic and commentator Professor Noam Chomsky pulls no punches as he describes what happened.
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Belgium’s horrific colonial occupation of Congo was one of the worst crimes of the 20th century. The resource-rich country had the potential to become an African superpower, but, it was destroyed along with its charismatic leader Patrice Lumumba who would have turned 98 years old today had he not been assassinated. US academic and commentator Professor Noam Chomsky pulls no punches as he describes what happened.
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Burna Boy Blasts
Stereotyping
African music sensation Burna Boy wants to know who put the "S" on Afrobeats.
Because that word is now used to describe all music from the continent.
As a result, a huge number of talent is being mis-labelled and ignored.
Africa has many tunes: Rumba in Congo, Ethiopian-Jazz, Kwaito, Amapiano, Mbaqanga and Kwela from South Africa, Bongo from Tanzania and many more. But all these styles are being lumped under one name!
Listen to Burna Boy spell out the lazy Western stereotyping to US radio hosts. Today also happens to be the Nigerian artist's birthday. Happy Birthday, Burna!!
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Stereotyping
African music sensation Burna Boy wants to know who put the "S" on Afrobeats.
Because that word is now used to describe all music from the continent.
As a result, a huge number of talent is being mis-labelled and ignored.
Africa has many tunes: Rumba in Congo, Ethiopian-Jazz, Kwaito, Amapiano, Mbaqanga and Kwela from South Africa, Bongo from Tanzania and many more. But all these styles are being lumped under one name!
Listen to Burna Boy spell out the lazy Western stereotyping to US radio hosts. Today also happens to be the Nigerian artist's birthday. Happy Birthday, Burna!!
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U.S. Hand
In Creating
AL-SHABAAB
The US loves to cite the threat posed by Al-Shabaab when trying to justify American boots on the ground in the Horn of Africa. What they’d rather you and I forget, though, is that it was Washington’s meddling in Somalia that led to the terror group’s creation in the first place! As Somalia marks its 63rd anniversary of freedom from colonial rule today, here’s a reminder.
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In Creating
AL-SHABAAB
The US loves to cite the threat posed by Al-Shabaab when trying to justify American boots on the ground in the Horn of Africa. What they’d rather you and I forget, though, is that it was Washington’s meddling in Somalia that led to the terror group’s creation in the first place! As Somalia marks its 63rd anniversary of freedom from colonial rule today, here’s a reminder.
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Lumumba
Lives On
Patrice Lumumba’s reign as the Democratic Republic of Congo's first prime minister was short-lived.
The Pan-Africanist lasted just weeks in power before he was assassinated by the CIA and Belgian backed forces.
But his struggle against Belgium colonial rule and ideas for unity and sovereignty on the continent means his legacy lives on and the example he set continues to inspire us all today.
In fact, look closely and you may even see reminders of the great man where you live today!
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Lives On
Patrice Lumumba’s reign as the Democratic Republic of Congo's first prime minister was short-lived.
The Pan-Africanist lasted just weeks in power before he was assassinated by the CIA and Belgian backed forces.
But his struggle against Belgium colonial rule and ideas for unity and sovereignty on the continent means his legacy lives on and the example he set continues to inspire us all today.
In fact, look closely and you may even see reminders of the great man where you live today!
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Africa's First Humanoid Robot
We’re not used to seeing African-data built robots, but Omeife is here to change that!
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We’re not used to seeing African-data built robots, but Omeife is here to change that!
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France Burns
Over Killer Cop
Riots have rocked France for a sixth night after the deadly shooting of a French teenager of North African origin.
Nahel M was shot point-blank by a police officer during a traffic stop in Paris last Tuesday.
The 17-year-old allegedly ran a red light, and officers then said he’d tried to run them over.
But social media footage contradicted those claims, showing officers standing at the side of a stationary car with one pointing a gun at the boy.
A 38-year-old policeman has been charged with voluntary homicide.
The killing sparked mass riots across the country amid claims of institutional racism.
Blacks and Arabs are 20 times more likely to be profiled and stopped by police in France.
Tens of thousands of officers were deployed and used rubber bullets, while thousands of people were arrested.
There were also unconfirmed reports police used live ammunition in Marseille.
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Over Killer Cop
Riots have rocked France for a sixth night after the deadly shooting of a French teenager of North African origin.
Nahel M was shot point-blank by a police officer during a traffic stop in Paris last Tuesday.
The 17-year-old allegedly ran a red light, and officers then said he’d tried to run them over.
But social media footage contradicted those claims, showing officers standing at the side of a stationary car with one pointing a gun at the boy.
A 38-year-old policeman has been charged with voluntary homicide.
The killing sparked mass riots across the country amid claims of institutional racism.
Blacks and Arabs are 20 times more likely to be profiled and stopped by police in France.
Tens of thousands of officers were deployed and used rubber bullets, while thousands of people were arrested.
There were also unconfirmed reports police used live ammunition in Marseille.
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