REST IN POWER: MUTULU SHAKUR JOINS THE ANCESTORS!
We are saddened to hear the news that the Black liberation army elder, co-founder of the new afrikan people's organisation and Tupacs stepfather, Mutulu Shakir, passed away after a lengthy battle with a rare form of blood cancer that was diagnosed back in July 2022 while incarcerated.
Shakur was a doctor of acupuncture and was the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the black acupuncture advisory association of North America (BAAANA) and the Harlem institute of acupuncture both organisations devoted their time to improving health care for Africans in the United Stated and abroad.
He was also a founding member of the National Committee to Free Political Prisoners. Shakur advocated against the illegal U.S cointelpro program, which was destined to destroy the Black liberation struggled in the United States. Sadly he came a victim of that same program.
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We are saddened to hear the news that the Black liberation army elder, co-founder of the new afrikan people's organisation and Tupacs stepfather, Mutulu Shakir, passed away after a lengthy battle with a rare form of blood cancer that was diagnosed back in July 2022 while incarcerated.
Shakur was a doctor of acupuncture and was the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the black acupuncture advisory association of North America (BAAANA) and the Harlem institute of acupuncture both organisations devoted their time to improving health care for Africans in the United Stated and abroad.
He was also a founding member of the National Committee to Free Political Prisoners. Shakur advocated against the illegal U.S cointelpro program, which was destined to destroy the Black liberation struggled in the United States. Sadly he came a victim of that same program.
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REST IN POWER: MUTULU SHAKUR JOINS THE ANCESTORS!
Shakur served more than 36 years behing bars for alleged involvement in a robbery and aiding black revolutionary Assata Shakur escape from prisons. Despite having qualified for parole mich earlier, his requests had been denied ten times, including in April 2022, despite his affliction with bone-marrow cancer.
Shakur was diagnosed with myeloma in 2019, yet a judge rejected his request for compassionate release in 2020 and told Shakur legal team that they could reapply at 'the point of approaching death.'
The parole commission said Mutulu Shakur has an impeccable institutional record, poses zero risk to society and is considered a mentor by many. His release highlights the cruel carceral system that primarily targets Blacks and other minorities, sucking their life out and only releasing them to die.
The Bureau of Prison Doctors in May determined the 72 year old had six months to live.
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REST IN POWER: MUTULU SHAKUR JOINS THE ANCESTORS!
Shakur served more than 36 years behing bars for alleged involvement in a robbery and aiding black revolutionary Assata Shakur escape from prisons. Despite having qualified for parole mich earlier, his requests had been denied ten times, including in April 2022, despite his affliction with bone-marrow cancer.
Shakur was diagnosed with myeloma in 2019, yet a judge rejected his request for compassionate release in 2020 and told Shakur legal team that they could reapply at 'the point of approaching death.'
The parole commission said Mutulu Shakur has an impeccable institutional record, poses zero risk to society and is considered a mentor by many. His release highlights the cruel carceral system that primarily targets Blacks and other minorities, sucking their life out and only releasing them to die.
The Bureau of Prison Doctors in May determined the 72 year old had six months to live.
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REST IN POWER: MUTULU SHAKUR JOINS THE ANCESTORS!
Shakur was released on December 16, 2022, sadly passing away seven months later on July 7, 2023.
May he rest in power!
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REST IN POWER: MUTULU SHAKUR JOINS THE ANCESTORS!
Shakur was released on December 16, 2022, sadly passing away seven months later on July 7, 2023.
May he rest in power!
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GHANA PASSES ANTI-GAY LAW
Watch the moment Ghana's parliament unanimously passed amendments to the country's anti-gay law. The proposals make identifying as a member of the LGBTQ+ punishable by 3 years in prison while advocating for LGBTQ+ rights gets you a decade behind bars. Critics say the law infringes on rights guaranteed in Ghana’s constitution.
Gay rights activists claim the wave of homophobia across Africa is manufactured.
A recent Guardian publication fingers a top executive of American tech giant Intel, Greg Slater, as lobbying African leadership through his conservative foundation, Family Watch International. Let us know what you think is behind the recent legislation in Ghana and Uganda.
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Watch the moment Ghana's parliament unanimously passed amendments to the country's anti-gay law. The proposals make identifying as a member of the LGBTQ+ punishable by 3 years in prison while advocating for LGBTQ+ rights gets you a decade behind bars. Critics say the law infringes on rights guaranteed in Ghana’s constitution.
Gay rights activists claim the wave of homophobia across Africa is manufactured.
A recent Guardian publication fingers a top executive of American tech giant Intel, Greg Slater, as lobbying African leadership through his conservative foundation, Family Watch International. Let us know what you think is behind the recent legislation in Ghana and Uganda.
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FRANCE’S GEORGE FLOYD
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Riots have swept across France after a 17-year-old boy was shot dead by traffic cops.
But, sadly, Nahel Merzouk’s killing is not the first of its kind and is unlikely to be the last.
From Paris, African Stream's Roqaiya breaks down a systematic pattern of police brutality.
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Riots have swept across France after a 17-year-old boy was shot dead by traffic cops.
But, sadly, Nahel Merzouk’s killing is not the first of its kind and is unlikely to be the last.
From Paris, African Stream's Roqaiya breaks down a systematic pattern of police brutality.
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THE COLONISED MIND
Former African Union envoy Dr Arikana Chihombori-Quao is quick when diagnosing the continent's issues and where the roots of our problems lie. According to Arikana, the brainwashing started when missionaries first arrived in Africa and told us to 'turn the other cheek' and then divided us between dark-skinned and light-skinned.
Is she right?
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Former African Union envoy Dr Arikana Chihombori-Quao is quick when diagnosing the continent's issues and where the roots of our problems lie. According to Arikana, the brainwashing started when missionaries first arrived in Africa and told us to 'turn the other cheek' and then divided us between dark-skinned and light-skinned.
Is she right?
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AFRICA'S MOST TOXIC TOWN
Residents of a Zambian town have sued Britain's third-largest mining company, Anglo-American, for dumping huge amounts of toxic lead waste into the local soil and water - turning it into the most contaminated place in Africa. The health consequences have been dire, especially for children, with thousands affected by lead poisoning. African Stream’s Clinton Nzala paid a visit.
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Residents of a Zambian town have sued Britain's third-largest mining company, Anglo-American, for dumping huge amounts of toxic lead waste into the local soil and water - turning it into the most contaminated place in Africa. The health consequences have been dire, especially for children, with thousands affected by lead poisoning. African Stream’s Clinton Nzala paid a visit.
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ERITREA FIGHTS WEST'S HYPOCRISY
During a recent Human Rights Council session, the US and European Union attacked Eritrea.
But the East African state and other countries fought back - pointing out the sheer hypocrisy, given the West’s own record of abuses.
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During a recent Human Rights Council session, the US and European Union attacked Eritrea.
But the East African state and other countries fought back - pointing out the sheer hypocrisy, given the West’s own record of abuses.
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RUTO U-TURN ON CLIMATE?
Is Kenya's President Ruto going cold on climate change?
He’s just lifted a logging ban, amid accusations he’s putting profit ahead of conservation.
Quite a U-turn for the leader who recently stressed the need to protect the planet.
It was also him who imposed the moratorium in the first place, to save his country from droughts!
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Is Kenya's President Ruto going cold on climate change?
He’s just lifted a logging ban, amid accusations he’s putting profit ahead of conservation.
Quite a U-turn for the leader who recently stressed the need to protect the planet.
It was also him who imposed the moratorium in the first place, to save his country from droughts!
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Mayotte: African Not French
France should apologise for its colonial past. That was the message, loud and clear, from the chair of the largest grouping of nations after NATO - the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). At a recent summit, Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, also made it clear that he regards the East African island of Mayotte as falling under Comoran, not French, sovereignty. And he scolded Paris for failing to do enough to protect the rights of indigenous peoples in other colonised overseas territories, such as the South Pacific’s New Caledonia, whose Karnak inhabitants still struggle for representation.
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France should apologise for its colonial past. That was the message, loud and clear, from the chair of the largest grouping of nations after NATO - the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). At a recent summit, Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, also made it clear that he regards the East African island of Mayotte as falling under Comoran, not French, sovereignty. And he scolded Paris for failing to do enough to protect the rights of indigenous peoples in other colonised overseas territories, such as the South Pacific’s New Caledonia, whose Karnak inhabitants still struggle for representation.
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Bushmeat Market Tour
For many Africans, bushmeat is an essential part of their diet - and, some would argue, far superior to the industrially-farmed livestock popular around the world. Whether it’s crocodile, monitor lizard, porcupine, grasscutter, monkey, snake or pangolin - it can transform your ordinary jollof rice into a prized delicacy.
Watch as we visit a Nigerian bushmeat market and chat to its lively sellers, operating in plain sight of day, despite the authorities banning their trade over health and safety concerns.
WARNING: CONTAINS SCENES OF ANIMAL SLAUGHTER
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For many Africans, bushmeat is an essential part of their diet - and, some would argue, far superior to the industrially-farmed livestock popular around the world. Whether it’s crocodile, monitor lizard, porcupine, grasscutter, monkey, snake or pangolin - it can transform your ordinary jollof rice into a prized delicacy.
Watch as we visit a Nigerian bushmeat market and chat to its lively sellers, operating in plain sight of day, despite the authorities banning their trade over health and safety concerns.
WARNING: CONTAINS SCENES OF ANIMAL SLAUGHTER
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BRICS: EYEBALLS AND ALL
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is not backing down over the upcoming BRICS summit set to be hosted in South Africa and has put to bed the speculation that the summit will take place virtually and not in person.
A virtual summit was being touted as a nice face-saving way out of a dilemma: Vladimir Putin, who’s due to attend, is wanted by the International Criminal Court as part of its investigation into alleged war crimes in Ukraine; and Pretoria as an ICC signatory, is obliged to arrest him - something ANC leaders have vowed won’t happen.
So with Ramaphosa shooting down the idea of a virtual BRICS get-together, the big question now is - will Putin still come?
The Russian leader is one of only four non-Africans out of the 52 people ever to have been indicted by the ICC.
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is not backing down over the upcoming BRICS summit set to be hosted in South Africa and has put to bed the speculation that the summit will take place virtually and not in person.
A virtual summit was being touted as a nice face-saving way out of a dilemma: Vladimir Putin, who’s due to attend, is wanted by the International Criminal Court as part of its investigation into alleged war crimes in Ukraine; and Pretoria as an ICC signatory, is obliged to arrest him - something ANC leaders have vowed won’t happen.
So with Ramaphosa shooting down the idea of a virtual BRICS get-together, the big question now is - will Putin still come?
The Russian leader is one of only four non-Africans out of the 52 people ever to have been indicted by the ICC.
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Punitive US sanctions have spurred some countries to move away from using the US dollar exclusively for their foreign reserves. That’s the finding of a study by Invesco, an American investment management company.
According to the report, countries have also begun repatriating their gold reserves from Western countries to their own central banks.
This development tallies with recent calls for African countries to de-dollarize - that is, to reduce their use of the US currency in intra-African trade transactions.
From presidents to political activists and scholars, a dominant message in recent months has been that it’s high time for African nations to trade with each other using their own currencies.
Kenya's President William Ruto is leading the charge for African countries to ditch the greenback. But the trend is part of a wider phenomenon, with similar calls coming from other Global South nations and groupings, such as BRICS.
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According to the report, countries have also begun repatriating their gold reserves from Western countries to their own central banks.
This development tallies with recent calls for African countries to de-dollarize - that is, to reduce their use of the US currency in intra-African trade transactions.
From presidents to political activists and scholars, a dominant message in recent months has been that it’s high time for African nations to trade with each other using their own currencies.
Kenya's President William Ruto is leading the charge for African countries to ditch the greenback. But the trend is part of a wider phenomenon, with similar calls coming from other Global South nations and groupings, such as BRICS.
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It’s a response to what many see as the weaponisation of the dollar by the US government to enforce its foreign policy objectives through the use of punitive, unilateral economic sanctions. Critics point out that dependence on the dollar also leaves Global South nations at the mercy of US fiscal and economic policies, thereby robbing them of economic independence.
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It’s a response to what many see as the weaponisation of the dollar by the US government to enforce its foreign policy objectives through the use of punitive, unilateral economic sanctions. Critics point out that dependence on the dollar also leaves Global South nations at the mercy of US fiscal and economic policies, thereby robbing them of economic independence.
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French Cops Attack Diaspora
With France still reeling from the police killing of a teenager with Algerian roots in the Paris suburbs, officers have unleashed more violence on the African diaspora - this time, at a memorial event in the capital for a man who died in police custody back in 2016. His brother was among those on the receiving-end of the officers’ batons. African Stream was filming when the police moved in on the gathering.
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With France still reeling from the police killing of a teenager with Algerian roots in the Paris suburbs, officers have unleashed more violence on the African diaspora - this time, at a memorial event in the capital for a man who died in police custody back in 2016. His brother was among those on the receiving-end of the officers’ batons. African Stream was filming when the police moved in on the gathering.
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SUDAN WAR: AIRSTRIKE KILLS 22
The city of Omdurman has become the latest flashpoint in Sudan’s civil war. A stronghold of the Rapid Support Forces, it was targeted by army jets this weekend in the deadliest attack of its kind since the start of the conflict. Twenty-two people were killed - the army claiming it took out rebel fighters. Omdurman is critical to the RSF’s operations. The paramilitary uses the West of the city to bring in reinforcements from Darfur.
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The city of Omdurman has become the latest flashpoint in Sudan’s civil war. A stronghold of the Rapid Support Forces, it was targeted by army jets this weekend in the deadliest attack of its kind since the start of the conflict. Twenty-two people were killed - the army claiming it took out rebel fighters. Omdurman is critical to the RSF’s operations. The paramilitary uses the West of the city to bring in reinforcements from Darfur.
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REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY
Will reparations ever be paid to descendants of enslaved Africans in the United States? Richard Sudan digs deeper and asks whether American politicians like President Joe Biden have been cynically using the issue of reparations to win votes, without any intention of taking real action.
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Will reparations ever be paid to descendants of enslaved Africans in the United States? Richard Sudan digs deeper and asks whether American politicians like President Joe Biden have been cynically using the issue of reparations to win votes, without any intention of taking real action.
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FRANCE’S RACE PROBLEM EXPLAINED
France has a problem with race: it refuses to recognise its existence! While a policy of colourblindness - treating everybody equally, regardless of skin colour - sounds great in theory, the way France has been doing it has proved a disaster in practice. African Stream's Roqaiya explains how it’s actually enabled racism (the very thing it was designed to counter) to flourish in the country’s police force - with deadly consequences.
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France has a problem with race: it refuses to recognise its existence! While a policy of colourblindness - treating everybody equally, regardless of skin colour - sounds great in theory, the way France has been doing it has proved a disaster in practice. African Stream's Roqaiya explains how it’s actually enabled racism (the very thing it was designed to counter) to flourish in the country’s police force - with deadly consequences.
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SUDAN’S ARMY BOYCOTTS
PEACE TALKS
Sudan peace talks got off to a rocky start, with one of the warring parties - the Sudanese military - refusing to participate. It objects to the negotiations being chaired by Kenya, which it accuses of harbouring RSF rivals. The paramilitary itself only sent a representative to the talks. Some progress was made, though: consultations will be held with the African Union on potentially sending in East African peacekeepers to ensure civilians are kept safe and receive aid.
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PEACE TALKS
Sudan peace talks got off to a rocky start, with one of the warring parties - the Sudanese military - refusing to participate. It objects to the negotiations being chaired by Kenya, which it accuses of harbouring RSF rivals. The paramilitary itself only sent a representative to the talks. Some progress was made, though: consultations will be held with the African Union on potentially sending in East African peacekeepers to ensure civilians are kept safe and receive aid.
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ROAD RAGE: VICE PREZ’S MEN ATTACK
A video showing four police officers, who are part of the deputy president’s security guard, assaulting motorists has sparked public outrage in South Africa. The officers are facing charges of assault, while the deputy president’s office has distanced itself from the incident. The incident is reminiscent of South Africa’s dark past where apartheid police used to beat Africans with impunity which is why it has caused such an uproar online.
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A video showing four police officers, who are part of the deputy president’s security guard, assaulting motorists has sparked public outrage in South Africa. The officers are facing charges of assault, while the deputy president’s office has distanced itself from the incident. The incident is reminiscent of South Africa’s dark past where apartheid police used to beat Africans with impunity which is why it has caused such an uproar online.
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HOW ETHIOPIA BEAT ITALIAN COLONIALISTS
Have you ever wondered why Ethiopia was never colonised? The Italians had a good old go at it. But they were outsmarted by the African side. As a result, they suffered a humiliating defeat at the Battle of Adwa. Losses in the Italian army amounted to over 6,000 killed, and around 1,500 wounded soldiers were forced to retreat into Eritrea. Our sister Tanaïssa breaks down how Ethiopia accomplished this feat, which caused the incumbent government of Prime Minister Di Rudini to resign on this day, July 12th, in 1896.
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Have you ever wondered why Ethiopia was never colonised? The Italians had a good old go at it. But they were outsmarted by the African side. As a result, they suffered a humiliating defeat at the Battle of Adwa. Losses in the Italian army amounted to over 6,000 killed, and around 1,500 wounded soldiers were forced to retreat into Eritrea. Our sister Tanaïssa breaks down how Ethiopia accomplished this feat, which caused the incumbent government of Prime Minister Di Rudini to resign on this day, July 12th, in 1896.
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