Continued.....During the controversy, allegations emerged that Adetshina’s mother had committed identity fraud in order to obtain South African nationality for herself and her daughter (while the latter was still an infant). After withdrawing from Miss South Africa, Adetshina was invited to take part in Nigeria’s Miss Universe pageant. She won that and will now compete in the final in Mexico on 16 November.

SOURCES:

https://www.dw.com/en/south-africa-to-revoke-beauty-queens-id-documents/a-70645405

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0lpdl2lweo

E. GUINEA: TOP OFFICIAL ARRESTED AMID SEX-TAPE SCANDAL

A sex-tape scandal has rocked Equatorial Guinea. Baltasar Engonga, the Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency, has been arrested after investigators discovered more than 400 explicit videos featuring the wives of prominent public figures.

The investigation began as a probe into alleged corruption and the embezzlement of public funds. During a search of Engonga's computer, investigators found up the phonographic home videos.

A number of the clips have been leaked online and are circulating on social media. Some of the steamy clips appear to have been recorded in his office, with the national flag visible. Those reportedly featured in the recordings are the spouses of high-ranking officials in government.

Continued......
In response to the scandal, Vice President Teodoro Obiang Mangue announced that government offices will soon be equipped with surveillance cameras "to eradicate improper and illicit behaviour" - warning that officials caught having sex at work would be fired.

SOURCES:

https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2024-11-06-senior-equatorial-guinea-official-under-fire-after-400-sex-tapes-leak

https://www.africanews.com/2024/11/05/equatorial-guinea-official-arrested-over-400-sex-tapes-with-presidents-sister-high-profile/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyx32945gqo

For instance, both sides have supported arming and funding Israel's military onslaught against Palestinians in Gaza. The Democrats have also never shown any reservations against imposing unilateral economic sanctions on African countries and other parts of the Global South, which starve and deny necessities, like medicines, to the citizens of those countries. So far, according to the US-based Sanctions Kill campaign, US sanctions impact one-third of humanity, approximately 39 countries.

Even at times when Black people occupied senior positions in the Democratic Party, things did not get better for Africans. When Barack Obama was elected US president, Africans across the world were optimistic that his administration would finally address their concerns and turn around their fortunes. However, nothing of this sort happened. The mass incarceration of Black men in the US continued unabated. In Africa, he led the 2011 NATO bombardment of Libya, destroying what was once Africa's most prosperous nation and breaking it into three warring territories; Western media demonised African migrants working in Libya, paving the way for open slave markets to spring up.

As Brother Malcolm warned us, as we look out for the conservative wolf, whose sharp teeth are always plain to see, we should equally be wary of the liberal fox that masks its evil plans behind a smile.

SOURCES:

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/10/g-s1-27633/barack-obama-kamala-harris-black-men-pennsylvania

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/06/black-women-grieve-kamala-harris-loss/76093045007/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/05/black-voters-washington-dc-kamala-harris

https://www.scidev.net/global/opinions/if-trump-wins-africa-will-spiral-into-climate-hell/

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/19/barack-obama-libya-airstrikes-1224550

https://sanctionskill.org

MALCOLM X ON WHITE LIBERALS

Pan-Africanist organiser Malcolm X (1925-65) warned of the dangers of Africans in the US getting sucked into the country's political duopoly, bouncing between Democrats and Republicans. For him, the two major parties were simply different pockets from the same jacket. One is a sly fox, while the other is a fierce wolf, but both will bite.

His words still ring loud today, as Republican candidate Donald Trump triumphed over his Democrat rival, Kamala Harris, in the 2024 US presidential election.

In the run-up to the elections, Harris and the Democrats were presented as the better choice for the Black community. Following her loss, some are trying to make it seem like the African community, and the Global South are now more threatened than they would have been under a Harris administration. The truth is Democrats might not be as openly racist as Trump, but merely different sides of the same imperialist coin.

Continued.......Christian Gunadi’s 2019 published research found undocumented immigrants are 33 per cent less likely to be incarcerated compared to US citizens, with that figure as high as 47 per cent in Texas, a state bordering Mexico, according to the Cato Institute.

Plus, the Global North owes a debt to the Global South. Many people flee Western-manufactured conditions in their home countries to seek a better life in the West.

Slavery forcibly removed millions of people from Africa, while Europeans colonised Africans on the continent and plundered our lands. Upon ‘flag independence’ in the mid-20th century, neo-colonialism kept Global South countries in shackles because of high debt to Western financial institutions. Plus, for centuries, European powers and the United States have destabilised Africa, such as with the 1961 US/UK/Belgian-supported assassination of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba (1925-61), who wanted to use Congolese resources for the Congolese people. These powers then supported one of the most corrupt leaders, Mobutu Sese Seko (1930-97), who pillaged the country for decades.

Today, Trump demonises those same Congolese people fleeing militias, backed by US allies Rwanda and Uganda, to fight over resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, resources that are essential to US tech giants Apple and Tesla.

With the US meddling throughout the Global South, is it any surprise that people would flee their homes and wind up in the US?

Video credit: @wfaa (X)

SOURCES:

Research on migrants and crime
https://academic.oup.com/oep/article-abstract/73/1/200/5572162?redirectedFrom=fulltext
https://www.cato.org/publications/immigration-research-policy-brief/criminal-immigrants-texas-2017-illegal-immigrant# - Texas

Drivers of migration
https://academic.oup.com/jtm/article/25/1/tay040/5056445

Impact of slavery
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zxt3gk7/revision/1

Impact of colonization
https://socialstudieshelp.com/colonizations-impact-on-african-societies-a-deep-dive/

Impact of neocolonialism
https://doaj.org/article/699b218e0c894c16a0242ec7473a343c

US role in killing of Lumumba
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/10/17/patrice-lumumba-congo-washington-00121755

US support for Mobutu
https://www.ncesc.com/geographic-pedia/why-did-the-us-support-mobutu/

Mobutu pillages Congo
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/mobutu-leaves-legacy-of-chaos-and-corruption-1.104463

https://ohss.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2024-06/2024_0418_ohss_estimates-of-the-unauthorized-immigrant-population-residing-in-the-united-states-january-2018%25E2%2580%2593january-2022.pd

TRUMP BLAMES MIGRANTS FOR CRIME

Former US President Donald Trump made a comeback during the 5 November presidential election by winning more than 270 electoral votes and about 4.7 million more popular votes than Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Based on how he implemented a ‘Muslim ban’ against people from predominantly Muslim countries and the United States’ historically racist treatment of migrants, his new administration is likely to continue its course. Just consider what he said during this address two months ago at a New York rally, where he accused Congolese migrants of being criminals.

Anti-immigrant sentiment is rife in the US, much like in Europe, where the far-right has seen a rise in popularity in Italy and Germany, among other countries. In this viral video clip, Trump blamed the lack of safety in US cities on migrants and pledged a purge should he take office.

However, the facts prove him wrong.

Last month, a commander of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary defected to the Sudanese Armed Forces. In retaliation, the UAE-backed RSF laid siege to his home town in eastern Gezira State - targeting civilians. There are now reports that 13 people have since been shot dead. Locals say the RSF is also poisoning scarce food supplies, resulting in over 50 deaths so far.

Ethnic violence has been a grim feature of the vicious cycles of wars in Sudan since its independence in 1956, particularly in places such as Darfur, the Nuba Mountains and South Sudan (before its cessation). Both the SAF and the RSF are accused of atrocities, although genocidal violence in the current war is significantly associated with the UAE-backed RSF.

Continued........Last month, a commander of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary defected to the Sudanese Armed Forces. In retaliation, the UAE-backed RSF laid siege to his home town in eastern Gezira State - targeting civilians. There are now reports that 13 people have since been shot dead. Locals say the RSF is also poisoning scarce food supplies, resulting in over 50 deaths so far.

Ethnic violence has been a grim feature of the vicious cycles of wars in Sudan since its independence in 1956, particularly in places such as Darfur, the Nuba Mountains and South Sudan (before its cessation). Both the SAF and the RSF are accused of atrocities, although genocidal violence in the current war is significantly associated with the UAE-backed RSF.

The latest violence comes on the back of a spate of alleged RSF atrocities near the capital, Khartoum. Commenting on these, Sudan's UN Humanitarian Coordinator Clementine Nkweta-Salami said she was 'shocked and deeply appalled that human rights violations of the kind witnessed in Darfur last year - such as r*pe, targeted attacks, sexual violence and mass killings - are being repeated in Gezira State,' adding that 'these are atrocious crimes.'

(Her reference is to September 2023, when RSF allied forces buried over 1,000 bodies in 'hastily dug mass graves' in West Darfur's Geneina city.)

SOURCES:https://sudantribune.com/article292267/

https://sudantribune.com/article293000/

https://liberties.aljazeera.com/en/at-least-13-killed-and-thousands-displaced-as-rsf-escalates-attacks-in-sudans-gezira/

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/sudans-rsf-chases-civilians-out-villages-violent-raids-2024-11-04/

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-rsf-kill-scores-civilians-gezira-commander-defects

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/10/1156176 

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/section/sudan-politics/

EFF CONDEMNS MOZAMBIQUE STATE REPRESSION

South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party has condemned what it describes as 'state repression' in Mozambique following security forces reportedly k*lling 20 protesters, injuring 390 and detaining 880 following protests over a disputed election. Meanwhile, the Mozambican opposition party, Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique (PODEMOS), has called for mass demonstrations on 7 November in the capital of Maputo.

Continued......EFF also called for an investigation into an alleged assassination attempt on PODEMOS candidate Venancio Mondlane, exiled in South Africa. EFF demanded 'urgent action' from the African Union, Southern African Development Community and global human-rights bodies.

Mozambicans poured into the streets after Mondlane called for protests over allegedly fraudulent elections on 9 October. Independence-era party FRELIMO clinched the presidency with 71 per cent of votes.

The Mozambican government has warned that it may deploy the military to control the growing unrest. Authorities have already restricted internet access, and police are reportedly invading homes and indiscriminately firing tear gas.

Sources
EFF statement
https://x.com/EFFSouthAfrica/status/1854130318371856849?t=d3xnLqdRAPiVilpZPDx_Kw

20 killed, hundreds injured and arrested
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/11/mozambique-end-violent-post-election-crackdown-ahead-of-7-november-maputo-march/

FRELIMO wins with 70%
https://www.dw.com/en/mozambique-election-result-fresh-opposition-protests/a-70692769

PODEMOS calls for protests
https://apnews.com/article/mozambique-elections-protests-violence-deaths-e7c82a35fa335fbbf4c3ae3c9d1b16ef

Govt will deploy military
https://apnews.com/article/mozambique-elections-protests-violence-deaths-e7c82a35fa335fbbf4c3ae3c9d1b16ef

Internet restricted, police terrorizing neighbourhoods
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2024-11-05-mozambiques-dark-hour-repression-digital-isolation-and-the-struggle-for-freedom

https://www.barrons.com/news/mozambique-deploys-soldiers-ahead-of-planned-protests-0e30fd00

THE DIASPORA DEFENDS THE ALLIANCE OF SAHEL STATES

Around the world, African people are turning to Pan-Africanism to solve their problems and placing their hope in the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). The AES is a Pan-Africanist, anti-imperialist confederation made up of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, a trio of African states that ousted Western leaders through military coups d'état in recent years. The AES aspires to unite Africa in the vision of anti-colonial Pan-Africanist eaders, such as Burkina Faso's Thomas Sankara (1949-87) and Mali's Modibo Keïta (1915-77).

The US-based organisation, Black Alliance of Peace (@Blacks4Peace on X), organised a rally on 24 October in front of the Washington-based embassies of the three countries—as well as a march between each—to express their support for the alliance.

Continued......This mobilisation came amidst the International Month of Action Against AFRICOM, which the Black Alliance for Peace has organised every October since 2020 to shut down the US Africa Command (AFRICOM). AFRICOM has military-to-military relationships with 52 out of 54 African countries, with Egypt counted as under the purview of the US Central Command that occupies West Asia.

Niger is the first African country to expel AFRICOM forces and the three AES states have ended military collaboration with France, booting out French troops. They have also been taking back their resources. Burkina Faso has nationalised its gold mines. Niger revoked a uranium mining licence from the French company, Orano, and Mali accused Canadian mining company Barrick Gold of owing taxes and not complying with environmental and other commitments.

The three countries seek to form a Pan-African federal state out of the confederation to eliminate colonial borders imposed on the region.

SOURCES;

https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/op-ed/alliance-of-sahel-states-and-a-new-era-for-west-africa

https://www.instagram.com/p/DBRDG-vPyU7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://www.ifri.org/fr/presse-contenus-repris-sur-le-site/les-soldats-francais-de-loperation-barkhane-partis-du-mali-que

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/burkina-faso-marks-official-end-french-military-operations-its-soil-2023-02-19/

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/last-french-troops-leave-niger-military-cooperation-officially-ends-2023-12-22

https://www.africanews.com/2024/08/28/burkina-faso-nationalises-two-gold-mines-ending-legal-dispute-between-rival-companies

https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/in-west-africa-canadian-mining-firms-come-up-against-bloc-of-independent-states

https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/in-west-africa-canadian-mining-firms-come-up-against-bloc-of-independent-states

https://www.africom.mil/pressrelease/35590/us-withdrawal-from-niger-completed

https://www.africom.mil/about-the-command

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbO7JyTaRRqANqhLgsUqd7XkFRfstY8KuzXSWNNrztqq1sEg/viewform

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3904143/africom-commander-stresses-cooperation-consultation-with-african-nations

MALCOLM X: I'M NOT AMERICAN

Many of our followers ask why we refer to our kin in the U.S as Africans in America instead of African-Americans. Malcolm X can shed some light here.

SOURCES:

Africans in America among poorest demographics
https://www.statista.com/statistics/200476/us-poverty-rate-by-ethnic-group/

Racism in US policing
https://theconversation.com/the-racist-roots-of-american-policing-from-slave-patrols-to-traffic-stops-112816

Racism and the prison industrial complex
https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/systemic-racism-and-the-prison-industrial-complex-in-the-land-of-the-free

Africans have not been given reparations
https://www.history.com/news/40-acres-mule-promise

Quote
https://malcolmxfiles.com/collection/the-ballot-or-the-bullet-april-12-1964/

Continued......Sources
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cm20l14g87jo

https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/history-of-slavery/scotland-and-slavery/

https://www.freedomunited.org/news/inside-the-human-trafficking-scandal-rocking-scotlands-fishing-industry/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqj0ln81yyjo