Continued……According to the official results, Mondlane was the distant runner-up. He insisted that the results were fraudulent and has, on several occasions, called for nationwide shutdowns and protests. However, in his recent livestream, he encouraged people to protest near their homes.

Many have accused security forces of being heavy-handed. However, the government has defended them, claiming the action is necessary to restore public order

Sources:

https://www.voanews.com/a/mozambique-unrest-costing-region/7864328.html

https://www.actionsa.org.za/escalating-election-violence-in-mozambique

https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/southern-africa/three-killed-66-injured-in-mozambique-opposition-protest-4816736

https://clubofmozambique.com/news/mozambique-opposition-leader-says-50-killed-in-protests-270891

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/24/mozambique-ruling-party-declared-winner-of-election-amid-fraud-claims

https://medafricatimes.com/37479-mozambique-in-crisis-opposition-has-little-hope-in-sadc-support-as-regional-leaders-meet-in-harare.html

https://www.theafricareport.com/368265/mozambique-crisis-is-sadc-chairperson-president-emmerson-mnangagwa-the-best-broker/

https://x.com/TechMagZW/status/1859174721163526465

https://www.dw.com/en/can-southern-african-development-community-resolve-political-unrest-in-mozambique/a-70773327

https://www.sadc.int/latest-news/sadc-hold-extraordinary-summit-heads-state-and-government-harare-zimbabwe

https://african.business/2024/11/politics/mozambique-post-election-tensions-disrupt-regional-trade

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwygrne8363o

'MAU MAU, MALCOLM X INSPIRE US TODAY' - EUGENE PURYEAR

The spirit of Mau Mau, Kenya's fearless anti-colonial Land and Freedom Army (1952-60) that spearheaded the country's struggle for independence from British rule, was rekindled at the recently concluded the Communist Party Marxist Kenya (CPM-K)'s (@communistske on X) second national congress in the capital, Nairobi.

Eugene Puryear (@eugenepuryear on X), a delegate representing the US-based Party for Socialism and Liberation (@pslnational on X) fired up the assembly, reminding them of a 1964 speech by revolutionary Malcolm X (1925-65), calling upon Africans in the United States to emulate Kenyan freedom fighters. Malcolm's powerful speech hailing the Mau Mau showed the extent of his transnational outlook in the global struggle against imperialism.

Continued……. Puryear also reminded us that 21 February 2025, will mark the 60th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X. He noted that on the same date, US military exercises hosted in Kenya with their East African counterparts (code-named ‘Justified Accord’) will be ending, suggesting that revolutionary forces turn the day into one of struggle against US imperialism.

The international nature of the anti-imperialist struggle brings revolutionaries worldwide together for a common cause, as the national congress exemplifies. On 18 February 1957, Dedan Kimathi (1920-57), one of the Mau Mau's most outstanding heroes, paid for Kenya's freedom with his life, hanged by British colonialists. His sacrifice and that of his fellow revolutionaries continue to inspire the working class in many countries today, as Malcolm X testified six decades ago.

Does Malcolm X’s Mau Mau speech also strike a chord with you?

Sources;

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-12997138

https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/people-global-african-history/dedan-kimathi-1920-1957/

https://www.crsp.pitt.edu/malcom-x

https://www.nytimes.com/1964/12/21/archives/malcolm-favors-a-maui-mau-in-us-at-harlem-rally-he-urges-negroes-to.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH4F1CdQlF8

https://www.army.mil/article/281252/exercise_justified_accord_2025_expands_size_and_scope_in_kenya

https://www.communistpartyofkenya.org/87-recent-news/354-press-statement-by-the-general-secretary,-booker-omole,-of-the-communist-party-marxist-kenya-cpm-k-,-after-the-successful-day-1-of-the-2nd-national-congress

Continued……Sources:
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65808660
https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/exclusive-news/2023/03/30/more-ghanaian-nurses-in-nhs-than-in-ghana/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/katherinehignett/2023/06/07/uk-hospitals-are-hiring-nurses-from-countries-that-cant-spare-them/

Malawi
https://www.africanews.com/2023/11/27/malawi-slammed-for-sending-workers-to-israel-amid-gaza-conflict/
https://www.capitalradiomalawi.com/2024/03/07/malawi-nears-completion-of-labour-pact-with-israel/
https://www.un.org/africarenewal/news/malawi-facing-worst-food-crisis-decade-requires-81-million-relief-aid-%E2%80%93-un-agency
https://www.voanews.com/a/tons-of-ukrainian-grain-arrives-in-drought-hit-malawi/7855276.html

Kenya
https://kahawatungu.com/kenya-to-export-one-million-workers-abroad-annually-says-labour-cs-mutua/
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/naivasha-hospital-on-the-spot-over-claims-20-babies-die-every-month-at-the-facility-4311534
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/german-contradicts-ruto-on-job-opportunities-for-250-000-kenyans-4763072
https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/medical-doctors-(per-10-000-population)

U.S. COPS KILL BLACK MAN WHO’D DIALLED 911

Body-cam video has emerged showing a Las Vegas cop shooting dead a Black man - who’d reportedly called police for help after suspecting a break-in. An officer arrived to find Brandon Durham wrestling for a knife with a woman and shot him. After he’d fallen to the floor, the officer shot him another five times. He died on the spot. It’s the eighth fatal police shooting by Las Vegas police this year.

Sources:

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/18/us/las-vegas-police-shoot-911-caller/index.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/11/18/brandon-durham-las-vegas-police/76401735007/

It's a curious case when the United States, a country quick to accuse others—particularly Russia—of election interference, wields a heavy hand in Venezuela's electoral process. 

In a 19 November post on X (formerly Twitter), outgoing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken recognised Edmundo González Urrutia as Venezuela's president-elect. The opposition leader had fled to Spain for exile following the 28 July election.

Continued........This isn't the first time Washington has stoked the flames of regime change in Venezuela. In 2019, Washington recognised Juan Guaidó as Venezuela's interim president following Nicolás Maduro’s 2018 election. And during his first stint as US President, Donald Trump openly considered invading Venezuela. Marco Rubio, a child of Cuban immigrants who arrived in the US two years before the Cuban revolution, is Trump's choice for secretary of state and is expected to continue a hardline stance against Venezuela, which he has referred to as a ‘narco-dictatorship.’

Do Venezuela's estimated 304 billion barrels of crude oil reserves, the largest in the world, have something to do with it?

Be the judge.

Sources:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/961643/crude-oil-reserves-venezuela/#:~:text=In%202021%2C%20crude%20oil%20reserves,largest%20crude%20oil%20reserves%20worldwide.

https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20241120-us-opposition-leader-gonzalez-venezuela-president-elect

https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/15530/

https://apnews.com/article/a3309c4990ac4581834d4a654f7746ef

https://2017-2021.state.gov/recognition-of-juan-guaido-as-venezuelas-interim-president/

ALLIANCE OF SAHEL STATES:
A MODEL FOR AFRICA?

The Alliance of Sahel States’ revolutionary posture and its transformative impact on Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger has captured the imaginations of Pan-Africanists across the continent. But it’s also clear that the anti-neo-colonial project needs defending, being at risk from the very forces it rejects. To highlight the issue - and take stock of the AES’s achievements so far - a special three-day conference is being held in Niamey, noscriptd “In Solidarity with the Peoples of the Sahel.”

Continued……Sources;

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/11/18/niger-hosts-historic-conference-on-the-fight-against-neocolonialism-in-the-sahel/

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https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/01/1145852