Continued…. Despite the relentless opposition from figures like J Edgar Hoover, the BPP inspired people from all walks of life. In 2021, a plaque for 'Dr. Huey P. Newton Way' was placed at the corner of the three-block section of the city's 9th Street, where a gang member murdered him, serving as a tangible reminder of his indomitable spirit and the fight for equality.
Today, as we honour Huey P Newton, we recognise his contributions and his enduring struggle for justice and liberation.
Happy birthday to this inspiring elder!
Sources:
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/workers/black-panthers
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/newton-huey-p-1942-1989
https://www.ktvu.com/news/part-of-ninth-street-in-west-oakland-named-for-huey-p-newton
Today, as we honour Huey P Newton, we recognise his contributions and his enduring struggle for justice and liberation.
Happy birthday to this inspiring elder!
Sources:
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/workers/black-panthers
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/newton-huey-p-1942-1989
https://www.ktvu.com/news/part-of-ninth-street-in-west-oakland-named-for-huey-p-newton
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HUEY P. NEWTON SPEAKS
Today, 17 February, would have marked Huey P Newton’s 83rd birthday. A gang assassinated the Black Panther Party (BPP) co-founder after he dedicated his life to socialism, the liberation of the Black working class, and fighting against the US empire.
The BPP transformed the Black freedom struggle within the United States, cultivating new dimensions, garnering global attention and forming relationships on the world stage.
While misinformation about the party and Newton abound, the best source of information comes directly from Newton himself. In this clip from the PBS documentary, ‘Eyes on the Prize II’ (1987), he explained the party’s 10-point programme. Those included building a socialist economy, fighting for Black community control over neighbourhood institutions, and the right to self-defence for Black people and other oppressed people.
Today, 17 February, would have marked Huey P Newton’s 83rd birthday. A gang assassinated the Black Panther Party (BPP) co-founder after he dedicated his life to socialism, the liberation of the Black working class, and fighting against the US empire.
The BPP transformed the Black freedom struggle within the United States, cultivating new dimensions, garnering global attention and forming relationships on the world stage.
While misinformation about the party and Newton abound, the best source of information comes directly from Newton himself. In this clip from the PBS documentary, ‘Eyes on the Prize II’ (1987), he explained the party’s 10-point programme. Those included building a socialist economy, fighting for Black community control over neighbourhood institutions, and the right to self-defence for Black people and other oppressed people.
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Continued……. In 1967, police arrested Newton for allegedly shooting a police officer. This led activists to launch the ‘Free Huey’ movement to force authorities to drop the charges and release Newton from political imprisonment. In May 1970, the California Court of Appeals reversed Newton’s conviction because of the judge’s incomplete instructions to the jury. A court tried Newton for a second time in August 1971, with the charge changed to manslaughter, but a deadlocked jury produced a mistrial. A hung jury delivered another mistrial during the third trial in November 1971.
The party also sparked the establishment of other revolutionary groups, such as the Young Lords for Puerto Ricans, the Brown Berets for Chicanos (Mexicans in the US), and Yellow Peril for revolutionaries of Chinese heritage.
Newton, a staunch anti-imperialist, connected the party to revolutionary organisations in China, Palestine and Cuba. He authored numerous books, including his autobiography, ‘Revolutionary Su*cide’ (1973), and ‘Revolutionary Intercommunalism and the Right of Nations to Self-Determination’ (2004). He also has a speech collection noscriptd, ‘To Die for the People’ (1972)
Video credit: ‘Eyes on the Prize II’ (1987)
Sources:
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/newton-huey-p-1942-1989/
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/newton-huey-p-1942-1989/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/what-united-black-panthers-puerto-ricans-white-southerners-new-doc-n1119101
https://guides.loc.gov/latinx-civil-rights/young-lords-organization
https://researchrepository.universityofgalway.ie/server/api/core/bitstreams/b3d4a4b3-b608-4f22-b3d4-21c4fd61a4a7/content
https://ia903401.us.archive.org/9/items/revolutionary-intercommunalism-and-the-right-of-nations-to-self-determination/Revolutionary%20Intercommunalism%20and%20the%20Right%20of%20Nations%20to%20Self-Determination.pdf
https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780863163272
https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/huey-p-newton-trial-1968
The party also sparked the establishment of other revolutionary groups, such as the Young Lords for Puerto Ricans, the Brown Berets for Chicanos (Mexicans in the US), and Yellow Peril for revolutionaries of Chinese heritage.
Newton, a staunch anti-imperialist, connected the party to revolutionary organisations in China, Palestine and Cuba. He authored numerous books, including his autobiography, ‘Revolutionary Su*cide’ (1973), and ‘Revolutionary Intercommunalism and the Right of Nations to Self-Determination’ (2004). He also has a speech collection noscriptd, ‘To Die for the People’ (1972)
Video credit: ‘Eyes on the Prize II’ (1987)
Sources:
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/newton-huey-p-1942-1989/
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/newton-huey-p-1942-1989/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/what-united-black-panthers-puerto-ricans-white-southerners-new-doc-n1119101
https://guides.loc.gov/latinx-civil-rights/young-lords-organization
https://researchrepository.universityofgalway.ie/server/api/core/bitstreams/b3d4a4b3-b608-4f22-b3d4-21c4fd61a4a7/content
https://ia903401.us.archive.org/9/items/revolutionary-intercommunalism-and-the-right-of-nations-to-self-determination/Revolutionary%20Intercommunalism%20and%20the%20Right%20of%20Nations%20to%20Self-Determination.pdf
https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780863163272
https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/huey-p-newton-trial-1968
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Huey P. Newton (1942-1989)
Born in Monroe, Louisiana on February 17, 1942, Huey P. Newton was named after the populist governor Huey Long. His parents moved to Oakland, California during World War II seeking economic opportunities. Newton attended Merritt College, where he joined…
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The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group has captured another major Congolese city - this time, without a fight (almost). They entered Bukavu - the capital of South Kivu province - on 16 February and met little resistance. The region’s governor says Congolese government troops withdrew from the city of 1.3 million to avoid urban fighting.
Bukavu is eastern DRC’s second-largest city after North Kivu’s Goma, which fell to the rebels on 27 January after a lightning advance that began in late December, following the collapse of planned peace talks between DRC’s president Félix Tshisekedi and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame.
M23’s capture of Bukavu coincided with the 38th African Union summit at its Addis Ababa headquarters, where the body’s Peace and Security Council focused on the ongoing crisis in eastern DRC. Notably, Tshisekedi was away in Germany at the Munich Security Conference at the time Bukavu fell.
Bukavu is eastern DRC’s second-largest city after North Kivu’s Goma, which fell to the rebels on 27 January after a lightning advance that began in late December, following the collapse of planned peace talks between DRC’s president Félix Tshisekedi and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame.
M23’s capture of Bukavu coincided with the 38th African Union summit at its Addis Ababa headquarters, where the body’s Peace and Security Council focused on the ongoing crisis in eastern DRC. Notably, Tshisekedi was away in Germany at the Munich Security Conference at the time Bukavu fell.
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Continued……. M23 has now achieved its largest territorial expansion since its insurgency began more than a decade ago. With both of Kivu’s provincial capitals under its control, the group now effectively controls eastern DRC’s transit hubs, which lie on the border with Rwanda.
Congo's 30-year resource war had k*lled around 6-million people by 2010, with many more casualties since then. The UN says over 700,000 have been displaced since January 2025 alone, adding to the 7-million displaced in previous conflicts and more recent fighting in the mineral-rich country.
Sources:
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/02/un-experts-call-urgent-humanitarian-relief-and-political-solution-protect
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/conflict-natural-disaster-displace-nearly-7m-in-dr-congo-un-migration-agency/3370582
Congo's 30-year resource war had k*lled around 6-million people by 2010, with many more casualties since then. The UN says over 700,000 have been displaced since January 2025 alone, adding to the 7-million displaced in previous conflicts and more recent fighting in the mineral-rich country.
Sources:
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/02/un-experts-call-urgent-humanitarian-relief-and-political-solution-protect
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/conflict-natural-disaster-displace-nearly-7m-in-dr-congo-un-migration-agency/3370582
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Continued….. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rqr8q5v52o
https://www.citizen.digital/news/m23-seize-key-city-amid-mounting-fears-of-dr-congo-breakup-n357726
https://www.theafricareport.com/376993/au-summit-kagames-anger-congolese-delegation-blocked/
https://www.citizen.digital/news/m23-seize-key-city-amid-mounting-fears-of-dr-congo-breakup-n357726
https://www.theafricareport.com/376993/au-summit-kagames-anger-congolese-delegation-blocked/
Bbc
Bukavu in DR Congo falls to Rwandan-backed M23 rebels
Some people cheered as the fighters entered the city without resistance, two days after taking the airport.
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RSF R*PED HUNDREDS IN AL JAZIRAH
As in other conflicts worldwide, the UAE-backed paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has used s*xual violence as a weapon of war, committing 890 rapes in Sudan’s Al Jazirah state alone between late 2023 and early 2025, including 112 child victims. Meanwhile 75 per cent of health facilities lie in ruins, ensuring that medical help is nearly impossible to access.
Survivors face unimaginable trauma, with many women d*ing by su*cide or fleeing their families due to the crushing stigma. The RSF reportedly uses s*xual violence to humiliate communities and push people off land. Similar atrocities have occurred in South Kordofan state.
As in other conflicts worldwide, the UAE-backed paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has used s*xual violence as a weapon of war, committing 890 rapes in Sudan’s Al Jazirah state alone between late 2023 and early 2025, including 112 child victims. Meanwhile 75 per cent of health facilities lie in ruins, ensuring that medical help is nearly impossible to access.
Survivors face unimaginable trauma, with many women d*ing by su*cide or fleeing their families due to the crushing stigma. The RSF reportedly uses s*xual violence to humiliate communities and push people off land. Similar atrocities have occurred in South Kordofan state.
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Continued….. But, make no mistake, this war isn’t just the RSF’s doing. It’s an imperialist proxy conflict fueled by foreign powers that profit from Sudan’s collapse. The bloodshed began in April 2023 and had k*lled at least 150,000 people by May 2024, according to US envoy Tom Perriello. Half the population faces acute hunger, and more than 11 million are internally displaced.
SOURCES
News
https://sudantribune.com/sudans-rsf-committed-890-documented-rapes-in-al-jazirah-state
South Kordofan
https://www.voanews.com/a/human-rights-watch-accuses-sudan-s-rsf-of-rape-sexual-slavery/7903527.html
Death toll
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crln9lk51dro
Hunger
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/12/1158511
Internal displacement
https://dtm.iom.int/reports/year-review-displacement-sudan-2024?close= true
SOURCES
News
https://sudantribune.com/sudans-rsf-committed-890-documented-rapes-in-al-jazirah-state
South Kordofan
https://www.voanews.com/a/human-rights-watch-accuses-sudan-s-rsf-of-rape-sexual-slavery/7903527.html
Death toll
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crln9lk51dro
Hunger
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/12/1158511
Internal displacement
https://dtm.iom.int/reports/year-review-displacement-sudan-2024?close= true
Sudan Tribune
Sudan's RSF committed 890 documented rapes in Al Jazirah state - Sudan Tribune
February 15, 2025 (WAD MADANI) – The Al Jazirah Conference reported on Saturday that documented cases of rape committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during their control of Al Jazirah State in central Sudan reached 890 cases. The RSF committed horrific…
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Senegal is giving France’s military the boot… kind of.
The two countries have formed a new joint commission tasked with implementing the withdrawal of French troops by the end of this year - with Paris returning its Senegalese airbase to Dakar.
However, this will not mean the end of military collaboration between the two sides. According to a joint statement, they “intend to work towards a new defence and security partnership that takes into account the strategic priorities of all parties."
While a positive step, it falls short of what we’ve seen in the Sahel, where (between 2022-2023) Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger ended all forms of military cooperation with France. Additionally, Niger became the first country in Africa after Eritrea to declare the US military presence in its country illegal.
Times are changing, and even notoriously pro-French governments in Africa have shown France’s military the door.
The two countries have formed a new joint commission tasked with implementing the withdrawal of French troops by the end of this year - with Paris returning its Senegalese airbase to Dakar.
However, this will not mean the end of military collaboration between the two sides. According to a joint statement, they “intend to work towards a new defence and security partnership that takes into account the strategic priorities of all parties."
While a positive step, it falls short of what we’ve seen in the Sahel, where (between 2022-2023) Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger ended all forms of military cooperation with France. Additionally, Niger became the first country in Africa after Eritrea to declare the US military presence in its country illegal.
Times are changing, and even notoriously pro-French governments in Africa have shown France’s military the door.
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Continued….. Ivory Coast - whose president, Alassane Ouattara, is a close ally of Emmanuel Macron - announced Paris would be handing back its military base by the end of January 2025, though that date has now been pushed back to 20 February.
Meanwhile, Chad - governed by Mahamat Déby, the son of one of France's longest-standing allies - cut all military ties with Paris in November of 2024, with the final French troops departing last month.
Meanwhile, the Central African Republic expelled French military forces in 2022 in favour of collaboration with Russia. However, Colonel Olivier Ducret - deputy director for Sub-Saharan Africa at France’s Directorate for Security and Defence Cooperation - visited Bangui on 28 January 2025 in an attempt to convince the country to reestablish military ties with Paris.
How long do you give the French army in Africa?
Sources:
https://www.reuters.com/world/france-senegal-say-talks-arrange-departure-french-troops-2025-02-12/
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/burkina-faso/france-and-burkina-faso-65116/#:~:text=On%2018%20January%202023%2C%20the,agreement%20on%20technical%20military%20assistance.
https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/côte-divoire-alassane-ouattara-annonce-la-rétrocession-de-la-base-de-larmée-francaise-à-abidjan/3439376
https://lanouvelletribune.info/2025/02/cote-divoire-la-france-transfere-le-camp-du-43e-bima-le-20-fevrier/#google_vignette
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/france-military-presence-ends-in-chad-as-last-base-in-capital-city-vacated/3466960
https://www.lebledparle.com/emmanuel-macron-reaffirme-son-soutien-a-mahamat-idriss-deby-et-lui-promet-une-aide-budgetaire/
Meanwhile, Chad - governed by Mahamat Déby, the son of one of France's longest-standing allies - cut all military ties with Paris in November of 2024, with the final French troops departing last month.
Meanwhile, the Central African Republic expelled French military forces in 2022 in favour of collaboration with Russia. However, Colonel Olivier Ducret - deputy director for Sub-Saharan Africa at France’s Directorate for Security and Defence Cooperation - visited Bangui on 28 January 2025 in an attempt to convince the country to reestablish military ties with Paris.
How long do you give the French army in Africa?
Sources:
https://www.reuters.com/world/france-senegal-say-talks-arrange-departure-french-troops-2025-02-12/
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/burkina-faso/france-and-burkina-faso-65116/#:~:text=On%2018%20January%202023%2C%20the,agreement%20on%20technical%20military%20assistance.
https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/côte-divoire-alassane-ouattara-annonce-la-rétrocession-de-la-base-de-larmée-francaise-à-abidjan/3439376
https://lanouvelletribune.info/2025/02/cote-divoire-la-france-transfere-le-camp-du-43e-bima-le-20-fevrier/#google_vignette
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/france-military-presence-ends-in-chad-as-last-base-in-capital-city-vacated/3466960
https://www.lebledparle.com/emmanuel-macron-reaffirme-son-soutien-a-mahamat-idriss-deby-et-lui-promet-une-aide-budgetaire/
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On Saturday, the head of the Ugandan army’s ground forces threatened to attack the city of Bunia in eastern DR Congo if “all forces” did not surrender their arms “within 24 hours.”
In a post on X, Lt. General Muhoozi Kainerugaba - who is also the son of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni - claimed he had his father’s authority to make the threat, and stated he would not issue any further comments.
Kainerugaba known for his provocative remarks on social media, made unverified allegations that members of the Bahima ethnic group were being k*lled in the Democratic Republic of Congo, warning, “That’s a very dangerous situation for those attacking my people. No one on this earth can k*ll my people and think they will not suffer for it.”
Kainerugaba’s comments sparked concerns about a potential escalation of the violence in DRC between Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and Congolese forces.
A 2024 UN report raised the alarm over Uganda’s involvement in the conflict in eastern Congo.
In a post on X, Lt. General Muhoozi Kainerugaba - who is also the son of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni - claimed he had his father’s authority to make the threat, and stated he would not issue any further comments.
Kainerugaba known for his provocative remarks on social media, made unverified allegations that members of the Bahima ethnic group were being k*lled in the Democratic Republic of Congo, warning, “That’s a very dangerous situation for those attacking my people. No one on this earth can k*ll my people and think they will not suffer for it.”
Kainerugaba’s comments sparked concerns about a potential escalation of the violence in DRC between Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and Congolese forces.
A 2024 UN report raised the alarm over Uganda’s involvement in the conflict in eastern Congo.
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Continued……. It said Kampala had, since 2022, been allowing M23 to use its territory for troop movements and supply lines, pointing to Ugandan complicity in destabilising the DRC.
Since late 2023, Ugandan military intelligence reportedly coordinated directly with M23 forces in Bunagana, providing essential logistics and transport support.
M23 military chief Sultani Makenga, who is under UN travel restrictions, visited Uganda for meetings in 2023, suggesting deeper ties. Additionally, the UN highlighted Uganda’s backing of the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), a political umbrella for M23.
Kainerugaba has also openly supported Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame. In 2022, he described the M23 as “brothers of ours” fighting for the rights of Tutsis in Congo. Despite increasing evidence of Rwanda and Uganda’s involvement, both countries have denied providing direct support for, or harbouring, M23 fighters.
Sources:
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/uganda-military-chief-threatens-attack-eastern-congo-town-bunia-2025-02-15/?taid=67b0eb47e6d2760001470aeb&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/uganda-president-apologises-sons-tweets-invading-kenya-2022-10-05/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgmj00zjrpo?at_campaign_type=owned&at_link_origin=BBCAfrica&at_link_type=web_link&at_format=image&at_medium=social&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_link_id=CDB05812-EB80-11EF-A73F-C658329CA122&at_ptr_name=twitter
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/uganda-provided-support-m23-rebels-congo-un-report-says-2024-07-08
Since late 2023, Ugandan military intelligence reportedly coordinated directly with M23 forces in Bunagana, providing essential logistics and transport support.
M23 military chief Sultani Makenga, who is under UN travel restrictions, visited Uganda for meetings in 2023, suggesting deeper ties. Additionally, the UN highlighted Uganda’s backing of the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), a political umbrella for M23.
Kainerugaba has also openly supported Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame. In 2022, he described the M23 as “brothers of ours” fighting for the rights of Tutsis in Congo. Despite increasing evidence of Rwanda and Uganda’s involvement, both countries have denied providing direct support for, or harbouring, M23 fighters.
Sources:
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/uganda-military-chief-threatens-attack-eastern-congo-town-bunia-2025-02-15/?taid=67b0eb47e6d2760001470aeb&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/uganda-president-apologises-sons-tweets-invading-kenya-2022-10-05/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgmj00zjrpo?at_campaign_type=owned&at_link_origin=BBCAfrica&at_link_type=web_link&at_format=image&at_medium=social&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_link_id=CDB05812-EB80-11EF-A73F-C658329CA122&at_ptr_name=twitter
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/uganda-provided-support-m23-rebels-congo-un-report-says-2024-07-08
Reuters
Uganda military chief threatens to attack eastern Congo town of Bunia
Uganda will attack the town of Bunia in neighbouring eastern Congo unless "all forces" there surrender their arms within 24 hours, the chief of Ugandan defence forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, said in a post on X on Saturday.
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‘ORIGINAL SIN’ AGAINST AFRICANS: COLONIAL LAND GRABS
South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa says the colonial land grab by European settlers in Africa is the original sin committed against our people.
In an address to parliament on 13 February, he noted that many of the social and economic problems affecting his country - and Africa more widely - can be linked to the violent land dispossessions committed by Europeans as they invaded the continent, starting in the 15th century.
Ramaphosa also pointed out that the colonial settlers not only forcibly remove Black people from their land but also created laws that made it impossible for Africans to own land or property on their continent. Because key economic activities are tied to land or property ownership, these laws subsequently locked Africans out of the economic sphere, resulting in millions being trapped in poverty, even decades after their countries attained flag independence.
South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa says the colonial land grab by European settlers in Africa is the original sin committed against our people.
In an address to parliament on 13 February, he noted that many of the social and economic problems affecting his country - and Africa more widely - can be linked to the violent land dispossessions committed by Europeans as they invaded the continent, starting in the 15th century.
Ramaphosa also pointed out that the colonial settlers not only forcibly remove Black people from their land but also created laws that made it impossible for Africans to own land or property on their continent. Because key economic activities are tied to land or property ownership, these laws subsequently locked Africans out of the economic sphere, resulting in millions being trapped in poverty, even decades after their countries attained flag independence.
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Continued……. Ramaphosa’s comments come in the wake of a public spat between his government and the Trump administration over a law he signed in January in an attempt to redress land-ownership inequalities that stem from South Africa’s apartheid-era. Trump has cut US financial support to South Africa’s health budget and has offered refugee status to Afrikaners - White South Africans of mostly Dutch descent he claims are being persecuted by Ramaphosa’s government.
Afrikaners own the majority of the country’s land despite accounting for less than 8% of the population.
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Afrikaners own the majority of the country’s land despite accounting for less than 8% of the population.
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Zimbabwe’s finance minister, Mthuli Ncube, says the country is on course to meet a 2028 target for compensating White farmers whose land was expropriated.
In 2019, Harare agreed to compensate 94 farmers from countries that had Bilateral Investment Protection Agreements (BIPPAs) with the Zimbabwean government when the farms were repossessed in the early 2000s as part of a land-reform programme.
BIPPAs are treaties between two countries that aim to protect and promote investments made by citizens in each other’s countries. The 94 claimants are from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the former Yugoslavia.
According to Ncube, a number of farmers received payments in the first week of January from the $20 million of budget funds the government had set aside for this purpose late last year. He said the target is to clear the outstanding debt of $146 million by 2028.
In 2019, Harare agreed to compensate 94 farmers from countries that had Bilateral Investment Protection Agreements (BIPPAs) with the Zimbabwean government when the farms were repossessed in the early 2000s as part of a land-reform programme.
BIPPAs are treaties between two countries that aim to protect and promote investments made by citizens in each other’s countries. The 94 claimants are from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the former Yugoslavia.
According to Ncube, a number of farmers received payments in the first week of January from the $20 million of budget funds the government had set aside for this purpose late last year. He said the target is to clear the outstanding debt of $146 million by 2028.
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Continued……The compensation programme has caused mixed reactions across Zimbabwe and beyond. Several political figures, such as South Africa’s Julius Malema - leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters party - say the exercise is tantamount to capitulating to the West’s bullying. Others are more sympathetic, arguing the government could hardly act otherwise after over two decades of Western sanctions that have wounded the economy and forced millions of citizens to leave the country.
Sources:
https://www.zimfa.gov.zw/index.php/bippas/list-of-ratified-bippas
https://x.com/Sophie_Mokoena
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https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/UCM/ReportHRC48/States/submission-zimbabwe.docx
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SOUTH AFRICA RULING PARTY STANDS UP TO TRUMP ‘MADNESS’
South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has added its voice to the standoff between its government and the administration of US President Donald Trump.
Addressing a recent political gathering in the country’s North West province, ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula (@MbalulaFikile on X) urged citizens to unite behind their government in the face of what he described as ‘Trump’s madness.’ Mbalula echoed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s words that South Africa will not accept being bullied by the United States.
Mbalula’s comments follow Trump’s 7 February decision to sign an executive order cutting aid to South Africa over a newly signed law allowing South Africa to seize privately owned land for public purposes or when it would be in the public interest (sometimes without compensation). The law aims to redress land inequalities originating from the country’s apartheid era.
South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has added its voice to the standoff between its government and the administration of US President Donald Trump.
Addressing a recent political gathering in the country’s North West province, ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula (@MbalulaFikile on X) urged citizens to unite behind their government in the face of what he described as ‘Trump’s madness.’ Mbalula echoed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s words that South Africa will not accept being bullied by the United States.
Mbalula’s comments follow Trump’s 7 February decision to sign an executive order cutting aid to South Africa over a newly signed law allowing South Africa to seize privately owned land for public purposes or when it would be in the public interest (sometimes without compensation). The law aims to redress land inequalities originating from the country’s apartheid era.
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