Continued….. noting also how there’s precedent - with foreign forces allegedly present during last year’s deadly crackdown on anti-IMF protests. Hear him out, what do you make of the idea?

Sources:
https://x.com/FGaitho237/status/1860248126583394554

https://www.newvision.co.ug/category/news/uganda-police-clarifies-on-truck-spotted-in-k-NV_190831

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8x3vr6zj2o

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crln9lk51dro

U.S. SANCTIONS RWANDAN & M23 OFFICIALS

What are the implications of the US Treasury slapping sanctions on a Rwandan official and an M23 militia spokesperson for their alleged involvement in the three-decade-long, Western-backed conflict over minerals in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that had internally displaced about 7 million as of 2024?

Critics argue that the sanctions on James Kabarebe, Rwanda’s Minister of State for Regional Integration, and M23 and Congo River Alliance spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka Kingston are insufficient. They say these sanctions fail to target key figures like Rwandan President Paul Kagame, whom the media often depicted as a hero following the 1994 Rwandan G*nocide.

Continued….. The DRC has an estimated $24 trillion in mineral wealth. As long as the flow of minerals continues to Western capitals, sanctions will merely be a token gesture, allowing the real power players to carry on with their operations unscathed.

What’s your perspective?

Sources:

https://www.state.gov/sanctioning-drivers-of-violence-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo/

https://archive.ph/9Umsa

https://www.jamboasbl.com/article/humanitarian-chaos-eastern-drc-call-sanctions-against-paul-kagames-regime

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/20/why-has-drc-filed-criminal-charges-against-apple-over-conflict-minerals

https://roape.net/2020/11/24/a-dictators-best-friend-corporate-media-covers-for-kagames-crimes/

https://youtu.be/Opf0b_svQl8?t=3444

ATTACKS ON AFRICAN STREAM EXPLAINED

Last year, agents of imperialism accused African Stream, an independent Pan-Africanist news outlet, of being ‘secretly funded’ by Russia.

The attacks, beginning with false reports by NBC News and Voice of America, reached their apex in September 2024, when then-US Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed we were a platform for ‘Kremlin propagandists.’

Despite our accusers’ lack of evidence, social media platforms, such as Alphabet (parent company of YouTube and Google), Meta (parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Threads), and TikTok suspended or permanently banned us.

Unfortunately, 2025 has kicked off with the British Foreign Office’s ploy to run a smear campaign against us using pliable African journalists and media outlets.

Continued….. As the year progresses, we can only expect to see more such campaigns, as our work has ruffled the feathers of those who, for centuries, have been exploiting Africa and, therefore, see our Pan-African and anti-imperialist reporting as a threat to the status quo.

In this clip, renowned Nigerian investigative journalist David Hundeyin (@davidhundeyin), who Western imperialists have also tried to smear, explains why Pan-African-centred reporting unsettles imperialist forces.

Sources:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/google-bans-african-stream-locks-prominent-media-group-out-of-workspace/3348185

https://x.com/african_stream/status/1836781485191217614

https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/secretary-antony-j-blinken-remarks-to-the-press-5

https://x.com/african_stream/status/1890237646577778957

BURKINA FASO NATIONALISES SUGAR & TOMATO PROCESSING

In Burkina Faso, food sovereignty and industrialisation are top priorities for greater national self-determination. Two food industry sectors, tomato paste production and sugar cane processing, have become the focus of Burkina Faso’s state-owned enterprises.

Thomas Sankara (1949-87), the great revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso who was assassinated, once famously stated, ‘Where is imperialism? Look at your plates when you eat. The imported rice, maize and millet; that is imperialism.’ 

Today, President Ibrahim Traoré is following in Sankara’s footsteps by placing food sovereignty at the forefront of national development after helping oust a Western-aligned leader in 2022.

Video credit: @rtburkina 

Continued….. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj7mjDmh5-E

https://mronline.org/2022/08/08/manufacturing-consent-how-the-united-states-has-penetrated-south-african-media/

https://www.mdif.org/news/mdif-majority-stake-mail-guardian/

https://www.american.edu/centers/latin-american-latino-studies/cuba-after-the-july-11-protes6ts-eaton.cfm

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/world/15aid.html