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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.
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.
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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
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
Anadolu Agency
Google bans African Stream, locks prominent media group out of Workspace
Pan-African media platform accuses Google of censorship following US allegations of Russian influence
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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
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
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The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is a seemingly benign entity tasked with the noble-sounding mission of “advancing democracy” worldwide - including in Africa. It was founded under the Reagan administration when the CIA was the capitalist bloc’s chief puppet master, orchestrating covert operations against governments that dared to defy the US.
The NED does openly what the CIA did secretly during the Cold War - inciting protests, meddling in elections and generally working to advance Washington’s imperialist policy of regime-changing defiant authorities. Swipe through to learn more about the NED’s clandestine activities across Africa and uncover the stories of those who have fallen victim to its machinations.
The NED does openly what the CIA did secretly during the Cold War - inciting protests, meddling in elections and generally working to advance Washington’s imperialist policy of regime-changing defiant authorities. Swipe through to learn more about the NED’s clandestine activities across Africa and uncover the stories of those who have fallen victim to its machinations.
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Continued….. Sources:
https://www.ned.org/region/africa/
https://www.ned.org/events/challenges-for-independent-media-in-a-post-gaddafi-libya-2/
https://vimeo.com/30437228
https://www.cima.ned.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/CIMA-Libya-Event.pdf
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/in-nigeria-jonathan-s-luck-runs-out/
https://babajidesalu.wordpress.com/2015/07/23/full-text-of-president-buharis-speech-us-institute-for-peace/
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/206768-buhari-hails-u-s-historic-role-in-nigerias-2015-election.html
https://www.usip.org/publications/2015/02/staving-nigerias-next-train-wreck
https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/01/27/staving-off-nigerias-next-train-wreck-elections/
https://www.ned.org/events/nigeria-2023-ensuring-credible-peaceful-and-inclusive-elections/
https://www.ned.org/region/africa/
https://www.ned.org/events/challenges-for-independent-media-in-a-post-gaddafi-libya-2/
https://vimeo.com/30437228
https://www.cima.ned.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/CIMA-Libya-Event.pdf
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/in-nigeria-jonathan-s-luck-runs-out/
https://babajidesalu.wordpress.com/2015/07/23/full-text-of-president-buharis-speech-us-institute-for-peace/
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/206768-buhari-hails-u-s-historic-role-in-nigerias-2015-election.html
https://www.usip.org/publications/2015/02/staving-nigerias-next-train-wreck
https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/01/27/staving-off-nigerias-next-train-wreck-elections/
https://www.ned.org/events/nigeria-2023-ensuring-credible-peaceful-and-inclusive-elections/
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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
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
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More Benin Bronzes are coming home - this time from The Netherlands. With 119 objects looted in colonial times being handed back to Nigeria, it’s the biggest such repatriation to date.
The Benin Bronzes - which, despite their name, also include carved ivory, brass sculptures and plaques - are not just artworks. They tell the story of Benin’s rich cultural heritage.
Nigeria hopes to open the Edo Museum of West African Art in Benin City in 2026, designed by British-Ghanaian architect Sir David Adjaye, to house the largest collection of Benin Bronzes ever assembled.
The Benin Bronzes - which, despite their name, also include carved ivory, brass sculptures and plaques - are not just artworks. They tell the story of Benin’s rich cultural heritage.
Nigeria hopes to open the Edo Museum of West African Art in Benin City in 2026, designed by British-Ghanaian architect Sir David Adjaye, to house the largest collection of Benin Bronzes ever assembled.
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Continued….. Sources:
1.https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly8397e7gno
2.https://africa.si.edu/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/visionary-viewpoints-on-africas-arts/the-raid-on-benin-1897/
3.https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/netherlands-return-119-benin-bronzes-nigeria-2025-02-19/?taid=67b5dce4cc77050001119e32&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
4.https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/10/12/stealing-africa-how-britain-looted-the-continents-art
5.https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/20/uk-returns-looted-ghana-artefacts-on-loan-after-150-years
6.https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/west-africa/france-hands-back-26-treasures-looted-from-benin-3614126
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/benin-bronzes-british-museum-african-heritage-b2138905.html
1.https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly8397e7gno
2.https://africa.si.edu/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/visionary-viewpoints-on-africas-arts/the-raid-on-benin-1897/
3.https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/netherlands-return-119-benin-bronzes-nigeria-2025-02-19/?taid=67b5dce4cc77050001119e32&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
4.https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/10/12/stealing-africa-how-britain-looted-the-continents-art
5.https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/20/uk-returns-looted-ghana-artefacts-on-loan-after-150-years
6.https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/west-africa/france-hands-back-26-treasures-looted-from-benin-3614126
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/benin-bronzes-british-museum-african-heritage-b2138905.html
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FRANCE FLEECING AFRICA: A SIMPLE GUIDE
In this clip, US radio personality Ebro Darden (@EbroInTheAm on X) speaks with German actor of Ghanaian descent Boris Kodjoe (@BorisKodjoe on X) about France’s continued exploitation of Francophone countries in Africa post-independence. As a condition for independence, the West African countries had to agree to terms that ensured they remained under France’s control and French interests were maintained. One such predatory agreement was that the African nations in the CFA Franc Zone were required to keep at least 50% of their reserves in France under the pretext of ensuring ‘currency stability.’
In this clip, US radio personality Ebro Darden (@EbroInTheAm on X) speaks with German actor of Ghanaian descent Boris Kodjoe (@BorisKodjoe on X) about France’s continued exploitation of Francophone countries in Africa post-independence. As a condition for independence, the West African countries had to agree to terms that ensured they remained under France’s control and French interests were maintained. One such predatory agreement was that the African nations in the CFA Franc Zone were required to keep at least 50% of their reserves in France under the pretext of ensuring ‘currency stability.’
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Continued……. France also had the right-of-first-refusal on the extraction and sale of their natural resources. This meant they had to offer their resources to France first before any other buyers - and at a fraction of what these minerals were actually worth on the market. Thus, while Paris continued to develop at their expense, the mineral-rich countries remained poor and independent only in name without genuine sovereignty.
However, recently there has been a shift, with Sahelian countries Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, for example, cutting ties with France and refusing to remain in Paris’ financial stranglehold.
Sources:
https://www.cadtm.org/Africa-How-France-Continues-to-Dominate-Its-Former-Colonies-in-Africa
https://www.crossbordertalks.eu/2024/05/08/france-africa/
https://report.az/en/foreign-politics/zahid-oruj-france-earns-400-500b-annually-from-africa-as-colonial-tax/
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/739771.shtml
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2017/5/24/africa-is-not-poor-we-are-stealing-its-wealth
https://debtjustice.org.uk/press-release/africa-subsidises-rest-world-40-billion-one-year-according-new-research
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/historical_materials/1957980/?
However, recently there has been a shift, with Sahelian countries Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, for example, cutting ties with France and refusing to remain in Paris’ financial stranglehold.
Sources:
https://www.cadtm.org/Africa-How-France-Continues-to-Dominate-Its-Former-Colonies-in-Africa
https://www.crossbordertalks.eu/2024/05/08/france-africa/
https://report.az/en/foreign-politics/zahid-oruj-france-earns-400-500b-annually-from-africa-as-colonial-tax/
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/739771.shtml
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2017/5/24/africa-is-not-poor-we-are-stealing-its-wealth
https://debtjustice.org.uk/press-release/africa-subsidises-rest-world-40-billion-one-year-according-new-research
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/historical_materials/1957980/?
CADTM
Africa: How France Continues to Dominate Its Former Colonies in Africa – CADTM
In France's former African colonies, imperialist monetary policies from Paris continue to cripple domestic economies and undermine democracy. Colonialism in Africa won't have meaningfully come to an…
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