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Salon
Reagan's embrace of apartheid South Africa
His foreign policy legacy includes an alliance with a racist government
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UK PARLIAMENT HOSTS GENOCIDAL MILITIA
The UK has been accused of legitimising perpetrators of genocide - by allowing its parliament to host an event attended by people reportedly linked to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The Sudanese paramilitary has been sanctioned by the US for a string of atrocities.
As our video explores, it’s not the first time London’s faced such accusations - and Britain is implicated further by its efforts to diplomatically shield the RSF’s main arms supplier: the United Arab Emirates.
Sources
https://x.com/TurtleYusuf/status/1894795384255348999
https://ceftus.org/pathways-to-peace-ending-conflicts-in-sudan/
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2772
The UK has been accused of legitimising perpetrators of genocide - by allowing its parliament to host an event attended by people reportedly linked to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The Sudanese paramilitary has been sanctioned by the US for a string of atrocities.
As our video explores, it’s not the first time London’s faced such accusations - and Britain is implicated further by its efforts to diplomatically shield the RSF’s main arms supplier: the United Arab Emirates.
Sources
https://x.com/TurtleYusuf/status/1894795384255348999
https://ceftus.org/pathways-to-peace-ending-conflicts-in-sudan/
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2772
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Continued……https://www.pressreader.com/australia/the-guardian-australia/20240416/281827173807060
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-accused-suppress-criticism-uae-role-sudan-war
https://sudantribune.com/article285064/
https://operationbrokensilence.org/blog/us-senate-foreign-relations-committee-hearing-on-sudan-may-2024
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/11/15/military-massacres-in-sudans-breadbasket-are-fueling-an-unprecedented-famine/
https://dtm.iom.int/reports/dtm-sudan-mobility-update-14
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-accused-suppress-criticism-uae-role-sudan-war
https://sudantribune.com/article285064/
https://operationbrokensilence.org/blog/us-senate-foreign-relations-committee-hearing-on-sudan-may-2024
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/11/15/military-massacres-in-sudans-breadbasket-are-fueling-an-unprecedented-famine/
https://dtm.iom.int/reports/dtm-sudan-mobility-update-14
UK Foreign Office holding secret talks with Sudan’s RSF paramilitary group | The Guardian Australia
Foreign Office officials are holding secret talks with the paramilitary group that has been waging a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Sudan for the past year.
News that the British government and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are engaged...
News that the British government and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are engaged...
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WEST NOT BYSTANDERS IN DRC
Recent protests in Kinshasa have targeted Western embassies, including those of France and the US, as demonstrators accuse these foreign powers of complicity in the three-decade-long minerals conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that counts as the deadliest since World War II, according to many sources including US-based and UN-associated NGO World Without Genocide.
While Western governments have issued mild condemnations of Rwanda’s involvement, including token sanctions that leave senior Rwandan leadership untouched, their corporations continue to benefit from the DRC’s mineral wealth.
As NGO Focus Congo’s Pappy Orion (@pappyorion of @focuscongo/@focuscongo_drc) puts it, the European Union’s financial support for Rwanda, extending as far as funding Rwandan troops in Mozambique, where French oil giant TotalEnergies has a $20 billion investment, suggests deeper strategic motives.
Recent protests in Kinshasa have targeted Western embassies, including those of France and the US, as demonstrators accuse these foreign powers of complicity in the three-decade-long minerals conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that counts as the deadliest since World War II, according to many sources including US-based and UN-associated NGO World Without Genocide.
While Western governments have issued mild condemnations of Rwanda’s involvement, including token sanctions that leave senior Rwandan leadership untouched, their corporations continue to benefit from the DRC’s mineral wealth.
As NGO Focus Congo’s Pappy Orion (@pappyorion of @focuscongo/@focuscongo_drc) puts it, the European Union’s financial support for Rwanda, extending as far as funding Rwandan troops in Mozambique, where French oil giant TotalEnergies has a $20 billion investment, suggests deeper strategic motives.
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Continued……He also argued that with China and Russia increasing their presence in Africa, Western powers are prolonging the conflict under the guise of later stepping in as peacemakers.
The DRC has seen little peace since Europeans carved up Africa and handed it to Belgian King Leopold II, who killed as many as 15 million people and enslaved our people to produce rubber. A glimmer of hope at independence was whiffed out with the assassination of Pan-African icon Patrice Lumumba (1925-61) at the hands of Belgian-, UK- and US-backed Congolese forces. The fall of the dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko (1930-97), provided no reprieve, as the minerals conflict k*lled more than 6 million people by 2010 and internally displaced over 7 million.
Sources
https://x.com/LarryMadowo/status/1884219097887695006
Leopold in Congo
https://x.com/LarryMadowo/status/1884219097887695006
Western firms profiting off blood minerals
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-appeals-court-dismisses-child-labor-case-against-tech-companies-2024-03-05/
Total Rwanda deal
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/07/11/after-the-success-of-its-army-in-mozambique-rwanda-expects-economic-rewards_6049404_4.html
CIA Lumumba
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/10/17/patrice-lumumba-congo-washington-00121755
DRC killed and displaced since Rwanda genocide
https://africacenter.org/spotlight/drc-conflict-new-phase
Deadliest conflict
https://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/congo
6 million dead as of 2010
https://www.caritas.org/2010/02/six-million-dead-in-congos-war
700,000 flee since January 2025
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/02/1160486
Rwanda in Mozambique
https://ieefa.org/resources/list-reasons-not-finance-totalenergies-mozambique-lng-project-grows
Displacements
https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/iom-democratic-republic-congo-internal-displacement-overview-september-2024 (click on PDF)
US on Rwanda
https://www.state.gov/sanctioning-drivers-of-violence-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo
EU Parliament on Rwanda
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20250206IPR26752/meps-want-to-suspend-eu-rwanda-deal-on-critical-raw-materials
UK on Rwanda
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/25/uk-suspends-aid-to-rwanda-over-alleged-support-for-drc-rebels
King Leopold's murder rate
https://congoinconversation.fondationcarmignac.com/en/reportages/protesting-belgium-s-colonial-legacy-in-congo-pamela-tulizo
The DRC has seen little peace since Europeans carved up Africa and handed it to Belgian King Leopold II, who killed as many as 15 million people and enslaved our people to produce rubber. A glimmer of hope at independence was whiffed out with the assassination of Pan-African icon Patrice Lumumba (1925-61) at the hands of Belgian-, UK- and US-backed Congolese forces. The fall of the dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko (1930-97), provided no reprieve, as the minerals conflict k*lled more than 6 million people by 2010 and internally displaced over 7 million.
Sources
https://x.com/LarryMadowo/status/1884219097887695006
Leopold in Congo
https://x.com/LarryMadowo/status/1884219097887695006
Western firms profiting off blood minerals
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-appeals-court-dismisses-child-labor-case-against-tech-companies-2024-03-05/
Total Rwanda deal
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/07/11/after-the-success-of-its-army-in-mozambique-rwanda-expects-economic-rewards_6049404_4.html
CIA Lumumba
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/10/17/patrice-lumumba-congo-washington-00121755
DRC killed and displaced since Rwanda genocide
https://africacenter.org/spotlight/drc-conflict-new-phase
Deadliest conflict
https://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/congo
6 million dead as of 2010
https://www.caritas.org/2010/02/six-million-dead-in-congos-war
700,000 flee since January 2025
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/02/1160486
Rwanda in Mozambique
https://ieefa.org/resources/list-reasons-not-finance-totalenergies-mozambique-lng-project-grows
Displacements
https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/iom-democratic-republic-congo-internal-displacement-overview-september-2024 (click on PDF)
US on Rwanda
https://www.state.gov/sanctioning-drivers-of-violence-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo
EU Parliament on Rwanda
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20250206IPR26752/meps-want-to-suspend-eu-rwanda-deal-on-critical-raw-materials
UK on Rwanda
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/25/uk-suspends-aid-to-rwanda-over-alleged-support-for-drc-rebels
King Leopold's murder rate
https://congoinconversation.fondationcarmignac.com/en/reportages/protesting-belgium-s-colonial-legacy-in-congo-pamela-tulizo
Reuters
US court sides with Apple, Tesla, other tech companies over child labor in Africa
A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to hold five major technology companies liable over their alleged support for the use of child labor in cobalt mining operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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WHY MUSK IS WRONG TO EQUATE DEI WITH LOWER STANDARDS
Elon Musk thinks diversity in medicine is dangerous. Science says otherwise. In an interview with Don Lemon last year, the tech billionaire claimed that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts risk “lowering standards” - with potentially fatal consequences.
In this clip, an American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology-certified surgeon begs to differ, explaining why Musk’s argument is flawed. Dr Ruthie (i.am.dr.ruthie) points out that DEI efforts focus on recruiting and retaining diverse physicians because research has shown this directly improves outcomes for patients.
Her argument aligns with findings from a major 2023 US-wide study published in JAMA Network Open (part of The Journal of the American Medical Association).
Elon Musk thinks diversity in medicine is dangerous. Science says otherwise. In an interview with Don Lemon last year, the tech billionaire claimed that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts risk “lowering standards” - with potentially fatal consequences.
In this clip, an American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology-certified surgeon begs to differ, explaining why Musk’s argument is flawed. Dr Ruthie (i.am.dr.ruthie) points out that DEI efforts focus on recruiting and retaining diverse physicians because research has shown this directly improves outcomes for patients.
Her argument aligns with findings from a major 2023 US-wide study published in JAMA Network Open (part of The Journal of the American Medical Association).
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Continued…….. This examined the impact of physician diversity on public health. The study found that Black communities with a higher share of Black primary care physicians experience increased life expectancy and reduced racial disparities in mortality rates. Interestingly, these benefits extend even to Black patients who never directly visit a Black doctor, suggesting broader systemic advantages. While the study’s authors note that further research is needed to establish any kind of causation (rather than mere correlation), the evidence strongly points to the conclusion that diversity in medicine benefits everyone.
So if diversity demonstrably improves patient outcomes, how exactly does that “lower standards,” @elonmusk?
video credit: Don Lemon https://youtu.be/hhsfjBpKiTw?si=RhWKPvsOZQGLYVd4
and Dr. Ruthie https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFGMfsdvTyq/?igsh=MTljbjZoem1leWhoYw==
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https://www.statnews.com/2023/04/14/black-doctors-primary-care-life-expectancy-mortality/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/study-finds-black-people-live-longer-in-places-with-more-black-doctors
So if diversity demonstrably improves patient outcomes, how exactly does that “lower standards,” @elonmusk?
video credit: Don Lemon https://youtu.be/hhsfjBpKiTw?si=RhWKPvsOZQGLYVd4
and Dr. Ruthie https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFGMfsdvTyq/?igsh=MTljbjZoem1leWhoYw==
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Sources
https://www.statnews.com/2023/04/14/black-doctors-primary-care-life-expectancy-mortality/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/study-finds-black-people-live-longer-in-places-with-more-black-doctors
YouTube
Elon Musk on Racism, Bailing Out Trump, Hate Speech, and More - The Don Lemon Show (Full Interview)
It’s the interview everyone is talking about. Don Lemon sits down with Elon Musk to discuss matters ranging from hate speech to DEI to the great replacement theory.
This is just the first of many interviews to come on The Don Lemon Show. Don will welcome…
This is just the first of many interviews to come on The Don Lemon Show. Don will welcome…
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Like other Western powers, the UK has been deeply involved in destabilising the DRC. Our latest Facts of the Week unpack how British governments, corporations and intelligence agencies have consistently undermined Congolese sovereignty for profit and geopolitical interests - be it through colonial-era scheming or modern economic exploitation.
Hear Us Roar: https://news.1rj.ru/str/AfricanStream
Hear Us Roar: https://news.1rj.ru/str/AfricanStream
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Sources
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https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-09-04/debates/E36EC701-65B9-4730-9CB3-AA09FF81BCDA/SecurityInTheDemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/mar/15/sunak-stays-silent-on-rwandas-role-in-drc-war-crimes-to-save-uks-migrant-deal
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-rwanda-development-partnership-summary/9dba78ce-012e-417e-9ff3-2f31b5cf5fac
https://medium.com/%40david.himbara_27884/british-politicians-hopelessly-smitten-with-the-rwandan-dictator-paul-kagame-b0ee18e63a05
https://medium.com/%40david.himbara_27884/kagames-british-propagandist-mitchell-earns-us-55-802-annually-from-rwanda-as-senior-advisor-on-fa97c7ee1e5c
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/andrew-mitchell-rwanda-war-q82lp737t
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/jan/18/rwanda.tonyblair
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/26/global-witness-congo-conflict-minerals
https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-09-04/debates/E36EC701-65B9-4730-9CB3-AA09FF81BCDA/SecurityInTheDemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/mar/15/sunak-stays-silent-on-rwandas-role-in-drc-war-crimes-to-save-uks-migrant-deal
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-rwanda-development-partnership-summary/9dba78ce-012e-417e-9ff3-2f31b5cf5fac
https://medium.com/%40david.himbara_27884/british-politicians-hopelessly-smitten-with-the-rwandan-dictator-paul-kagame-b0ee18e63a05
https://medium.com/%40david.himbara_27884/kagames-british-propagandist-mitchell-earns-us-55-802-annually-from-rwanda-as-senior-advisor-on-fa97c7ee1e5c
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/andrew-mitchell-rwanda-war-q82lp737t
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/jan/18/rwanda.tonyblair
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GAZA’S FATE IN EGYPT’S HANDS?
The plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza is unfolding, with immense pressure on Egypt to accept a US proposal that would relocate about 2 million Palestinians. This plan could effectively end the dream of Palestinian statehood, weaken Palestinian resistance, and bring Israel closer to its settler-colonial goal of establishing ‘Greater Israel,’ stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates.
However, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has rejected the idea, fearing domestic unrest among the ardently pro-Palestine population. Plus, if Palestinian resistance fighters wind up as refugees in Egypt, Sisi has pointed out Israel could use that as a reason for a pre-emptive military campaign that could occupy Egypt, harkening back to Israel’s past occupations of Sinai.
Egypt’s alliance with the US came after acknowledging Israel’s existence in 1980, already delivering at least $84 billion in US aid despite Egypt’s human rights violations.
The plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza is unfolding, with immense pressure on Egypt to accept a US proposal that would relocate about 2 million Palestinians. This plan could effectively end the dream of Palestinian statehood, weaken Palestinian resistance, and bring Israel closer to its settler-colonial goal of establishing ‘Greater Israel,’ stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates.
However, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has rejected the idea, fearing domestic unrest among the ardently pro-Palestine population. Plus, if Palestinian resistance fighters wind up as refugees in Egypt, Sisi has pointed out Israel could use that as a reason for a pre-emptive military campaign that could occupy Egypt, harkening back to Israel’s past occupations of Sinai.
Egypt’s alliance with the US came after acknowledging Israel’s existence in 1980, already delivering at least $84 billion in US aid despite Egypt’s human rights violations.
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Continued….. The question remains: Will Egypt succumb to US pressure and accept the relocation plan, or will it stand firm, risking the wrath of imperial forces?
African Stream journalist Wambura Mwai (@mwaibrenda on IG) takes a look.
Sources
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/14/trumps-gaza-takeover-plan-puts-egypt-in-a-tough-spot
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4m3wx9w04o
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/feb/13/trump-doubles-down-on-plan-to-empty-gaza-this-is-what-he-has-said-and-whats-at-stake
https://themedialine.org/headlines/egypt-rejects-trumps-gaza-plan-warns-of-regional-fallout
https://www.newarab.com/news/what-could-egypts-alternative-trumps-gaza-plan-include
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-spearheads-arab-scramble-alternative-trumps-gaza-plan-2025-02-14
https://abcnews.go.com/International/trumps-threats-pull-aid-egypt-jordan-accept-palestinians/story?id=118757291
African Stream journalist Wambura Mwai (@mwaibrenda on IG) takes a look.
Sources
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/14/trumps-gaza-takeover-plan-puts-egypt-in-a-tough-spot
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4m3wx9w04o
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/feb/13/trump-doubles-down-on-plan-to-empty-gaza-this-is-what-he-has-said-and-whats-at-stake
https://themedialine.org/headlines/egypt-rejects-trumps-gaza-plan-warns-of-regional-fallout
https://www.newarab.com/news/what-could-egypts-alternative-trumps-gaza-plan-include
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-spearheads-arab-scramble-alternative-trumps-gaza-plan-2025-02-14
https://abcnews.go.com/International/trumps-threats-pull-aid-egypt-jordan-accept-palestinians/story?id=118757291
Al Jazeera
Trump’s Gaza takeover ‘plan’ puts Egypt in a tough spot
Egypt must balance internal stability and US foreign aid when weighing its counter-offer to Trump’s Gaza plan.
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EPISODE 4: BEFORE ROSA PARKS, THERE WAS CLAUDETTE COLVIN
On this day 70 years ago, 2 March 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat to a white woman. Her courageous act of defiance led to her arrest nine months before Rosa Parks’ (1913-2005) infamous civil disobedience, igniting the flame for a legal battle that would ultimately dismantle racist bus segregation in the United States.
In this episode of ‘Decolonised Minds,’ we explore the now 85-year-old’s story.
Despite her pivotal role, the public largely forgot Colvin’s role, perhaps buried under the weight of time and overshadowed by more widely recognised figures of the US Civil Rights Movement. Yet, her bravery as a teenager helped lay the groundwork for the historic Montgomery bus boycott and a Supreme Court ruling that declared segregation on public buses unconstitutional.
Her story is a powerful testament to the importance of every voice—no matter how young or marginalised—in the fight for justice.
On this day 70 years ago, 2 March 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat to a white woman. Her courageous act of defiance led to her arrest nine months before Rosa Parks’ (1913-2005) infamous civil disobedience, igniting the flame for a legal battle that would ultimately dismantle racist bus segregation in the United States.
In this episode of ‘Decolonised Minds,’ we explore the now 85-year-old’s story.
Despite her pivotal role, the public largely forgot Colvin’s role, perhaps buried under the weight of time and overshadowed by more widely recognised figures of the US Civil Rights Movement. Yet, her bravery as a teenager helped lay the groundwork for the historic Montgomery bus boycott and a Supreme Court ruling that declared segregation on public buses unconstitutional.
Her story is a powerful testament to the importance of every voice—no matter how young or marginalised—in the fight for justice.
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