Continued……To mark the occasion of Ghana’s independence, we share this famous quote by Nkrumah - stating that his country’s freedom would only be complete when other African countries also smashed the shackles of European colonialism. His message of unity is one that Africans, both at home and in the diaspora, still need to heed: we are only as strong as our weakest link.
Happy Independence Day, Ghana!
Sources
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/ztnwjsg#zv4djsg
https://theconversation.com/ghanas-economic-diplomacy-how-three-presidents-with-different-ideologies-dealt-with-the-imf-and-world-bank-242528
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/kwame-nkrumah-and-the-quest-for-independence/
Happy Independence Day, Ghana!
Sources
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/ztnwjsg#zv4djsg
https://theconversation.com/ghanas-economic-diplomacy-how-three-presidents-with-different-ideologies-dealt-with-the-imf-and-world-bank-242528
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/kwame-nkrumah-and-the-quest-for-independence/
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The fight for independence in Africa - The end of Empire - KS3 History - homework help for year 7, 8 and 9. - BBC Bitesize
Find out about the fight for independence in Africa with BBC Bitesize History. For students between the ages of 11 and 14.
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U.S.: WORLD’S TERRORIST-IN-CHIEF
In this July 2024 clip, comedian and political commentator Jimmy Dore joins Joe Rogan to unravel the truth behind Washington’s motives in Libya.
He says the US sought to dismantle Libya’s legacy and eliminate Muammar Gaddafi, a leader whose vision extended beyond his nation’s borders towards a self-sufficient Africa.
Gaddafi expelled foreign military forces and ensured that the wealth generated from Libya’s oil resources was used to build vital infrastructure for his people.
He also had ambitions to establish an African currency that would rival the dollar - a move that would have shifted the balance of power and threatened US imperial interests.
NATO’s invasion of Libya shed light on the lengths to which powerful nations go to maintain control and suppress revolutionary leaders who dare to propose alternatives to the status quo.
Video credit: Joe Rogan/PowerfulJRE
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In this July 2024 clip, comedian and political commentator Jimmy Dore joins Joe Rogan to unravel the truth behind Washington’s motives in Libya.
He says the US sought to dismantle Libya’s legacy and eliminate Muammar Gaddafi, a leader whose vision extended beyond his nation’s borders towards a self-sufficient Africa.
Gaddafi expelled foreign military forces and ensured that the wealth generated from Libya’s oil resources was used to build vital infrastructure for his people.
He also had ambitions to establish an African currency that would rival the dollar - a move that would have shifted the balance of power and threatened US imperial interests.
NATO’s invasion of Libya shed light on the lengths to which powerful nations go to maintain control and suppress revolutionary leaders who dare to propose alternatives to the status quo.
Video credit: Joe Rogan/PowerfulJRE
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What money? That’s the question that the government of Lesotho and other stakeholders are asking following US President Donald Trump’s comments during his address to a joint session of Congress on 4 March stating that $8 million had been wasted to promote LGBTQI+ in the African country, ‘which nobody has ever heard of.’
Lesotho’s foreign ministry said it was unaware of the funds Trump mentioned. The ministry’s spokesperson Kutloano Pheko told the BBC that perhaps the money was channelled directly to organisations dealing with LGBTQI+ issues. However, People’s Matrix, the country’s leading LGBTQI+ rights organisation, denied receiving funds from Washington. Spokesperson Tampose Mothopeng said they have no idea where that money has been spent and who received it.
Lesotho’s foreign ministry said it was unaware of the funds Trump mentioned. The ministry’s spokesperson Kutloano Pheko told the BBC that perhaps the money was channelled directly to organisations dealing with LGBTQI+ issues. However, People’s Matrix, the country’s leading LGBTQI+ rights organisation, denied receiving funds from Washington. Spokesperson Tampose Mothopeng said they have no idea where that money has been spent and who received it.
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Continued……The US foreign assistance website indicates about $120 million spent on health and population programmes in Lesotho in 2024, with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) managing $44.23 million of the fund and the Millennium Challenge Corporation handling $74.92 million. No information exists on allocations to LGBTQI+ activities.
This comes on the heels of USAID drawing intense scrutiny for its supposedly noble Africa programmes, some of which allegedly funded extremist groups Boko Haram in Nigeria and Al-Shabaab in Somalia. So, who is telling the truth? Let us know in the comments.
Sources
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/03/05/lesotho-lgbtq-trump/
https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/africa/southern-africa/lesotho
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/06/donald-trump-lesotho-us-aid-lgbtiq-comments-congress-speech-response
https://www.reuters.com/world/lesotho-insulted-after-trump-says-nobody-has-heard-country-2025-03-05/
https://foreignassistance.gov/cd/lesotho
https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/africa/southern-africa/lesotho
This comes on the heels of USAID drawing intense scrutiny for its supposedly noble Africa programmes, some of which allegedly funded extremist groups Boko Haram in Nigeria and Al-Shabaab in Somalia. So, who is telling the truth? Let us know in the comments.
Sources
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/03/05/lesotho-lgbtq-trump/
https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/africa/southern-africa/lesotho
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/06/donald-trump-lesotho-us-aid-lgbtiq-comments-congress-speech-response
https://www.reuters.com/world/lesotho-insulted-after-trump-says-nobody-has-heard-country-2025-03-05/
https://foreignassistance.gov/cd/lesotho
https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/africa/southern-africa/lesotho
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Lesotho LGBTQ+ organisation says it has not received $8 million from US as claimed by Trump
A Lesotho LGBTQ+ rights organisation has been forced to deny that it previously received $8 million from the US after Trump's Congress address
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Illicit counterfeit medications are sold in Mali and across the African continent - and it’s costing thousands of lives each year. Recently, the Malian government stepped in with a big ‘drug bust,’ known as Operation Forajokokili.
Bamako says it’s now seized 35 tonnes of medications that were being marketed and sold to Malian citizens as legit when they were really dangerous knockoffs. The phoney medications were touted as treatments for malaria, bacterial infections, tuberculous, sexual issues and more. According to the World Health Organisation, up to 100,000 Africans die each year due to consumption of these harmful counterfeits.
Bamako says it’s now seized 35 tonnes of medications that were being marketed and sold to Malian citizens as legit when they were really dangerous knockoffs. The phoney medications were touted as treatments for malaria, bacterial infections, tuberculous, sexual issues and more. According to the World Health Organisation, up to 100,000 Africans die each year due to consumption of these harmful counterfeits.
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Continued……While Mali’s revolutionary new leadership has mostly been making headlines for its anti-imperialist posture - kicking out French troops and asserting greater sovereignty over its resources - this crackdown on fake pharmaceuticals is further evidence that Bamako has the people’s interests at heart.
Sources
https://www.wallafricajournal.com/mali-seizes-medicines-in-operation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHjVl6dZx8o
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/16/last-french-troops-leave-mali-ending-nine-year-deployment
Sources
https://www.wallafricajournal.com/mali-seizes-medicines-in-operation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHjVl6dZx8o
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/16/last-french-troops-leave-mali-ending-nine-year-deployment
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TRAORÉ: 'AFRICA WILL BE SELF-SUFFICIENT, SOVEREIGN, INDEPENDENT'
Despite what imperialist mouthpieces may claim, Burkina Faso is proving that true independence isn't just possible—it's happening. Under President Ibrahim Traoré (@capitaineib226 on X), the country is making major strides in healthcare, education, farming and infrastructure, without bowing to Western control.
In this speech Traoré gave on 3 March during the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) flag-raising ceremony in Ouagadougou's Koulouba neighbourhood, Traoré reminded Burkinabé people that not everyone supports the revolution but that Burkinabé and Africans, in general, must nevertheless continue to push toward sovereignty and unity.
While Burkina Faso and its fellow AES member-states—Mali and Niger—have embarked on a decolonial path toward greater self-determination, Traoré called not just for the Sahel region to unite but for all of Africa to come together.
Despite what imperialist mouthpieces may claim, Burkina Faso is proving that true independence isn't just possible—it's happening. Under President Ibrahim Traoré (@capitaineib226 on X), the country is making major strides in healthcare, education, farming and infrastructure, without bowing to Western control.
In this speech Traoré gave on 3 March during the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) flag-raising ceremony in Ouagadougou's Koulouba neighbourhood, Traoré reminded Burkinabé people that not everyone supports the revolution but that Burkinabé and Africans, in general, must nevertheless continue to push toward sovereignty and unity.
While Burkina Faso and its fellow AES member-states—Mali and Niger—have embarked on a decolonial path toward greater self-determination, Traoré called not just for the Sahel region to unite but for all of Africa to come together.
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Continued….. Will other African countries follow in the AES' footsteps? If so, let us know which countries you anticipate will move in this direction soon.
Video credits: @sigburkina, @rtburkina, @faso7_bf
Sources
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/05/sahel-alliance-unveils-new-flag-as-regional-bloc-moves-toward-greater-integration
Video credits: @sigburkina, @rtburkina, @faso7_bf
Sources
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/05/sahel-alliance-unveils-new-flag-as-regional-bloc-moves-toward-greater-integration
Peoples Dispatch
Sahel alliance unveils new flag as regional bloc moves toward greater integration
The AES unveils a new flag as the member nations forge a new path toward regional unity, economic independence, and territorial security.
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Do you think other African countries will follow in the AES’ footsteps?
Anonymous Poll
81%
Yes, toward revolution!
19%
No, colonialism still reigns!
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ALABAMA’S BLOODY SUNDAY REMEMBERED
Sixty years ago today, a pivotal moment unfolded in Selma, Alabama, when police assaulted a group of more than 600 determined protesters advocating for Black voting rights.
TV stations across the United States broadcast the harrowing scenes of primarily Black people and their white comrades being beaten and tear-gassed, compelling US President Lyndon B Johnson (1908-73) to sign the Voting Rights Act just five months later.
The march in Selma began on Sunday, 7 March 1965, at Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, making its way to Edmund Pettus Bridge. Pettus (1821-1907) was a Confederate general and ‘grand dragon’ of the white-supremacist group, the Ku Klux Klan.
Awaiting them were Alabama state troopers. When the marchers refused to retreat from the bridge, the officers on horseback chased and assaulted fleeing men, women and children with whips and rubber tubing wrapped in barbed wire.
Sixty years ago today, a pivotal moment unfolded in Selma, Alabama, when police assaulted a group of more than 600 determined protesters advocating for Black voting rights.
TV stations across the United States broadcast the harrowing scenes of primarily Black people and their white comrades being beaten and tear-gassed, compelling US President Lyndon B Johnson (1908-73) to sign the Voting Rights Act just five months later.
The march in Selma began on Sunday, 7 March 1965, at Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, making its way to Edmund Pettus Bridge. Pettus (1821-1907) was a Confederate general and ‘grand dragon’ of the white-supremacist group, the Ku Klux Klan.
Awaiting them were Alabama state troopers. When the marchers refused to retreat from the bridge, the officers on horseback chased and assaulted fleeing men, women and children with whips and rubber tubing wrapped in barbed wire.
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Continued……Many required medical attention, including 25-year-old John Lewis (1940-2020), Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee chairman and later a congressman, who led the protest.
Just two days later, another march took place in Selma, with the Rev Dr Martin Luther King, Jr (1929-68), urging people from all over the US to join in solidarity.
The bravery displayed in Alabama reminds us that we must never forget the struggle for justice in the diaspora.
Sources
https://www.history.com/news/selma-bloody-sunday-attack-civil-rights-movement
https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/mar/7
Just two days later, another march took place in Selma, with the Rev Dr Martin Luther King, Jr (1929-68), urging people from all over the US to join in solidarity.
The bravery displayed in Alabama reminds us that we must never forget the struggle for justice in the diaspora.
Sources
https://www.history.com/news/selma-bloody-sunday-attack-civil-rights-movement
https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/mar/7
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Find out more about the shows on Sky HISTORY's TV channel, with plenty to read and watch on your favourite historical topics.
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GRENADA'S PRIME MINISTER ASKS E.U. TO MAKE AMENDS FOR SLAVERY.
Grenada’s prime minister has urged the EU to make amends for the European slave trade - by apologising and paying reparations.
The issue of what would amount to fair and reasonable compensation is hotly debated. A UN report put the figure at over a hundred-trillion dollars - with one of its authors admitting that’s setting the bar low.
Sources
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/26/judge-chagos-ruling-calls-uk-pay-18-trillion-reparations/
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/09LONDON1156_a.html
https://www.politico.eu/article/caribbean-grenada-dickon-mitchell-ursula-von-der-leyen-slavery-compensation/
Grenada’s prime minister has urged the EU to make amends for the European slave trade - by apologising and paying reparations.
The issue of what would amount to fair and reasonable compensation is hotly debated. A UN report put the figure at over a hundred-trillion dollars - with one of its authors admitting that’s setting the bar low.
Sources
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/26/judge-chagos-ruling-calls-uk-pay-18-trillion-reparations/
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/09LONDON1156_a.html
https://www.politico.eu/article/caribbean-grenada-dickon-mitchell-ursula-von-der-leyen-slavery-compensation/
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WILL KENYA POLICE BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR KILLING?
Last year, when Kenya’s Gen Z flooded the streets of the country to protest IMF-backed tax hikes, they were met with a violent and deadly police crackdown.
Officers shot directly into crowds - infringing upon their constitutional right to peaceful assembly. At least 60 protesters were killed, with another 66 abducted, according to Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR). So far, no police officers have been brought to justice.
Since then there have been further alleged cases of state abductions and attempts to silence dissenting voices.
Although the government denies being behind these abductions, evidence is mounting. For example, former attorney general Justin Muturi, whose son was among those kidnapped, has revealed how the latter was freed by the country’s National Intelligence Service after President William Ruto made a call to its director general, Noordin Haji.
Last year, when Kenya’s Gen Z flooded the streets of the country to protest IMF-backed tax hikes, they were met with a violent and deadly police crackdown.
Officers shot directly into crowds - infringing upon their constitutional right to peaceful assembly. At least 60 protesters were killed, with another 66 abducted, according to Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR). So far, no police officers have been brought to justice.
Since then there have been further alleged cases of state abductions and attempts to silence dissenting voices.
Although the government denies being behind these abductions, evidence is mounting. For example, former attorney general Justin Muturi, whose son was among those kidnapped, has revealed how the latter was freed by the country’s National Intelligence Service after President William Ruto made a call to its director general, Noordin Haji.
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Continued……
In this clip from a recent sit-down interview with Kenya’s majority leader of the National Assembly, Al Jazeera’s Mehdi Hasan asks why Kenyans are yet to see any accountability over the killings and abductions. Do you find the answer Kimani Ichungw’a gives convincing?
Video Credit: @aljazeeraenglish (YouTube)
Sources
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2025/country-chapters/kenya
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2025-01-14-cs-muturis-full-statement-to-dci-on-sons-abduction
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/cs-justin-muturi-nis-was-behind-my-son-s-abduction--4889104
https://www.ipoa.go.ke/ipoa/
In this clip from a recent sit-down interview with Kenya’s majority leader of the National Assembly, Al Jazeera’s Mehdi Hasan asks why Kenyans are yet to see any accountability over the killings and abductions. Do you find the answer Kimani Ichungw’a gives convincing?
Video Credit: @aljazeeraenglish (YouTube)
Sources
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2025/country-chapters/kenya
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2025-01-14-cs-muturis-full-statement-to-dci-on-sons-abduction
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/cs-justin-muturi-nis-was-behind-my-son-s-abduction--4889104
https://www.ipoa.go.ke/ipoa/
Human Rights Watch
Kenya
Kenya’s human rights trajectory deteriorated over the past year. The authorities restricted the right to peaceful protest in heavy handed crackdowns against nationwide protests over the high cost of living.
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Sudan has applied to bring a case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of aiding the paramilitary group, Rapid Support Forces (RSF), amidst the ongoing foreign-backed proxy conflict that had k*lled as many as 150,000 people as of May 2024, according to US envoy Tom Perriello.
In the filing that cited the UAE’s military, financial and political backing of the RSF, the Sudanese government said the UAE is ‘complicit in the g*nocide’ of the non-Arab Masalit community in West Darfur. Sudan urged the court to implement provisional measures to safeguard Masalit people’s rights.
The UAE dismissed the allegations, labelling the case a ‘cynical publicity stunt.’ However, reports from UN experts have indicated that the claims are credible.
In the filing that cited the UAE’s military, financial and political backing of the RSF, the Sudanese government said the UAE is ‘complicit in the g*nocide’ of the non-Arab Masalit community in West Darfur. Sudan urged the court to implement provisional measures to safeguard Masalit people’s rights.
The UAE dismissed the allegations, labelling the case a ‘cynical publicity stunt.’ However, reports from UN experts have indicated that the claims are credible.
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Continued……The RSF—formerly known as the Janjaweed—has been synonymous with heinous human-rights abuses and war crimes, including g*nocide. The Janjaweed were usually members of nomadic Arab tribes who'd long been at odds with Darfur's darker-skinned, non-Arab African farmers. Now, the RSF’s war against the Sudanese military has created what the UN calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with 12.5 million internally and externally displaced and half the country facing acute food insecurity.
Sources
https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/emirati-weapons-found-in-sudan-s-wad-madani-report
https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/197/197-20250306-pre-01-00-en.pdf
https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/197/197-20250306-wri-01-00-en.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/world/africa/uae-sudan-civil-war.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/world/africa/sudan-genocide-icj-uae.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/uae-flights-flood-airstrip-un-says-supplies-weapons-sudan-rebels-2024-12-12/
https://www.hrw.org/report/2024/05/09/massalit-will-not-come-home/ethnic-cleansing-and-crimes-against-humanity-el
https://www.unrefugees.org/emergencies/sudan/
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/kenya-turns-uae-railway-funds-after-china-cut-financing-2025-01-15/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crln9lk51dro
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2772
https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/emirati-weapons-found-in-sudan-s-wad-madani-report
https://www.unrefugees.org/news/sudan-crisis-explained
Sources
https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/emirati-weapons-found-in-sudan-s-wad-madani-report
https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/197/197-20250306-pre-01-00-en.pdf
https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/197/197-20250306-wri-01-00-en.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/world/africa/uae-sudan-civil-war.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/world/africa/sudan-genocide-icj-uae.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/uae-flights-flood-airstrip-un-says-supplies-weapons-sudan-rebels-2024-12-12/
https://www.hrw.org/report/2024/05/09/massalit-will-not-come-home/ethnic-cleansing-and-crimes-against-humanity-el
https://www.unrefugees.org/emergencies/sudan/
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/kenya-turns-uae-railway-funds-after-china-cut-financing-2025-01-15/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crln9lk51dro
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2772
https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/emirati-weapons-found-in-sudan-s-wad-madani-report
https://www.unrefugees.org/news/sudan-crisis-explained
genocidewatch
Emirati weapons found in captured Sudan RSF base
Reports come after Reuters reported on dozens of UAE flights landing on air strip used to funnel weapons to Sudan.Published date: 12 January 2025Videos and photos have surfaced online reportedly showing a warehouse of Emirati ammunition and missiles in Wad…
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THE SYMBOL OF EAST AFRICAN FOOTBALL
Africa has produced some of the greatest football legends: Drogba, Salah, Weah, Okocha, Eto’o, McCarthy… but for East Africa, the wait for a football icon was long.
Enter Alexander Isak, the 25-year-old forward who is not just a star for Newcastle and Sweden but a symbol of hope for millions of East Africans. Born to Eritrean parents, Isak is breaking myths and putting East African football on the global map, proving that talent knows no borders.
Beyond his incredible skills, his visits to Eritrea to inspire young players show his dedication to honouring and giving back to his roots.
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Africa has produced some of the greatest football legends: Drogba, Salah, Weah, Okocha, Eto’o, McCarthy… but for East Africa, the wait for a football icon was long.
Enter Alexander Isak, the 25-year-old forward who is not just a star for Newcastle and Sweden but a symbol of hope for millions of East Africans. Born to Eritrean parents, Isak is breaking myths and putting East African football on the global map, proving that talent knows no borders.
Beyond his incredible skills, his visits to Eritrea to inspire young players show his dedication to honouring and giving back to his roots.
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