Continued……But Egypt’s ability to chart an independent path remains constrained by neocolonial financial shackles. Given how heavily the country depends on Washington for its defence capabilities - and, indirectly, for its access to IMF loans - it’s unclear whether Cairo really has the clout to take a sovereign course.  We explores the issues at play.

Sources

1. https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-egypt/

2. https://www.wilsonquarterly.com/quarterly/_/egypt-and-the-us-a-partnership-rooted-in-the-past

3. https://egyptianstreets.com/2025/02/14/why-egypt-does-not-need-us-aid/

4. https://www.newarab.com/news/egypt-denies-report-it-will-absorb-500000-gazans-sinai

5. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/arab-leaders-endorse-egyptian-counterproposal-to-trumps-gaza-plan

6. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/29/egypts-el-sisi-rejects-trumps-suggestion-to-take-in-palestinians

Continued……Sources

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https://www.bigissue.com/news/activism/how-the-black-education-movement-took-on-the-racist-schools-system/

https://www.bps.org.uk/blog/racism-and-inequality-british-education-system-how-far-have-we-come

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/articles/zhsxqfr

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https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/education/2023/06/30/the-scandal-of-pupil-referral-units/

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/feb/21/black-people-labelled-backward-as-children-seek-justice-for-lifelong-trauma

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/feb/05/schools.uk

https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-03-12/debates/D960A3F4-7209-48E2-BB31-563C274CC634/SwannReport40ThAnniversary#:~:text=The%20inquiry%2C%20led%20by%20Lord,education%20settings%2C%20and%20wrongly%20labelled

PT. 4: GRENADA’S EDUCATION REVOLUTION 🇬🇩

This month marks 46 years since the revolution in Grenada.

On 13 March 1979, The New JEWEL Movement—New Joint Endeavor for Welfare, Education and Liberation—carried out a bloodless coup that ousted the US-backed dictatorship of Prime Minister Eric Gairy (1922-97).

They established the People’s Revolutionary Government (PRG) headed by Maurice Bishop (1944-83).

The new government set out to build a society anchored on revolutionary socialist values, which did not please Washington. In October 1983, the US invaded Grenada and overthrew the PRG.

This video examines how that invasion overturned the revolution’s educational programmes, forcing a US-funded newspaper onto the population and the exile of many revolutionaries.

SWORN IN: NIGER’S REVOLUTIONARY NEW PRESIDENT

He’s been leading Niger for some time, but now it’s official: General Abdourahamane Tiani has been sworn in as the country’s president for the next five years. The move was backed by civil-society groups last month, with the inauguration happening on Wednesday. He’s also popular with the people, especially for kicking out the French military and for nationalising uranium mines.

Sources

https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/niger-abdourahamane-tiani-investi-président-de-la-république-pour-un-mandat-de-5-ans-renouvelable/3520505
https://www.sidwaya.info/assises-nationales-du-niger-les-bases-de-la-refondation-du-pays-jetees/

https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/burkina-faso-des-assises-nationales-les-25-et-26-mai-pour-statuer-sur-la-suite-à-donner-à-la-transition/3219932

Continued….. https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/au-burkina-faso-la-durée-de-la-transition-prolongée-de-5-ans/3230522

https://blackagendareport.com/eritrea-versus-africom-defending-sovereignty-face-imperialist-aggression

https://hoodcommunist.org/2021/12/02/eritrea-versus-africom/amp/

Continued……Aid as a tool for foreign policy
https://the307.substack.com/p/how-the-ned-and-usaid-are-tools-of
https://amuseonx.substack.com/p/from-foreign-regimes-to-trump-usaids
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/08/13/teaching-torture-the-death-and-legacy-of-dan-mitrione/

https://chimpreports.com/usaid-freeze-uganda-catches-a-cold/

https://www.minecofin.gov.rw/news-detail/government-and-usaid-sign-commitment-of-frw-605-billion-to-rwandas-development-efforts

FMR GREEK MINISTER TO S. AFRICA: DON'T BEG THE U.S.

Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis on X) says South Africa should not cower before the Trump administration in the ongoing rift between Pretoria and Washington.

During an exclusive 25 March interview with South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) International News Editor Sophie Mokoena (@Sophie_Mokoena on X), Varoufakis urged South Africa to take the fallout with the US as an opportunity to reduce dependency on Western markets and aid.

South Africa has been in Trump's crosshairs in recent weeks over what he views as an ‘anti-white’ land reform law that seeks to redress long-standing inequities. In February, Trump cut US financial support to South Africa's HIV/AIDS response programme, and he offered the US as a refuge to South African white settlers.

Continued….. The law seeks to redress the legacy of apartheid-era discriminatory laws that placed the majority of the country's arable land in the hands of the white minority. According to the latest land audit conducted in 2017 by the country's Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, white settlers own at least 72 per cent of arable land despite making up less than 8 per cent of the population, per the 2022 census. The World Bank has also ranked South Africa as the world’s most unequal country. 

On 14 March, Washington sent South Africa's ambassador to the US packing following his remarks that Trump mobilised a 'supremacist instinct' with his ‘Make America Great Again’ (MAGA) movement that enjoyed the spotlight during his last two runs for US president.

Credit: @sabcnews (YouTube)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPRZb-h88sI

https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20250207-south-africa-will-not-be-bullied-ramaphosa-says-after-trump-attack

https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-south-africa

https://www.euronews.com/2025/03/25/south-african-president-cyril-ramaphosa-rejects-claims-of-afrikaner-persecution

https://www.gov.za/documents/other/land-audit-report-2017-05-feb-2018

https://www.statssa.gov.za/?p=16716

https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099125003072240961/pdf/P1649270b73f1f0b5093fb0e644d33bc6f1.pdf

GOVERNOR’S MEDICAL TOURISM RIGHTFULLY ANGERS KENYANS

African leaders travelling to the Global North for medical tourism has become all too common. Our elected officials access the best facilities in Europe and the US, while citizens of their countries continue to suffer due to poorly funded health infrastructure.

In recent weeks, Kenyans in Nakuru County filed a petition demanding to know the whereabouts of their governor after her prolonged absence. Susan Kihika is reportedly on an extended maternity leave in the US. Now, some women leaders are trying to re-frame the outcry, saying the public is opposed to women’s empowerment rather than seeking accountability for poor governance.

Here, we examine why Kenyans are angry.

Continued…….Sources

https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/nakuru/where-is-governor-kihika-nakuru-residents-petition-assembly-4972666

https://x.com/SenHamidaK/status/1904525817155055963

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/8/21/muhammadu-buhari-addresses-nation-on-return-from-uk

https://www.socialistnigeria.org/7759/2025/01/08/tinubus-approval-of-20000-foreign-medical-treatment-bullet-proof-suvs-and-other-perks-top-generals-is-an-insult-to-nigerian-workers-and-masses/?doing_wp_cron=1743083223.9668478965759277343750

https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10546/620389/bp-taxing-for-more-equal-kenya-061217-en.pdf;jsessionid=F751D670A9FA9AE9E9DDD91720BAF6CC?sequence=1

MOB BEATS GERMAN TOURIST FOR VIOLATING MEXICAN TEMPLE

Locals recently pounded on a German tourist after he illegally climbed 30 metres to the top of the Kukulcán temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Yucatán, Mexico.

On 20 March, Mexican National Guard personnel apprehended the individual, whose identity had not been publicised. As troops escorted him away, locals rained blows on the man for desecrating the sacred temple.

Mexican law punishes temple intruders with a fine ranging from approximately $2,779 to $13,896 or prison time in more severe cases of damage.

Continued……The temple is in the Chichén Itzá complex, a pre-colonial city that 2.5 million tourists visit each year. Built an estimated 1,000 years ago by the Mayan people, the temple was recognised in 2007 as one of the ‘New Seven Wonders of the World.’ A light and shadow phenomenon occurs during the spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, with this year’s event attracting 8,000 to 9,000 people, according to The Yucatan Times.

Foreigners have long disrespected sacred monuments in Africa, too. In 2018, the public was outraged in Egypt after a Danish photographer posted a photo of himself having s*x with a naked woman on top of the Great Pyramid. These violations aren’t just reckless, they reflect a deeper issue: Centuries of ennoscriptment toward our heritage. While Western states impose strict protections on their own cultural sites, Global South sacred spaces are treated as playgrounds for thrill-seekers and collectors.

Video credit: @mexicorojonews (IG)

Sources

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tourist-attacked-locals-climbing-forbidden-205051326.html

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2025/03/german-tourist-climbs-the-chichen-itza-pyramid-and-is-attacked-by-an-angry-mob 

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/483 

https://www.chichenitza.com 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6476529/Danish-photographer-posts-picture-having-sex-Great-Pyramid.html