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BAZOUM TREASON CHARGE; NIGER LATEST
Niger’s military leaders have accused ousted president Bazoum of high treason. They intend to prosecute him after alleging he’s put the security of the country at risk. It’s the latest twist in the coup that unfolded three weeks ago with the threat of all-out war looming.
Increasingly clear is the West’s huge strategic interest in the African state. From gas pipelines to military bases, we break down the latest and why the stakes are so high.
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Niger’s military leaders have accused ousted president Bazoum of high treason. They intend to prosecute him after alleging he’s put the security of the country at risk. It’s the latest twist in the coup that unfolded three weeks ago with the threat of all-out war looming.
Increasingly clear is the West’s huge strategic interest in the African state. From gas pipelines to military bases, we break down the latest and why the stakes are so high.
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SEMPLE: AFRICA’S A
HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER
Africa could be like the world's first Black boxing heavyweight champion, Jack Johnson. He beat all-comers from everywhere because he was strong.
That was the powerful message of pan-African icon Marcus Garvey, re-enacted in this clip by Guyana-born performer Ron Bobb-Semple.
The profound statement is simple. Africa can grow to be an unbeatable opponent if it is unified.
Semple is speaking at one of his famous one-man shows in New York in 1988.
And he really captures the spirit of Garvey, who was imprisoned by the U.S. government 70 years before.
Garvey's prosecution was the first of many substantial actions by former FBI Director Edgar Hoover against revolutionary Black leaders in the U.S.
This clip is testament to Garvey's influence on future generations.
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HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER
Africa could be like the world's first Black boxing heavyweight champion, Jack Johnson. He beat all-comers from everywhere because he was strong.
That was the powerful message of pan-African icon Marcus Garvey, re-enacted in this clip by Guyana-born performer Ron Bobb-Semple.
The profound statement is simple. Africa can grow to be an unbeatable opponent if it is unified.
Semple is speaking at one of his famous one-man shows in New York in 1988.
And he really captures the spirit of Garvey, who was imprisoned by the U.S. government 70 years before.
Garvey's prosecution was the first of many substantial actions by former FBI Director Edgar Hoover against revolutionary Black leaders in the U.S.
This clip is testament to Garvey's influence on future generations.
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PAN-AFRICANIST MARCUS GARVEY
Iconic Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey was born on this day (August 17) in Jamaica in 1887.
He became one of the movement’s most influential figures. And he inspired some of our favourites like Nkrumah and Malcolm X, whose parents were Garveyites. Garvey was a political activist, publisher, journalist and orator.
He founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL), a pan-African organisation with branches in many countries.
However, his dedication to African liberation during heightened racial oppression in the US put the arrow on his back.
Due to his massive influence throughout the Americas and beyond, he was a target for soon-to-be FBI director J Edgar Hoover.
He was tasked with destroying Garvey's mass movement and, in 1920, sent an undercover agent to infiltrate the UNIA-ACL.
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Iconic Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey was born on this day (August 17) in Jamaica in 1887.
He became one of the movement’s most influential figures. And he inspired some of our favourites like Nkrumah and Malcolm X, whose parents were Garveyites. Garvey was a political activist, publisher, journalist and orator.
He founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL), a pan-African organisation with branches in many countries.
However, his dedication to African liberation during heightened racial oppression in the US put the arrow on his back.
Due to his massive influence throughout the Americas and beyond, he was a target for soon-to-be FBI director J Edgar Hoover.
He was tasked with destroying Garvey's mass movement and, in 1920, sent an undercover agent to infiltrate the UNIA-ACL.
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AFRICAN COUNTRIES QUEUE FOR BRICS
More African countries are looking to forge links with BRICS.
The bloc is made up of the world’s biggest emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. But it wants to expand and invited several African nations to its recent foreign ministers meeting in Cape Town. Among them were representatives from Comoros, DRC, Gabon, Burundi and Guinea-Bissau.And there’s also talk of Egypt and Algeria joining its ranks soon.
So what’s the attraction?
A lot of nations need infrastructure to keep pace with their economic development and BRICS has launched a New Development Bank that can help do just that.
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More African countries are looking to forge links with BRICS.
The bloc is made up of the world’s biggest emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. But it wants to expand and invited several African nations to its recent foreign ministers meeting in Cape Town. Among them were representatives from Comoros, DRC, Gabon, Burundi and Guinea-Bissau.And there’s also talk of Egypt and Algeria joining its ranks soon.
So what’s the attraction?
A lot of nations need infrastructure to keep pace with their economic development and BRICS has launched a New Development Bank that can help do just that.
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Unlike loans from the IMF and World Bank - there don’t appear to be nasty conditions (austerity) attached. It also lends in local currencies to protect borrowing countries from a strengthening US dollar (and potential debt trap).
What’s more, the NDB is owned equally by BRICS members and non have veto powers (sounds democratic).
Fancy knowing a bit more?
Have a listen to South Africa’s foreign minister go through the bloc's goals and ambitions.
Spoiler alert: the words ‘fair’ and ‘sustainable’ get used.
By the way, there's also speculation BRICS will launch it’s own gold-linked currency - but that’s for another day!
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Unlike loans from the IMF and World Bank - there don’t appear to be nasty conditions (austerity) attached. It also lends in local currencies to protect borrowing countries from a strengthening US dollar (and potential debt trap).
What’s more, the NDB is owned equally by BRICS members and non have veto powers (sounds democratic).
Fancy knowing a bit more?
Have a listen to South Africa’s foreign minister go through the bloc's goals and ambitions.
Spoiler alert: the words ‘fair’ and ‘sustainable’ get used.
By the way, there's also speculation BRICS will launch it’s own gold-linked currency - but that’s for another day!
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GALLOWAY: NIGER'S FRENCH PROBLEM
Stealing other people’s things and putting lipstick on it. That’s how British former Member of Parliament George Galloway describes France’s exploitation of African countries. And it has a lot to do with the current anti-French sentiment sweeping the Sahel, whether it's financial oppression via the CFA franc or the extraction of resources.
Listen to Mr Galloway’s take on the colonial relationship that hasn’t ended.
Niger has joined a growing list of African nations calling for the French to leave. Only then will they be able to utilise their resources for their development.
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Stealing other people’s things and putting lipstick on it. That’s how British former Member of Parliament George Galloway describes France’s exploitation of African countries. And it has a lot to do with the current anti-French sentiment sweeping the Sahel, whether it's financial oppression via the CFA franc or the extraction of resources.
Listen to Mr Galloway’s take on the colonial relationship that hasn’t ended.
Niger has joined a growing list of African nations calling for the French to leave. Only then will they be able to utilise their resources for their development.
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TRUTH HURTS: WAKANDA CATCHES UP WITH FRANCE
The recent dramatic events in the Sahel got our Miss Phyll thinking back to that time the French defence minister got all upset about the film Wakanda Forever. One scene that particularly rubbed Sébastien Lecornu up the wrong way was the one where French mercenaries - dressed in the uniforms of soldiers from Operation Barkhane (Paris’ anti-terror op in the Sahel between 2014-2022) - are made to appear before the UN after being caught during an attempted incursion to plunder Africa. But judging by the views of Africans living in the Sahel and elsewhere, the portrayal wasn’t as “false and deceptive” as he made out - as Miss Phyll’s round-up of recent headlines coming out of the region also confirms.
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The recent dramatic events in the Sahel got our Miss Phyll thinking back to that time the French defence minister got all upset about the film Wakanda Forever. One scene that particularly rubbed Sébastien Lecornu up the wrong way was the one where French mercenaries - dressed in the uniforms of soldiers from Operation Barkhane (Paris’ anti-terror op in the Sahel between 2014-2022) - are made to appear before the UN after being caught during an attempted incursion to plunder Africa. But judging by the views of Africans living in the Sahel and elsewhere, the portrayal wasn’t as “false and deceptive” as he made out - as Miss Phyll’s round-up of recent headlines coming out of the region also confirms.
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ALABAMA BRAWL NIGER STYLE
Everyone has seen the now-viral clip of the Alabama Street Brawl, and there are different theories on why it has gone viral and why some people in the United States are jokingly calling for August 5th to be a civil rights national holiday because of the brawl.
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Everyone has seen the now-viral clip of the Alabama Street Brawl, and there are different theories on why it has gone viral and why some people in the United States are jokingly calling for August 5th to be a civil rights national holiday because of the brawl.
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One theory is the collective coming together to defend black security, set on by a mob of white people for just doing his job. We are constantly told that Africans are disunited, but he is a very visceral display of that unity with a 16-year-old brother even jumping from a boat and swimming to support the security guard that was being attacked. Another theory is that after scores of videos circulated on social media of Africans in America and elsewhere being brutalised by police officers and racists, it is refreshing to see a video of Africans fighting back and embodying the words of Malcolm X:
"I don't call it violence when it's self-defence; I call it intelligence."
If the video has taught us anything, it's we must come together and defend one another, whether on the streets or that we come together as Africans to defend Niger from Western aggression. We must develop the appropriate attitude of "touch one, touch all" when defending African people and states from imperialism.
Mali and Burkina Faso did the right thing by rushing to Niger's defence as soon as imperialist forces threatened it. Guinea quickly followed suit. When we unite to fight our shared enemies, we become a real force to reckon with. Divided, we are weak; united, we are strong. As President Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso stated, "Africa needs to be able to unite, and the more united we are, the more effective we are."
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One theory is the collective coming together to defend black security, set on by a mob of white people for just doing his job. We are constantly told that Africans are disunited, but he is a very visceral display of that unity with a 16-year-old brother even jumping from a boat and swimming to support the security guard that was being attacked. Another theory is that after scores of videos circulated on social media of Africans in America and elsewhere being brutalised by police officers and racists, it is refreshing to see a video of Africans fighting back and embodying the words of Malcolm X:
"I don't call it violence when it's self-defence; I call it intelligence."
If the video has taught us anything, it's we must come together and defend one another, whether on the streets or that we come together as Africans to defend Niger from Western aggression. We must develop the appropriate attitude of "touch one, touch all" when defending African people and states from imperialism.
Mali and Burkina Faso did the right thing by rushing to Niger's defence as soon as imperialist forces threatened it. Guinea quickly followed suit. When we unite to fight our shared enemies, we become a real force to reckon with. Divided, we are weak; united, we are strong. As President Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso stated, "Africa needs to be able to unite, and the more united we are, the more effective we are."
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TRAORÉ’S BID FOR NUCLEAR POWER
Much was chewed over at the recent Russia-Africa Summit - including the prospect of bringing nuclear power to West Africa. Burkina Faso's leader discussed a possible joint project to create a plant in his country with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. This, argued Ibrahim Traoré, would be a key strategic asset that could also provide power to neighbouring countries. Most nations don’t have nuclear power stations, and only two in Africa currently do. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
What do you think, is it a good idea?
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Much was chewed over at the recent Russia-Africa Summit - including the prospect of bringing nuclear power to West Africa. Burkina Faso's leader discussed a possible joint project to create a plant in his country with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. This, argued Ibrahim Traoré, would be a key strategic asset that could also provide power to neighbouring countries. Most nations don’t have nuclear power stations, and only two in Africa currently do. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
What do you think, is it a good idea?
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PUTIN CALLING OUT WEST OVER GADDAFI
As Western countries ratchet up yet another military intervention in Africa, this time in Niger, an old speech from Russian President Vladimir Putin is worth remembering.
With reference to the Libya conflict in 2011, he highlights how Western goals went beyond their stated intentions.
Wikileaks revealed incentives included controlling Libya’s vast oil reserves and reducing the threat of Gaddafi who campaigned for Africa’s economic independence.
NATO's bombing turned Africa’s most prosperous country into an open slave market.
The organisation is entrenched in Africa under AFRICOM, whose largest presence - coincidentally -is in Niger.
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As Western countries ratchet up yet another military intervention in Africa, this time in Niger, an old speech from Russian President Vladimir Putin is worth remembering.
With reference to the Libya conflict in 2011, he highlights how Western goals went beyond their stated intentions.
Wikileaks revealed incentives included controlling Libya’s vast oil reserves and reducing the threat of Gaddafi who campaigned for Africa’s economic independence.
NATO's bombing turned Africa’s most prosperous country into an open slave market.
The organisation is entrenched in Africa under AFRICOM, whose largest presence - coincidentally -is in Niger.
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KENYANS ON RUTO’S OFFER TO ‘POLICE HAITI’
Kenya’s offered to help bring law and order to Haiti by deploying 1,000 officers to the Caribbean - to help train local forces. Is it a welcome show of solidarity between the African and Afro-Haitian nations? Or - given Kenya’s own law-and-order difficulties, especially in the form of violent anti-austerity protests and riots, as well as the threat from al-Shabaab terrorists - a misguided use of precious few resources? We got reactions from locals in the capital Nairobi.
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Kenya’s offered to help bring law and order to Haiti by deploying 1,000 officers to the Caribbean - to help train local forces. Is it a welcome show of solidarity between the African and Afro-Haitian nations? Or - given Kenya’s own law-and-order difficulties, especially in the form of violent anti-austerity protests and riots, as well as the threat from al-Shabaab terrorists - a misguided use of precious few resources? We got reactions from locals in the capital Nairobi.
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HOW COUPS CAN MAKE YOU CARE!
Today, across The Sahel, terrorism and armed groups have become part of the landscape. In the latest edition of ‘Africa in 90 Seconds,’ host Ahmed Ghoneim looks at how the NATO bombing of Libya in 2011 unleashed a tempest that’s still wreaking havoc across the West African region. In 90 seconds, he’ll bring it right up to the recent coup in Niger and how, all of a sudden, in 2023, countries like France might be wishing they could put that 2011 genie back in the bottle again!
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Today, across The Sahel, terrorism and armed groups have become part of the landscape. In the latest edition of ‘Africa in 90 Seconds,’ host Ahmed Ghoneim looks at how the NATO bombing of Libya in 2011 unleashed a tempest that’s still wreaking havoc across the West African region. In 90 seconds, he’ll bring it right up to the recent coup in Niger and how, all of a sudden, in 2023, countries like France might be wishing they could put that 2011 genie back in the bottle again!
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TALE OF TWO COUPS
Well, what a difference a few months can make. The West has backed calls for a potential military intervention to reinstate Niger’s ousted President Mohamed Bazoum. The thing is, while they’re against this coup, back in 2021 they were all for the putsch in neighbouring Chad. In fact, Bazoum went out of his way to say the junta in N’Djamena should be left for fear of civil war breaking out.
Forward wind to now and he and his Western allies happily threaten to plunge West Africa into a fully-blown war. Sometimes it’s hard to fathom the about-face of politics. Or is it? Listen to what Bazoum said at the G5 Sahel Summit in Paris in 2021, alongside an attentive Emmanuel Macron.
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Well, what a difference a few months can make. The West has backed calls for a potential military intervention to reinstate Niger’s ousted President Mohamed Bazoum. The thing is, while they’re against this coup, back in 2021 they were all for the putsch in neighbouring Chad. In fact, Bazoum went out of his way to say the junta in N’Djamena should be left for fear of civil war breaking out.
Forward wind to now and he and his Western allies happily threaten to plunge West Africa into a fully-blown war. Sometimes it’s hard to fathom the about-face of politics. Or is it? Listen to what Bazoum said at the G5 Sahel Summit in Paris in 2021, alongside an attentive Emmanuel Macron.
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UK’S MIGRANT ‘PRISON SHIP’
Migrants fleeing war and seeking asylum in the UK are being housed on a 'prison ship'.
That’s how refugees are describing a huge barge that will accommodate them while their claims are assessed.
Human rights groups say their treatment is inhumane, and a deadly bacteria has already been discovered onboard.
We look at the UK government's latest far-right policy aimed at reducing migrant numbers.
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Migrants fleeing war and seeking asylum in the UK are being housed on a 'prison ship'.
That’s how refugees are describing a huge barge that will accommodate them while their claims are assessed.
Human rights groups say their treatment is inhumane, and a deadly bacteria has already been discovered onboard.
We look at the UK government's latest far-right policy aimed at reducing migrant numbers.
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BOYCOTT BRICS OVER PUTIN?
World leaders from China, India and Brazil should boycott the upcoming BRICS summit in solidarity with Vladimir Putin. That's the call from South Africa’s opposition leader Julius Malema. Johannesburg is set to host the two-day event from August 22nd - but in the absence of the Russian President. He’s ruled out coming, over fears he’d be detained in accordance with an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court.
Malema believes South Africa’s President Ramaphosa should have guaranteed his freedom. And at a rally, appealed to other BRICS leaders to stay at home in support of Putin.
What do you make of Malema’s call for action?
World leaders from China, India and Brazil should boycott the upcoming BRICS summit in solidarity with Vladimir Putin. That's the call from South Africa’s opposition leader Julius Malema. Johannesburg is set to host the two-day event from August 22nd - but in the absence of the Russian President. He’s ruled out coming, over fears he’d be detained in accordance with an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court.
Malema believes South Africa’s President Ramaphosa should have guaranteed his freedom. And at a rally, appealed to other BRICS leaders to stay at home in support of Putin.
What do you make of Malema’s call for action?
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TINUBU THE BAGMAN AND ECOWAS HYPOCRISY
African Stream’s very own William Sakawa was invited to share his views on what’s going on in Niger and the Sahel region at the moment by former British Member of Parliament George Galloway’s Mother Of All Talk Shows (MOATS).
Up for discussion were the prospects of war, direct Western intervention in Niger, lessons from Libya, and how democratic ECOWAS really is. Some of Galloway’s remarks in the episode concerning Nigeria’s president Tinubu have ruffled feathers with several politicians close to the Nigerian President who have denounced any suggestions he had any links to organised crime in the US.
Take a watch, and let us know what you think of Galloway’s and William’s assessments.
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African Stream’s very own William Sakawa was invited to share his views on what’s going on in Niger and the Sahel region at the moment by former British Member of Parliament George Galloway’s Mother Of All Talk Shows (MOATS).
Up for discussion were the prospects of war, direct Western intervention in Niger, lessons from Libya, and how democratic ECOWAS really is. Some of Galloway’s remarks in the episode concerning Nigeria’s president Tinubu have ruffled feathers with several politicians close to the Nigerian President who have denounced any suggestions he had any links to organised crime in the US.
Take a watch, and let us know what you think of Galloway’s and William’s assessments.
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FRANCE’S VERY SURVIVAL AT STAKE IN SAHEL SHAKE-UP?
Could France be relegated to a third-world economy? It seems a wild notion, but that’s what writer and African politics professor Everisto Benyera says lies in store for the former coloniser. He says that much of France’s economy is underwritten by resources exploitatively obtained out of the Sahel - and now that one country after another there is rising up against this kind of neocolonialism, the odds are on that it won’t end with just French troops being kicked out of the region, but with France losing its privileged access to West African minerals as well. Watch him argue the case and let us know if you think he’s right.
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Could France be relegated to a third-world economy? It seems a wild notion, but that’s what writer and African politics professor Everisto Benyera says lies in store for the former coloniser. He says that much of France’s economy is underwritten by resources exploitatively obtained out of the Sahel - and now that one country after another there is rising up against this kind of neocolonialism, the odds are on that it won’t end with just French troops being kicked out of the region, but with France losing its privileged access to West African minerals as well. Watch him argue the case and let us know if you think he’s right.
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MALI PM: DON’T BE PUPPETS OVER NIGER INTERVENTION!
As war drums sound throughout West Africa, Mali's prime minister has appealed directly to the leaders of Senegal and Ivory Coast to reassess their relationships with foreign powers pushing for a military resolution to the ‘crisis’ in Niger.
Choguel Maïga pleaded with Macky Sall and Alassane Ouattara not to tarnish their legacies by supporting any deployment of the regional standby force to undo the coup in Niamey.
Diplomatic efforts to restore ousted Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum have failed, and ECOWAS has just reiterated its threat to use force if its demands aren’t met.
What do you think - will Sall and Ouattara heed Maïga‘s call? Let us know below.
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As war drums sound throughout West Africa, Mali's prime minister has appealed directly to the leaders of Senegal and Ivory Coast to reassess their relationships with foreign powers pushing for a military resolution to the ‘crisis’ in Niger.
Choguel Maïga pleaded with Macky Sall and Alassane Ouattara not to tarnish their legacies by supporting any deployment of the regional standby force to undo the coup in Niamey.
Diplomatic efforts to restore ousted Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum have failed, and ECOWAS has just reiterated its threat to use force if its demands aren’t met.
What do you think - will Sall and Ouattara heed Maïga‘s call? Let us know below.
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ODINGA TO U.S. ENVOY: SHUT UP OR GO HOME!
The US envoy to Kenya got a scolding from the country’s opposition leader Raila Odinga - who branded Meg Whitman a “rogue ambassador” and told her to keep her mouth shut or go back home. He also reminded her that Kenya’s not a US colony. Odinga’s tirade came during the ongoing Devolution Conference (15th-19th August) in Eldoret, where a day earlier Whitman had hailed last year’s presidential election, which saw William Ruto elected, as “remarkable” and “the freest, fairest and most credible in Kenyan history.” Although the results have been bitterly disputed - with widespread protests - the country’s Supreme Court has upheld the result as valid.
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The US envoy to Kenya got a scolding from the country’s opposition leader Raila Odinga - who branded Meg Whitman a “rogue ambassador” and told her to keep her mouth shut or go back home. He also reminded her that Kenya’s not a US colony. Odinga’s tirade came during the ongoing Devolution Conference (15th-19th August) in Eldoret, where a day earlier Whitman had hailed last year’s presidential election, which saw William Ruto elected, as “remarkable” and “the freest, fairest and most credible in Kenyan history.” Although the results have been bitterly disputed - with widespread protests - the country’s Supreme Court has upheld the result as valid.
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