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Feb 13 2025 
Africa’s Westernized Elites And Their Pathetic Intellectual Enslavement
By Femi Akomolafe at his substack
To do justice to this essay, I will use a lengthy quotation to lay the foundation of my arguments. I beg your indulgence.
“What the African elites lack most is the courage to use their “own reason.” This, despite how modern they like to think of themselves, has actually kept them… Continue reading
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Jan 19 2025 
Two years of Ibrahim Traore, President of Burkina Faso
1. Burkina Faso’s GDP grew from approximately $18.8 billion to $22.1 billion.
2. He rejected loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. He said: “Africa does not need the World Bank, the IMF, Europe or America.”
3. He reduced the salaries of ministers and MPs by 30%, and increased the salaries of civil… Continue reading
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Jan 07 2025 
West Africa’s Defiance: ECOWAS Scrambles to Contain Sahel Breakaway
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, (AES), three nations at the heart of the insurgency-ravaged Sahel are sending shockwaves through West Africa’s fragile post-colonial order. Their planned withdrawal from ECOWAS on January 29 marks a seismic rejection of decades of regional integration dictated by Western-backed elites.
Now, ECOWAS, desperate to salvage its crumbling legitimacy, has offered… Continue reading
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Jan 02 2025 
The complexity of Africa – Neo Colonial Pacts
Written by Wassim Morjane and widely distributed among channels following Africa, spiced up by some personal recollection.
Most here know that I am an African, that is, born in Africa. It is fair to describe Africa (taken as a whole continent) as complex. There are massive differences between the Africa North and South of the Sahara… Continue reading
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Dec 28 2024 
Russia’s Inroads into Africa: The Unstoppable March of the Global South
Russia by all standards is probably the most “sanctioned” country by the west. But her economy keeps growing faster than any western economy. A normal thinker would say, there is something wrong.
Since the Russian Special Operation (SO) in Ukraine, the Russian economy has repeatedly defied expectations. The current forecast for 2024 is a 4% growth,… Continue reading
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Dec 24 2024 
Briefing: Nuclear, Chemical, Biological – Russian MoD
Briefing by Deputy Chief of the Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops of the Russian Armed Forces Major General Aleksei Rtishchev
The United States is transferring unfinished Ukrainian military-biological projects to Africa. If the projects in Ukraine were legitimate research, why are they running to Africa?
US military biological research exploits Africa to fuel… Continue reading
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Dec 22 2024 
10 Days to ECOWAS Rupture
This, (he means France) without a doubt, is the worst SYMBOL of neocolonialism in Africa
On January 29, 2025 (gee, that is next week!), barring a last-minute miracle, the three nations of the Sahel Federation – Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso – will formally exit the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). For the first… Continue reading -
Nov 24 2024 
🔆 Alliance of Sahel States: A beacon of hope
These three countries, despite the scourge of ongoing terrorism, are doing it right and one cannot help but hope and wish them the best. Doing it right? Yes, first they expelled the overlords knowing that one cannot negotiate with a controlled racist imperialist and neocolonial power. With this move, they took their economic power back… Continue reading
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Nov 21 2024 
Alliance of Sahel States: A model for Africa?
This is the question. Is this a model for Africa? I would enthusiastically say, YES! Is it perfect? Of course not. Is it hard? Of course yes. Are these countries being pressurised? Of course. Are they withstanding the pressure? Yes, and they even have an international Solidarity Conference to spread the word.
This is how… Continue reading
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Nov 21 2024 
On Obasanjo and the other Forgetful African Misrulers
A note on African leaders who became wise ONLY after leaving office!
By Femi Akomolafe on his substack.
Note: This is posted as a further elucidation on Pepe Escobar’s work and specifically the comments: https://sovereignista.com/2024/11/20/the-brics-spirit-alive-and-well-in-south-africa/
While Femi Akomolafe speaks about Nigeria, what he describes here is a common problem right across Africa.
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I was going to write an article… Continue reading
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Nov 20 2024 
The BRICS spirit: alive and well in South Africa
Africa now essentially needs political will to fight infrastructural problems, a human capital deficit and an institutional deficit.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture Foundation.
JOHANNESBURG – At the APEC annual summit in Lima, Comrade Xi Jinping was practically coronated as the King of Peru, as a lively moveable feast celebrated the brand new $1.3 billion Chancay-Shanghai… Continue reading
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Nov 08 2024 
The diaspora defends the Alliance of Sahel States
The Alliance is seeking a Pan-African federal state out of the confederation to eliminate colonial borders imposed on the region.
Around the world, African people are turning to Pan-Africanism to solve their problems and placing their hope in the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). The AES is a Pan-Africanist, anti-imperialist confederation made up of Burkina Faso,… Continue reading
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Nov 07 2024 
We don’t have a dog in this fight
How Alternative Media and Supporter Devotion Secured His 2024 Victory
By Femi Akomolafe and first posted at his substack
“If half the country has decided that Trump is qualified to be president, that means they’re not reading any of this media, and we’ve lost this audience completely,” the executive said. “A Trump victory means mainstream media… Continue reading
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Nov 04 2024 
Perfidy as a way of life!
From Femi Akomolafe and first posted on his substack
Definition: perfidy /pûr′fĭ-dē/
noun
Deliberate breach of faith; calculated violation of trust; treachery.
The act or an instance of treachery.
The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery.”
Let’s kickstart this with two quotations:
1. Our enslavement and the rape of the… Continue reading
