What is your opinion of France, not in Africa overall, only in the context of Rwanda/Eastern DRC?

Apparently DRC hired Romanian mercenaries to fight against M23 in Goma lol

it is an imperialist power but they have always had differing strategies from AFRICOM in how to keep the Congo underdeveloped. read the articles, you'll see what I'm saying. the traditional narrative is totally backwards.

bbc.com/news/world-africa-68400220?fbclid=IwAR2asDx_2dzQxJ4k10KNNTij62KWxpbbLVe15IiUsaiMF1myN5vxb410-yc

french neocolonialism worms its way back into Guinea

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Once again the ANC fails to stop the ascent of of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party. Post-ANC South Africa is soon come. ☝☝

Yeah

Namibia too

The media keeps lying about what's happening in Haiti. They keep calling it a "gang war", they keep saying the country is collapsing into "anarchy". This is an armed insurgency against centuries of US-backed neocolonial rule in the country and it's been ongoing for 6 years at this point.

The US, Kenya, and Benin need to keep their troops out.

Wish the reporting on Haiti wasn't flooded with so much propaganda right now

If you have any good sources on Haiti in general and on the current conflict please let me know

We got a 100 million dollar drone base in Niger.

haitiliberte.com

beautiful

Thank you so much

real. godspeed

yes we love the regime

bbc.com/news/world-africa-68562465

Niger today, Senegal tomorrow

bro got a first round win but backed down from eliminating the CFA franc at the last second.

hope the communist party is ready for an uphill battle. ✊

im late af but currently watching/listening to this

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged Monday that the country's first deportation flights to Rwanda could leave in 10-12 weeks as he promised to end the Parliamentary deadlock over a key policy promise before an election expected later this year.

Sunak made the comments at a news conference, making his case directly to the public after vowing last week that Parliament would remain in session until the legislation is passed. The House of Commons will take up the bill later in the day, followed by consideration in the House of Lords.

Sunak demanded that the unelected House of Lords to stop blocking legislation allowing authorities to deport some asylum-seekers to Rwanda, as he seeks to make good on a campaign promise to "stop the boats" that bring migrants to U.K. illegally.

"Enough is enough," Sunak said, as he told reporters that commercial charter planes are booked to carry the asylum seekers.

He declined to provide details when asked how many people were expected to be on the flights in coming months.

"We are ready. Plans are in place, and these flights will go come what may. No foreign court will stop us from getting flights off," he said.

The bill has been stalled for two months as it bounced back and forth between the two houses of Parliament, with the Lords repeatedly offering amendments that were then rejected by the Commons. The Lords don't have the power to kill the legislation, but they must give their assent before it can become law.

The governing Conservative Party plans to send some asylum-seekers to Rwanda as a deterrent to persuade migrants that it isn't worth the risk of crossing the English Channel on leaky inflatable boats.

The plan, pursued by three prime minsters over the past two years, has so far been stymied by a series of court rulings and vocal opposition from migrant advocates who say it is illegal and inhumane.

The current legislation, known as the Safety of Rwanda Bill, is a response to a Supreme Court decision that blocked deportation flights because the government couldn't guarantee the safety of migrants sent to Rwanda.

After signing a new treaty with Rwanda to beef up protections for migrants, the government proposed the new legislation declaring Rwanda to be a safe country.

Alex Carlile, an independent member of the House of Lords, said the amendments are designed to improve "ill-judged, badly drafted, inappropriate" legislation that is "illegal in current U.K. and international law."

"This is, in my view, the most inexplicable and insensitive day I've experienced in nearly 40 years in one or other house of Parliament," he told the BBC. "What Rishi Sunak is asking Parliament to do is say that an untruth is a truth."

wanting to grab a couple recent news articles and post them in here sorry that this thread has been dead,

still important things always happening

A Nigerian chess champion has broken the world record for the longest chess marathon after playing unbeaten for more than 58 hours in New York City’s Times Square to raise money for underprivileged children.

Tunde Onakoya, 29, embarked on his marathon session on Wednesday, hoping to raise $1 million for children’s education across Africa through the record attempt.

He had set out to play the royal game for 58 hours but continued until he reached 60 hours at about 12:40am (04:40GMT) on Saturday, surpassing the current chess marathon record of 56 hours, 9 minutes and 37 seconds, achieved in 2018 by Norwegians Hallvard Haug Flatebo and Sjur Ferkingstad.

“I can’t process a lot of the emotions I feel right now. I don’t have the right words for them. But I know we did something truly remarkable,” he told the AFP news agency.

“At 3am last night, that was the moment I was ready to just give it all up… but Nigerians travelled from all over the world. And they were with me overnight,” he continued.

“We were singing together and they were dancing together and I couldn’t just give up on them.”

The Guinness World Records organisation has yet to publicly comment about Onakoya’s attempt. It sometimes takes weeks for the organisation to confirm any new record.

aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/20/nigerias-tunde-onakoya-sets-global-chess-record-with-60-hour-nonstop-game

Lawmakers in Togo have approved changes to the constitution linked to presidential term limits and how presidents are elected, which some opposition politicians and civil society groups have denounced as a constitutional coup.

Togo’s parliament had already adopted the amendments on March 25, but the reforms led to an opposition backlash so President Faure Gnassingbe called for further consultations and a second parliamentary vote.

The lawmakers gave final approval to the reform late on Friday, just days before the April 29 legislative elections that had also been pushed back due to the issues around the constitutional amendments.

The second reading was passed with all 87 politicians present agreeing to the new system, under which the president will no longer be elected by universal suffrage, but by members of parliament.

The amendments also introduced a parliamentary system of government and shortened presidential terms to four years from five with a two-term limit.

It does not take into account the time already spent in office, which could enable Gnassingbe to stay in power until 2033 if he is re-elected in 2025, a highly likely scenario as his party controls parliament.

Those opposed to the changes fear they could allow further extensions of the president’s 19-year rule and his family’s grip on power. His father and predecessor Gnassingbe Eyadema seized power in the coastal West African country via a coup in 1967.
In a statement on Saturday, the Dynamique Pour la Majorité du Peuple (DMP) opposition coalition and other signatories said the constitutional changes were a political manoeuvre to allow Gnassingbe to extend his tenure for life.

“What happened at the National Assembly yesterday is a coup d’etat,” they said.

“Large-scale action will be organised over the next few days to say ‘no’ to this constitution.”

aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/20/togo-approves-constitutional-reform-changing-how-president-is-elected