West Africa
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Marco Declares Colonialist War on the Global South
Marco Rubio’s Munich Declaration of Colonial Revivalism amid the Crisis of Western Primacy and the Rise of the Global South Marco Rubio used the Munich Security Conference to present a civilisational argument grounded in imperial expansion and Western dominance. He declared that “for five centuries, before the end of the Second World War, the West… Continue reading
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Kenya’s High Court Refuses to Lift Freeze on $1.6 Billion U.S. Health Agreement
The ruling delivers a political setback to President William Ruto and underscores the constitutional and geopolitical stakes of health diplomacy and data sovereignty. Sanity prevails in Kenya for now. William Ruto has been the perfect “African Puppet” for the US Empire’s technocrats’ total surveillance digital prison ambitions. On February 12, 2026, Kenya’s High Court declined… Continue reading
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The Old Lesson Repeated
Macron’s vision for “training” African leaders revives an old colonial logic, the enduring grammar of imperial rule President Macron’s recent remarks, in which he suggested that Europe should identify promising African minds, educate them, and return them to Africa to assist in governance, cannot be treated as an innocent or merely careless choice of words.… Continue reading
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The Uncovered UAE-Libya Corridor and Sudan’s Mass Killing
Kufrah Airstrip in Libya, Bosaso Airport in Somalia, and and Gulf Logistics Sustain the RSF Violent Campaign in Darfur The war in Sudan has unfolded through familiar scenes of collapse, militia violence, and civilian ruin, yet one of its most decisive engines sits far from the battlefields and beyond public view. A neglected airstrip in… Continue reading
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African Health Data Agreements With US Spark Sovereignty and Transparency Concerns
Critics warn that secretive MOUs signed without public consultation risk exposing strategic population data to foreign interests amid growing geopolitical competition Several African governments have come under scrutiny following the signing of memoranda of understanding with the United States that critics say could expose sensitive national health data to foreign access without public consent or… Continue reading
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Creeping Recolonisation
Military immunity, data governance, and Kenya’s changing sovereignty No African leader comes close to President William Ruto when it comes to reversing gains of the liberation struggle and selling their people to western interests for personal gain. If the African people seek an understanding of how the trans-atlantic slavery was facilitated and as a precursor… Continue reading
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The Benin Episode and the End of Strategic Ambiguity
Why the Benin Crisis Exposed the Structure of Power in West Africa The attempted military seizure of power in the Republic of Benin must be analysed as part of a regional struggle over sovereignty, maritime access, and control of political authority in West Africa. What unfolded in Cotonou was not merely a failed coup confined… Continue reading
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