African News Review EP 9 Sudanese Militias Run Amok, Different Elections with Same Results and The Year 1945 | African News Review 🌍
In this episode of African News Review, Adesoji Iginla, alongside Milton Allimadi and Aya Fubara Eneli Esq., looked at the pressing issues affecting Africa and the African diaspora.
The Panel spoke on Sudan, the world witnesses genocide in slow motion in El Fasher as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), descendants of the Janjaweed militias, massacre civilians in cold blood.
And also President Samia Suluhu Hassan, facing mounting unrest and amid accusations of suppressing dissent following a staged election, has the dream of Nyerere’s Ujamaa socialism been traded for neoliberal stability in Tanzania
In Cameroon, Paul Biya — at 92 years old — “wins” yet another election after 43 years in power. The panel talked about the gerontocracy in Cameroon and how the centre might not be able to hold.
On the 80th anniversary of the 1945 Manchester Pan-African Congress, The Panel took a more sombre approach in light of the missed opportunities, post-so-called independence, and the various disappointments.
Takeaways
*We have been blessed with minerals and resources.
*External powers are complicit in resource extraction.
*There is ongoing violence imposed during extraction.
*The UAE plays a significant role in Sudan's gold trade.
*Egypt and Saudi Arabia are also influential in this context.
*Western private interests, including the Wagner group, are involved.
*Mercenaries are part of the resource extraction narrative.
*Emirati firms are buying Sudanese gold through RSF channels.
*This situation reflects neo-colonial extraction practices.
*Resource capture continues to be a pressing issue.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Guest Introductions
02:05 Millions of families went without their monthly payouts
02:31 House of Representatives, the Democrats have been showing up to work
03:19 No problem with billionaires getting more yachts
04:47 Beginning of the decline of the U.S. empire
06:43 Democrats want Prince Andrew to testify, to talk about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
07:28 Prince Andrew is no longer Prince Andrew, but simply Andrew!
08:49 RSF support forces murdered 460 people in Cold Blood in El Fasher
10:44 Libation for the victims in El Fasher, Sudan.
12:22 Maternity Wards should be a place of safety.
14:41 The role of the UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and the Western private interests.
16:04 Just more of resource capture and neo-colonial extraction.
17:06 The Rule of Hemedhi and Burhan Warlords with their vast business empires.
17:53 The courage as Africans to come together to fight this.
19:09 The young people are fighting to take control away from the neo-colonial leaders.
20:07 The priority of Samia Suluhu in Tanzania is to steal elections and impose herself.
21:31 You say 'international community,' are you referring to Europeans?
25:45 My prediction, she's not going to survive.
28:25 We need stability so that we can preserve all these lucrative projects that she's working on…
28:55 Do you really think these young people care what Bloomberg is saying?
29:24 If young people came to power, it would be a process of reorienting their relationship with the West.
30:50 Bloomberg writes like that; they are confident that Hassan would prevail and remain in the neocolonial orbit.
31:20 We need a change in Tanzania
32:13 Most Tanzanians we know live under very precarious situations
34:48 Across Africa, after colonial rule, we inherited a corrupted form of governance.
38:28 Speaking of waking up, we need a president to stay awake.
40:12 By the standards of the BBC…
41:11 An opinion piece from this guy from