How Capitalism Is Taking Over the Global South’s Coastlines

Sep 17, 2026

From Lagos to Jamaica and Dakar; coastlines that once belonged to everyone are being fenced off, commercialized, and sold to the highest bidder.

What was once free public access is now “coastal capitalism,” where access to nature depends entirely on the size of your pockets.

In this report, Spearhead’s Kangmwa Gofwen explores how luxury developments are pricing local communities out of their own coastlines, and highlights the darker realities of unregulated tourism.

Gabon Ends State-Funded Scholarships to France

Is Gabon finally ending its self-sabotaging scholarship strategy?

The Central African country is now taking a decisive step to stop the export of human capital and finally begin building its professional future at home.

3 Times The West Proved Its Justice Systems Do Not Value African Lives

To those who know history, the idea that the West does not value African lives is no news. Yet so many Africans today refuse to believe this fact, often dismissing the West’s undeniable atrocities against their continent as “in the past”.

In this report, we explore 3 cases, stretching from 1992 to 2026, which prove that the West’s hatred for Africans is alive and well in our present age.

Captain Traoré Speaks To Burkinabé Youth, Stresses Importance Of Humility, Dignity & Patriotism

In this excerpt from his keynote address at the closing ceremony of the 2026 Mandatory Patriotic Immersion (IPO) program, Burkinabé President Captain Ibrahim Traoré speaks to the graduating Burkinabé youth on the importance of humility, dignity, patriotism and lifelong learning to their role in their country’s Popular Revolution.

Under the revolutionary leadership of President Traoré, Burkina Faso has continued to record economic growth, infrastructural development, deeper social cohesion and improved security, all while facing relentless att*cks, on multiple fronts, from the West and its pawns across the Global South.

This truth continues to inspire Africans across the Motherland and its diaspora.

France, Belgium, Chad, Others Behind Failed August 29 Coup – N*gerien Military Officer

On August 28 - 29, 2026, Niger thwarted another att*ck on its capital city, Niamey, this time carried out by mutinous elements within its own military – elements which observers and international allies agree were acting at the behest of “external forces”.

In this excerpt from a televised September 1 testimony, Nigerien military officer Captain Roger Gabriel recounts how several representatives of these external forces contacted him before and during this failed coup attempt, seeking his complicity. France, Belgium, the UAE, Chad, Benin and Côte d’Ivoire are all named in Gabriel’s testimony.

France has made no bones about its animosity towards the current, revolutionary leadership of N*ger and its fellow Alliance of Sahel States (AES) members, Mali and Burkina Faso.

Guinea-Bissau’s Pro-Western Military Government Moves To Entrench Its Influence With New Constitution

While the West and its media parrots continue to drone on about “restoring democracy” in the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), the current, “transitional” military government of Guinea-Bissau – which sits two borders away from the AES – is moving to entrench its political influence, by changing the country’s constitution less than 3 months before its planned presidential elections.

And the West has been notably silent.