Six centuries of plunder, and the playbook hasn’t changed.
As the grip of neo-colonial powers slips, they have outsourced their oldest trick - divide and rule - to a class of puppet political elites. From South Africa to Nairobi, systemic governance failures are packaged as xenophobia, manipulating Africans into policing their own colonial-era borders.
The Scramble for Africa never ended; we’ve just allowed our own leaders to become the foot soldiers of our own fragmentation.
Sources:
Trump warns of more Nigeria strikes if Christians ‘continue to be killed
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly3vl3yp2do
South Africa’s crises will not be solved by blaming migrants
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/6/24/south-africas-crises-will-not-be-solved-by-blaming-migrants
Xenophobia: National Assembly suspends South Africa visits
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/09/xenophobia-national-assembly-suspends-south-africa-visits/
Kenya–U.S. Strategic Partnership: A New Chapter in the Blueprint of Division
X/@WilliamsRuto
March and March protesters clash wit foreign nationals for South Africa, pipo injure
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/c7903y8rj88o
What the AES means for Africa
Medium/@dwomowale
MSME Traders, State House, Nairobi
Youtube/@StateHouseRepublicofKenya
Africa Map Flag
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Africa_Map_Flag.png
Alliance of Sahel States
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/02/03/alliance-of-sahel-states-stepping-forward-with-common-economic-and-security-aspirations/
Billions are being pumped out of Africa every year
https://newint.org/blog/2017/05/24/how-the-world-keeps-looting-africa
Kenyans tighten crackdown on foreigners
X/@Alinurmohamed_
US Gains Access To Nigeria’s Lithium Mines Through Local Tech Startup
Nigerian defense technology startup [ @terraindustries (X) / Terra Industries (everywhere else) ] has just closed a $2 million deal to “protect lithium mining operations” in the country.
On the surface, this seems like good news, especially for a homegrown company which advertises itself as an “indigenous solution to Africa’s security challenges”.
The problem is that Terra Industries has been linked to the US intelligence community, by means of its funding, for at least the last 8 months, and the threat that this fact poses to Nigeria’s national security cannot be emphasized enough.
Sources:
Terra Industries Closes $2 Million in Contracts in First Week of Commercial Division
https://www.terraindustries.co/newsroom/lithium-mining-contracts
Palantir Co-Founder Lonsdale to Invest in Nigeria Drone Firm
US says it will help develop Kenya’s critical minerals processing
Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply
https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2025/10/securing-americas-critical-minerals-supply
In the DRC, a US company secures a ‘huge’ deal by acquiring copper and cobalt mines
Burkina Faso Receives New Pal*stinian Ambassador
Nearly 3 months after falling victim to a US-Isr*eli-funded disinformation campaign aimed at misrepresenting its diplomatic relations with Isr*el, Burkina Faso has approved the appointment of its new Pal*stinian Ambassador, Hassan Albalawi, by the State of Pal*stine.
Burkina Faso has maintained diplomatic support for Pal*stine since officially recognizing the West Asian nation in 1988, and has no Isr*eli envoys of its own.
It is disappointing, yet also telling, how many so-called – and predominantly non-African – “anti-imperialists” fell for and ran with the aforementioned disinformation campaign, and how quick they were to turn on an African anti-imperialist leader who fictitiously failed to live up to their lofty moral standards.
For many Africans, it was a harsh lesson on how the rest of the world continues to view and judge them, even within so-called anti-imperialist spaces.
Sources:
Palestine appoints new Ambassador to Burkina Faso
https://libreinfo.net/cooperation-la-palestine-nomme-un-ambassadeur-au-burkina-faso/
Countries recognizing Palestine since 1988
Burkina Faso Voting record on Israel at UN General Assembly (2015 - Present)
https://unwatch.org/database/country/burkina-faso/
US-Isr*eli-Funded Disinformation Against Burkina Faso
Somalia to Reclaim Monetary Control After 35 Years
After 35 years of dollarisation, Somalia is preparing to restore its national currency, with new shilling notes set to enter circulation.
The crisis dates back to 1991, when the collapse of Siad Barre’s government and the civil war that followed left the Central Bank unable to print or manage money, opening the door to counterfeits and a dollar-dominated economy that persists today. Now, Somalia’s parliament is reviewing legislation to establish a Currency Board, while the Central Bank works out the rules for reserves and foreign exchange.
Sources:
An African country is bringing back its own currency after 35 years of relying on the US dollar https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/an-african-country-is-bringing-back-its-own-currency-after-35-years-of-relying-on-the/qw7nsbj
Somalia peacekeeping mission at risk as US blocks UN support, sources say https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/somalia-peacekeeping-mission-risk-us-blocks-un-support-sources-say-2026-07-02/
Why and who dallarised the Somali shilling?
Substack/@Somali Waa (T)kuma
‘It’s like we went bankrupt overnight’: poorest Somalis suffer as piles of worthless shillings mount up
Afua Hirsch: “BBC Wanted Me to Include ‘Corruption’ in African Art Documentary”
At the World Decolonization Forum in May 2026, journalist Afua Hirsch (@afuahirsch) ripped on the BBC for asking her to include images of poverty and corruption in a documentary series about art in Africa.
When will Africans ever be able to talk about our accomplishments without mentioning ridiculous Western-generated tropes? Drop us a comment.
Sources:
Reconstructing Public Memory Through Media | Afua Hirsch
Youtube/@WorldDecolonizationForum
World Dec*lonization Forum 2026
https://yildiz.edu.tr/en/university/announcements/world-decolonization-forum-2026 | https://www.decolonizationforum.org/documents/wdf-2026-programme-booklet.pdf
Empire on Air: BBC Imperial Broadcasting and the Construction of Global Britain
Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fpwbxp
Broadcasting Empire: The BBC and the British World, 1922-1970
https://academic.oup.com/book/4811
Africa and the Western Media: Analysis of British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) Africa Eye and Cable News Network’s (CNN) Inside Africa
The $4.2 billion bill Africa pays, owing to western media coverage
How can Africa counter negative portrayals?
https://www.dw.com/en/how-can-africa-break-free-from-negative-stereotypes/a-70629933
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