The Uganda Law Society Bans Colonial Courtroom Etiquette
The Uganda Law Society’s move to strike down colonial courtroom rituals—such as bowing and honorifics is a direct challenge to the colonial architecture that continues to define African public institutions. For too long, these practices have enforced a hierarchy that keeps citizens in postures of subservience while placing judicial authority on an inaccessible pedestal.
Decolonizing our institutions requires us to confront the uncomfortable reality that many of our “standard” procedures were never designed to serve the people—they were designed to alienate them. By questioning these relics, the ULS is asking an important question for the entire continent: Are we ready to dismantle the systems that keep us rooted in the past, or will we continue to perform deference to a power structure that isn’t our own?
True sovereignty begins when we stop mimicking the colonizer’s script and start writing our own.
Burkinabé Government Grants Permit On First Fully State-Operated Mine To State-Owned Mining Company
In the latest assertion of its sovereignty, the government of Burkina Faso has granted state-owned miner SOPAMIB license to mine the country’s first fully state-operated gold mine, the Bouboulou gold mine. The government made this decision on July 9, 2026, with expectation that the mine will generate over $67 million dollars for the country’s development.
Since severing ties with former colonizer France in the people-backed revolution of September 2022, Burkina Faso has continued to record massive social, political and economic progress.
China Proved the West Wrong On Housing. Should Africa Pay Attention?
Amid Western media parrots stoking fears of China’s economy collapsing due to a 24% decrease in real estate value since 2021, The Spearhead presents the facts.
Turns out that Africa would benefit greatly from abandoning the predatory, speculative, Western real estate model, which crashed the global economy in 2008, and adopting China’s socialist model.
Tanzania Adopts Long-term Planning Model to Achieve $1 Trillion Economy
Tanzania is embarking on a transformative economic journey, launching its first five-year National Development Plan (2026/27–2030/31) as a strategic roadmap toward becoming a $1 trillion upper-middle-income economy by 2050.
Mirroring the disciplined, multi-year planning model that helped transform China from an agrarian economy into a global manufacturing hub, Tanzania’s strategy relies on successive plans to guide infrastructure expansion, industrialization, and job creation.
This long-term, cycle-based approach shows a shift toward consistent development aimed at fostering inclusive, sustainable prosperity.
Ousmane Sonko: Africa Must No Longer Stay Silent on Sl*very & C*lonisation
Former Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko tells Al Jazeera that Africans should own the conversation on r*parations for the European sl*ve trade and c*lonialism.
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Video credit: Al Jazeera
Dr Umar Johnson: Rich or Poor, Black People Are Still Not Free From White Capitalist System
There is a longstanding argument within politically left-wing and anti-imperialist spaces regarding the role of racism in a capitalist system that breeds class stratifications.
Many orthodox Marxists argue that economic class is the primary source of division, and it thus outranks race as a primary social consideration for those who wish to improve the world. Pan-Africanists like Dr. Umar Johnson however, argue that race comes before class by virtue of its ability to transcend class barriers and unite different economic groups into shared, ubiquitous social experiences.
After watching this video, do you agree with Umar Johnson?
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