US Imposes $20,000 Visa Bond Rule On African Tourists And Entrepreneurs
In its latest expression of contempt for Africans, the US has slapped a $10,000 - $20,000 visa bond requirement for US business and tourism visas, on 30 African countries.
As these very clear messages of contempt from the US and its fellow Western nations continue to pile up in our proverbial collective inbox, Africans face a choice: to walk the path of dignity and self-respect, like their brothers and sisters of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), or keep groveling for scraps from the parasites who once sold their ancestors like livestock.
Colombian Prez: Foreign-Rigged Elections Turned Colombia Into Colony
Colombian President Gustavo Petro denounced the claim to victory of right-wing presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella as a foreign intervention in the 21 June run-off election.
That might not be far-fetched given the decades-long US control of Colombia through Plan Colombia, a programme that integrated the US into Colombia’s military, intelligence and security apparatus in the year 2000. Rather than halting the drug trade as it claimed, US aid further destabilised the country with rampant human-rights abuses, such as extrajudicial k*llings and the displacement of many groups including Afro-Colombians, while the flow of cocaine continued unabated. Let’s not forget Colombia is the only Major Non-NATO Ally in the Western Hemisphere and that Venezuelan revolutionary president Hugo Chavez (1954-2013) nicknamed it the “Israel of Latin America.”
Espriella is a Miami-based lawyer who has represented people related to Colombia’s biggest pyramid scheme and the drug-linked paramilitaries. Sounds about right, right?
Africans can only be reminded here about the utmost importance of keeping the US out of our affairs.
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Foreign Interference: Western NGO Slanders Zambian Government Weeks Before Elections
Zambia is set to hold its general elections on August 13 this year. The landlocked, mineral-rich Southern African country has been recently moving to boost its copper production, as well as strengthen economic relations with its East African neighbor Tanzania, through the China-backed upgrading of a 51-year-old railway corridor linking both countries.
On July 21, barely a month before Zambia’s upcoming elections, US, UK and Belgium-based NGO, Global Witness released a scathing report, in which it accused the Zambian government of impoverishing its people and trampling on their human rights to serve foreign corporate interests.
In this report, The Spearhead sheds light on the reality behind this hypocritical and hilariously uncreative smear campaign.
Christianity Has Become Africa’s Second Sl*very
Is religion being used to fuel someone else’s prosperity at the cost of our own?
In this thought-provoking commentary, Ejiofor Ezeaku challenges the reliance on imported religious materials, showing that the cycle of consuming spiritual goods produced abroad, creates a form of “second slavery.” By analyzing the economic irony of purchasing Bibles while failing to build local production capabilities, he challenges us to reconsider the disconnect between spiritual promises of prosperity and the reality of economic dependency.
Tanzania Launches Sixth Section of its Standard Gauge Line
Tanzania is solidifying its role as a regional logistics powerhouse with the launch of the sixth section of its Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line.
Connecting Tabora to the port of Kigoma, this $2.9 billion project is a significant boost for the Great Lakes region.
By linking landlocked neighbors like the DRC and Burundi to the Indian Ocean, the rail line is expected to slash travel times, cutting transit from 20 hours to just eight, and create 15,000 jobs. A major step forward in strengthening African trade corridors and realizing the promise of regional integration.
White People Control Nigeria’s Music Industry
Does Afrobeats sound bland lately?
The Spearhead founder @davidhundeyin says white people have hijacked the industry that sprung up in his native Nigeria.
Drop us a comment if you’re tired of the foreign takeover of African cultural products and natural resources.
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