US Lifts Sanctions On Eritrea To “Advance Regional Interests”

Oct 21, 2026

The US has just lifted its 5-year-old sanctions on one of Africa’s most important, inspiring and misunderstood countries.

What changed between 2021 and now? And what must Africans, as a matter of survival, learn from this development?

Why Ghana Refused to Sign US Health Deal

In a September 2026 discussion at the Washington-based Council on Foreign Relations, Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama said his cabinet refused to sign onto the US health deal that two dozen African countries have penned.

Mahama called the data-sharing agreement “humiliating.”

Why do you think some African states have gone along? Drop us a comment.

Video credit: Council on Foreign Relations (YouTube)

“The West Wants To Recolonize Africa” – Nigerien Prime Minister At UNGA

In this excerpt from his keynote address at the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly, Nigerien Prime Minister Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine challenges the Western narrative about t*rrorism in Africa that far too many Africans have grown up believing. He speaks to the reality behind this narrative, and names the Western entities fueling the supposed “armed rebellions” and “ethnoreligious conflicts” keeping the continent unstable.

A continent which remains unstable can never truly develop, and only one geopolitical entity on Earth stands to benefit from Africa’s continued misery.

Since breaking away from their former colonizer France, Alliance of Sahel States (AES) members Mali, N*ger and Burkina Faso have faced relentless attacks from Western-backed terror groups, slander from Western media, and hostility from Western-aligned African nations. Despite all this, they have continued to record rapid economic, social and political progress.

‘I Recruited an African Diplomat to Sabotage His Country’

Former CIA officer James Lawler says he developed a relationship with an African diplomat that paid off 15 years later. The diplomat had been incensed by his ambassador’s behaviour and decided to get revenge by revealing classified documents.

Would you be angry at the CIA, the diplomat, the ambassador or all of them?

Video credit: @beyourselfpod (X) / @be.yourself.podcast (IG)

Mali’s WA Team Sport Deal Signals a New Era of African Sovereignty

Mali is shifting the game on and off the pitch. By partnering with WATEAM SPORT, an African brand founded by Malian entrepreneur Diakite Badiri, the Eagles are taking a bold step toward sports sovereignty and local economic ownership.

This deal represents a growing movement across the Sahel to reclaim commercial value, support local industries, and showcase African innovation on the world stage.