US-Somalia Decision Shows Why Africa Must Be Self-Sufficient

Jul 16, 2026

The U.S. decision to block UN support for the African Union’s peacekeeping mission in Somalia is a reminder of the risks of relying on Western “partners” for continental security.

The AU Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) currently depends on UN logistics for everything from food and fuel to medical services and troop transport. With this support now at risk, the mission faces an uncertain future.

This moment shows a critical issue: “African solutions to African problems” cannot remain a familiar catchphrase. It’s time for the continent to move beyond dependency and urgently invest in a self-funded, autonomous security architecture. Whether through mandatory contributions to the African Union Peace Fund or a dedicated continental security levy, Africa needs to build the capacity to finance and manage its own operations.

If we don’t, we remain vulnerable to having the carpet pulled out from under us whenever foreign political winds shift. It is time to own our future.

Africans Don’t Benefit from Oil & Diamonds. Colonisers Do!

In 2000, former Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade landed in Paris for the Cité de la Réussite forum and laid out how he has tried to combat foreign theft decades after Senegal booted the French.

How can Africa reclaim control over its natural resources? Drop us a comment.

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The West’s Continued Exploitation Of Africans Plain To See At 2026 FIFA World Cup

As the world continues to follow the US-hosted 2026 FIFA World Cup, and contend with the glaring contradiction of this global event being hosted by a nation presently funding a g*nocide, we at The Spearhead could not help but notice another glaring truth about this event:

Africans playing against each other, on different Western teams.

This truth speaks to a third, more chilling truth: European colonialism is not some abstract footnote of history, but a vivid, ever-present reality which continues to hinder Africa’s progress to this day.

Niger Moves To End Plastic Pollution

In an effort to combat environmental pollution, the government of Niger is enforcing a 12-year old law banning the use of plastic carrier bags in the country. The government gave Nigerien marketers 6 months to phase out their use of plastic bags, with the law set to go into full enforcement in January 2027.

This move is in keeping with Nigerien President General Abdourahmane Tiani’s progressive vision for the country, which has continued to record economic, social and political wins since severing ties with its former colonizer France in 2023.

Meet Dale Partridge: The New Christian Face of U.S. Imperialism Advocating European Recolonisation of Africa

Whenever the clear and indisputable historical nexus connecting r*cism, col*nialism and Christianity is pointed out, two of the most popular retorts trotted out in response are that a) The historical events in question happened too long ago to matter to modern day African people and b) Christianity in Africa predates the European presence in Africa anyway.

These 2 chestnut arguments do not account for the reality that modern theological reality is very much a direct product of its historical influences, and the type of Christian theology present across most of Africa is European col*nial theology, not the Coptic or Orthodox theology that is indigenous to parts of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Egypt. This theology is still heavily influenced by, or even subject to the r*cist, extractive agendas of European theologians today - many of whom retain the violently imperial, parochial ideas of their forebears.

Meet Dale Partridge, lead teaching pastor at King’s Way Reformed Church in Prescott, Arizona. A millennial born in 1985, Partridge’s message is that Africans - or “Hamites” as he calls us - are subject to a divine curse that makes us unable to maintain our societies without European col*nialism.

Partridge is far from a lone outlier in this Christian theological school of thought. His theological mentor and leader of the so-called ‘reformed Christian movement” is none other than Doug Wilson, who happens to be the personal pastor of US Secretary of War and avowed white supremacists Pete Hegseth.

The Spearhead commends Partridge for the unusual and refreshing honesty and lack of doublespeak in openly owning his abominable ideology which animates US Christian nationalism. The onus is on Africans to decide whether to validate the ideologies of violent anti-black r*cists with their religious loyalty or to try something new.

The West Protects Africans Who Steal From Africa, But Prosecutes Those Who Steal From The West

In the latest testament to the imbalance of power between the West and Africa, a Ghanaian citizen has been extradited to the US over fraud-related charges, even as the same US is actively protecting another Ghanaian citizen, who is wanted on corruption charges in Ghana.

Yes. Really.