Continued….The company played a significant role in the Atlantic slave trade, as it was responsible for shipping tens of thousands of enslaved Africans to the British colonies in the Americas during the late 17th century and the early 18th century.

The RAC was granted a royal charter, which gave it exclusive rights to trade along the west coast of Africa and between Africa and the English colonies in the Americas. The company’s primary goal was to profit from the sale of enslaved Africans to work on plantations and in other industries in the Caribbean and North America.

Despite all this, Kenya has ironically blocked the airing of allegations of UK Army abuses before the king’s visit. Before a news conference could be held at a hotel in the capital Nairobi, a lorry with at least 20 police officers and two smaller trucks blocked access to the venue, according to a Reuters reporter. The police also allegedly gave the hotel’s management a letter that warned them not to host the event.

This will worryingly hamper efforts at reparations even as calls are growing in the country for the monarch to address the historical crimes whose consequences are still felt today.

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Luxury yachts aren’t known for their usefulness in combat at sea. Yet Nigeria’s presidential office is trying to convince the nation that the Nigerian Navy needs one!

When the Navy’s budget was being reviewed by lawmakers, they spotted a 6-million-dollar super yacht on the proposed shopping list. They vetoed the idea - slamming it as a complete waste of government money, and a testament to the Tinubu administration's insensitivity to the plight of ordinary Nigerians battling with the skyrocketing cost of living.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu - one of Nigeria’s richest individuals - campaigned on a platform of fiscal discipline, promising to turn around the country's ailing economy. However, things have only got worse under his leadership - with inflation approaching 30% - while the national currency, the Naira, has been on a downward spiral for months.

His office claims to have had nothing to do with the Navy’s luxury-yacht request - claiming there must be an “operational need” for one. Do you buy that?

FATIMA BERNAWI AFRO-PALESTINIAN FIGHTER

On November 3rd 2022, the people of Palestine mourned the loss of Fatima Bernawi. Bernawi was an Afro-Palestinian woman, born in Jerusalem to a Nigerian father who fought to liberate Palestine during the 1936 Great Palestinian Revolt and a Palestinian mother whose life was turned upside down as ethnic cleansing became the law of the day in 1948. One might be able to see why Fatima Bernawi grew up to become the first Palestinian woman to organise a military campaign and the first Palestinian woman imprisoned by the Israeli Occupation Forces.

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WORLD LEADERS IGNORING PUBLIC ON GAZA?

World leaders are divided over the Israel-Palestine war and carnage unfolding in Gaza. But do they represent the sentiment of their public? Firebrand Left Wing MEP Clare Daly thinks EU chief Ursula von der Leyen is way out of touch. And lambasted the Commission president for her pro-Israel stance and refusal to back a ceasefire. Do you feel the same way about your African leader’s position on the war?
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SUDAN CRISIS - THE HIDDEN HAND

It’s easy to pass off Sudan’s bloody civil war as a battle of egos - two power-hungry generals vying for control, with total disregard for the cost to civilians. But other, less apparent factors may have played a role in making this tragic conflict possible. This is a cautionary tale about surrendering sovereignty to global institutions and their backers.

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NKRUMAH’S DAUGHTER STANDS WITH PALESTINE

Ghana is adding its voice to millions of others around the world calling for a just and lasting solution to the Palestine question.

Protesters gathered 2 November at a major interchange named after Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first Pan-African president and prime minister. Attendees of the rally in the capital city of Accra included Nkrumah’s daughter, Samia, who condemned Israel killing civilians in Gaza. Many other voices came together, isolating that of Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, who came under fire for voicing support for Israel, as it carries out indiscriminate bombing of civilians in the densely populated Gaza Strip for the third week in a row.

As of press time, Israel has killed more than 9,000 civilians in the 7.5-mile-wide and 25-mile long enclave that borders Egypt and the Zionist state of Israel.

Continued…..Many have described the Gaza Strip as an open-air prison or a concentration camp. It is home to more than 2 million people, half of whom are under 18 years old. Israel’s attacks have targeted sites, such as hospitals and refugee camps. Most United Nations member-states have condemned Israel in a UN General Assembly resolution, but the United States blocked two UN Security Council resolutions in mid-October that would have alleviated Palestinian suffering.

However, it goes beyond the UN. The bombs dropped on Gaza are US-made. The United States funds Israel to the tune of $3.8 billion annually and has been the largest funder of the Zionist state since after World War II. Anti-Israel sentiment, as well as Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment (BDS) activism, are heavily censored and punished in US society. As international outrage grows, however, it remains to be seen whether that will make the US government yield.

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CAN KYIV WIN PR WAR IN AFRICA?

Ukraine has said that it is planning a diplomatic counter-offensive against Russia’s growing influence in Africa. But will the NATO ally be able to woo the continent’s leaders?

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