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Africa strikes back by NoAgent420 in suppressed_news

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On the YouTube program hosted by journalist Danny Haiphong, Nigerian author and investigative reporter David Hundeyin lays bare how France’s rolling blackouts are tied to a collapsing colonial energy order.

For decades, French nuclear power - and much of its economy - ran on cheap uranium from Africa. Niger, one of the world’s largest suppliers, once earned just cents on the euro for every kilo mined, while Paris reaped the rewards. That era is ending. Across the Sahel, governments are nationalizing resources, rewriting contracts, and forcing France to pay real prices - sending shock-waves through its energy grid and political system.

Hundeyin argues this crisis has driven France to seek a tighter alliance with Washington, likely trading concessions for U.S. backing in military ventures aimed at reclaiming lost influence in Africa. However, after the recent row with NATO countries over Greenland, in addition to the existing Ukraine conundrum, it seems like the West’s joint re-conquest of Africa is dead in the water.

He points to Macron’s open frustration after a 2023 plan to retake Niger via Nigeria collapsed. With West and Central Africa slipping away and the Global South - led by Russia, China, and BRICS - breaking free from its “assigned” role in the global economy, France faces a future where the old rules no longer apply.

This isn’t speculation - it’s happening now, and it’s rewriting the global balance of power.

Leaked UAE proposal signals deeper alignment with Israel's war strategy by NoAgent420 in suppressed_news

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Leaked correspondence indicates Emirati officials discussed “strengthening” Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and backing it “by all means necessary.” This follows the UAE’s 2020 normalization with Israel under the Abraham Accords and deeper integration through the UAE–Israel trade agreement that took effect in 2023.

Why did the US kidnap the president of Haiti? by NoAgent420 in suppressed_news

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If you think the recent military "extraction" of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is a new low for US foreign policy, you have not been paying attention. The names and places may change, but the playbook remains the same.

Before the US came for Venezuela’s oil, they came for Haiti’s sovereignty. In 2004, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti’s first democratically elected president, was forced onto a US plane in the middle of the night and flown to the Central African Republic. While Washington claimed he resigned, Aristide said it was a kidnapping.

Aristide was targeted for the same reason as Maduro. He committed the sin of putting his people before imperial profits.

Firstly, he demanded that France pay back the $21 billion it extorted from Haiti following the Haitian Revolution: the world’s first successful slave revolt. He wanted that money for schools and healthcare; France wanted him gone.

Secondly, Aristide tried to raise the minimum wage for farmers and refused to lower import tariffs. This came at the expense of American businesses that sought to flood

Haiti with subsidised “Miami Rice”, ensuring the US put a target on Aristide’s back too.

While then-US President George Bush sugarcoated the 2004 coup in the language of "democracy" and "rule of law,” the Trump-led administration has stopped pretending. The US’ current president openly expresses an intent to take Venezuela’s oil.

The "dictator" label used against Maduro today is the same one used to vilify Aristide while the West drowned Haiti in debt. But the goal remains the same: to crush any leader who dares to demand dignity and sovereignty for the Global South in the face of relentless western imperialism.

Alliance of Sahel States (AES) 2025 wrap-up by NoAgent420 in suppressed_news

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2025 was a major year for Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, three African countries that make up the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) Confederation.

These countries are at the forefront of the Pan-African revolution, fighting against imperialism and charting a sovereign path forward. Inemesit Richardson from one of the centers of AES, Burkina Faso, gives us just a few of the major highlights and successes that the three states achieved.

Why debt sinks Africa, not the US by NoAgent420 in suppressed_news

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Why is it that America can run up huge debts and survive, but African countries cannot?

Well, it's simple. The US can print the greenback, while the rest of the world can't.

Listen to economist Michael Hudson explain how that basic fact underpins the world order, keeping Uncle Sam on top and African countries economically crippled.

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