Nigerian journalist Chido Onumah spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the country’s new president, Bola Tinubu. He explained the controversy in Tinubu announcing an end to fuel subsidies. Chido also explained the agenda of the new president and the political climate in the country following the controversial election.
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Africa News Wrap for February 2023
African Stream did a round-up of news from Africa, starting with:
- the Pope’s visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC);
- a new anti-terror axis in West Africa between Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali after booting France out of Burkina Faso and Mali;
- a security summit in Burundi on the war in the DRC;
- Botswana threatened to cut ties with diamond mining and sales company De Beers without a better deal;
- Gabon’s president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, announced a shortened term after a failed coup;
- more than 400 people went on trial in connection with the assassination of Chad’s president, Idriss Déby;
- Tanzania banned “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series of books, as well as sex-education books that mentioned transgender and gay rights;
- Tunisia told the United States it should not meddle in the arrest of journalists, political figures and business leaders;
- Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali were also denied AU membership for their policy of “zero tolerance for undemocratic change;”
- the African Union removed a reportedly uninvited Israeli delegation at the union’s summit;
- Christian Atsu, a Ghanaian football player known for his charity work, was killed in Turkey during the earthquake that impacted Turkey and Syria; and
- counting is still underway after Nigeria’s presidential election, held on February 25.
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Africa’s Forgotten War in Mozambique
Editor’s Note: This African Stream video report contains disturbing content.
Twenty-four countries have sent troops to Mozambique as a civil war rages over the resource-rich north. Now, the local population faces a humanitarian disaster. African Stream takes a look at Africa’s forgotten war.
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Role Media Plays in U.S.-Africa Relations: Third Panel of African Peoples’ Forum
Editor’s Note: This panel discussion was produced by the African Peoples’ Forum.
Sean Blackmon, activist, organizer and broadcaster, currently serving as co-host of Radio Sputnik’s “By Any Means Necessary”; Jacqueline Luqman, Black Alliance for Peace Mid-Atlantic Region Co-Coordinator, co-host of Radio Sputnik’s “By Any Means Necessary” and host of “Luqman Nation” on the Black Power Media YouTube channel; Kamau Franklin, former practicing attorney, first program director of New York City Police-Watch and co-founder of Black Power Media; and Karanja Gaçuça, a U.S.-based Kenyan journalist, publisher of thebriefscoop.com and executive editor of panafricmedia.org; discussed the power of story at the first-ever African Peoples’ Forum. The event was held December 11 at the Eritrean Civic & Cultural Center in Washington, D.C. Journalist Hermela Aregawi and activist Yolian Ogbu moderated.
The first and second panels can be viewed here and here.
TF editor Julie Varughese reported on this event being held to counter the Biden administration’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.