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At Last: Senegalese Tirailleurs now allowed to receive their pension while living in Senegal

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At Last: Senegalese Tirailleurs now allowed to receive their pension while living in Senegal

Inauguration of the Place des Tirailleurs-Sénégalais with Tirailleurs aged over 90-years-old on 10 March 2023 (Source: Sylvie Koffi, RFI)

Nine Senegalese tirailleurs, men who served

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Sudan: Regime-Change Violence, Begun April 15, Is Still Not Defeated

Sudan: Regime-Change Violence, Begun April 15, Is Still Not Defeated

by David Cherry,                    April 22, 2023

War broke out within Sudan early on Saturday morning, April 15,
between the military government and the large, powerful militia, the
Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The current military government came to power when the … Read the rest

Thami Ka Plaatjie: Recognizing Robert Sobukwe as one of South Africa`s Greatest Men

Robert Sobukwe has been all but air-brushed from South African history.Thami ka Plaatjie has written a ground-breaking book on him and in this interview discusses why the establishment went to such pains to get rid of Robert Sobukwe

Source: PolitySA

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The Struggle for African Sovereignty and the Assassination of Lumumba

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Patrice Lumumba was killed simply because he was seen to be closer to the Soviet Union. The killings were not confined to the 1960s; they continued even in recent years. Muammar Gaddafi was killed by the same people, who divided Africa among themselves. Our Read the rest

Lumumba: ‘This was the noble principle of his vision’

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Don’t cry, my companion. I know that my country, which suffers so much, will know how to defend its independence and its freedom.

Long live the Congo! Long live Africa!

This article appears in the February 17, 2023 issue of Executive Intelligence Review.

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Tshisekedi is Turning the Tables

Tshisekedi is Turning the Tables in Favour of Congo

by PD Lawton 29 January 2023

President of the DRC, Felix Tshisekedi, is turning the political tables of the Great Lakes, in classic Mobutu style.

The DRC government in recent times began calling a spade a spade, in naming Rwanda as … Read the rest

La Chronique : l’occident ou la raison du plus fort

Why African countries do not need to support the West`s war against Russia

“Lorsqu’il engage une guerre c’est toujours au « nom de la paix, et de la justice dans le monde ». Ses problèmes sont automatiquement ceux du monde et celui qui ne prend pas position pour lui devient Read the rest