UK CAMPUS EXPELS CASH-STRAPPED
NIGERIAN STUDENTS

Nigerian students in the UK are facing deportation. Teesside University expelled them after they fell behind on fee payments caused by the plummeting naira, their home country’s national currency. The institution reported the

CHEVRON’S LAGOS TAKEOVER

US oil giant Chevron has a long, chequered history in Nigeria dating back to the 1960s. But apart from huge oil fields, it’s also built one the biggest neighbourhoods in Lagos for its workers. The thing is, it’s named it after itself. Another example of

MAKE WAY FOR THE RICH! ABIDJAN’S POOR LOSE HOMES

For the past few months, Ivory Coast’s Abidjan - deemed West Africa’s economic capital - has been kicking poorer residents out of their homes. The plan is to build even more luxury hotels and shopping malls. The city is famous for

Many have described him as the 'most hated' White person by South Africa's apartheid regime

Joe Slovo was a communist and commander of the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). He was born Yossel Mashel Slovo on this day in 1926 in

𝗚𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗭𝗬 𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗚𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗞𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗚𝗔𝗭𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗘𝗖𝗛

A fundraiser dinner attended by lots of wealthy influential high-society types is surely exactly the right place to plead for help for the children going hungry in

FRANCE'S NEW COLONIAL CRISIS

President Macron has just arrived in New Caledonia - a Pacific territory that is resisting French efforts to quash the island’s indigenous independence movement. Paris has sent in thousands of troops amid violent protests against a cunning bid to

Same scenario, two different responses. Here’s another fine example of Western duplicity.

In March,2023, Burkina Faso suspended all broadcasts by France24 after the French TV station aired an interview with the head of al Qaeda’s North African wing. France24 quickly branded it

𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 '𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗧'?

Have you heard of the Lion of the Desert? His name is Omar al-Mukhtar, a teacher turned general. He is a Libyan national hero and symbol of resistance against Italy's fascist-inspired colonialism. Mukhtar fought in two

𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗢𝗥: 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗔𝗛 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗔𝗖𝗥𝗘

South Africa’s Foreign Minister, Naledi Pandor, made this emotional plea to the world to stop the slaughter in Gaza. She warns Rafah is the ‘last bastion of protection’ for the people of Palestine, as Israeli forces continue

‘𝗙𝗟𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗭’ 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗞𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡: $𝟭.𝟱 𝗠𝗡 𝗢𝗡 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗝𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗨.𝗦.!

Kenyans were already pretty angry about their ‘flying president’ clocking up air miles like there’s no tomorrow - at a huge cost to the country’s strained budget. Well,

𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦

Iran held the public funeral today, 22 May, for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (1960-2024), who died in a helicopter crash along with his foreign minister and their security on 19 May in

FRANCE DEPLOYS MORE TROOPS TO NEW CALEDONIA

France is scrambling to quell unrest in New Caledonia, which has been rocked by riots over constitutional reforms approved in Paris. These will expand the electoral roll in the overseas territory to include newcomers - diminishing the

MOROCCANS: SEVER TIES WITH ISRAEL!

Pressure’s piling up on Morocco to end ties with Israel over its war on Gaza. There’ve been demonstrations across the North African Kingdom, with the latest in Casablanca.

In 2020, Morocco became the fourth Arab state to resume diplomatic