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Host Adesoji Iginla is joined by Aya Fubara Eneli and Milton Allimadi to look at the 2026 US midterm elections and why their effects reach Africa. The panel also covers the US decision to remove South Africa and Rwanda from AGOA trade preferences, and Kemi Badenoch's claim that African nations should apologise for slavery.Takeaways*Aya Fubara Eneli says Black voter turnout in her community was lower than hoped, despite a blue wave nationally and in Texas. She discusses local races, representation, and the work that follows elections.*Milton Allimadi discusses the Michigan Senate race, AIPAC, Gaza, Islamophobia and racism, and the electoral rejection of attacks on the candidate.*Money in politics: Milton says wealth did not always prevail. Aya discusses Citizens United and deep divisions in the US electorate.*Immigration: Aya says it is too early to know whether Texas results reflect rejection of immigration enforcement or mainly concerns about affordability and corruption.*Every vote counts: Aya cites a Pennsylvania race decided by 40 votes and ballot validation challenges in Mississippi.*AGOA: The panel discusses the removal of South Africa and Rwanda, including the political context, eastern Congo, and Congress's possible role.*Trade strategy: Aya argues for less dependence on any single outside market, more intra-African trade, African payment systems, and more local processing of raw materials.*Slavery and responsibility: The panel discusses the European-created slave-trading system, African collaboration and resistance, chattel slavery, King Jaja of Opobo, and reparations.*Youth and politics: Aya urges young people who find politics unappealing to get involved and informed, because politics affects daily life.Chapters00:00 - Introducing the panel and the midterms' reach to Africa01:51 - Black voter turnout, local races, and post-election work07:12 - Michigan Senate race, AIPAC, Gaza, and Islamophobia10:01 - Grassroots organising and voter suppression history13:35 - Financial Times takeaways and money's influence15:29 - Why wealth did not always win: young voters and grassroots campaigns19:08 - What Texas results say about immigration21:24 - Every vote counts: Pennsylvania and Mississippi examples22:43 - US divisions, money in politics, and Citizens United26:51 - Republican party identity questions28:15 - US removal of South Africa and Rwanda from AGOA29:13 - Political context, eastern Congo, and Congress's role32:41 - Reducing dependence on outside markets and building intra-African trade36:20 - Africa's share of world trade and raw material exports37:19 - Kemi Badenoch's slavery apology claim39:56 - The slave-trading system, collaboration, resistance, and reparations45:45 - King Jaja of Opobo, European laws, and efforts to stop the trade54:19 - Eric Williams's Capitalism and Slavery and reparations57:03 - Continuing African liberation and stolen resources1:00:39 - Senegal's Youth Olympics opening ceremony1:02:10 - What young people can do about politics1:06:28 - Program announcements and closing call to organiseRecommended readingMilton recommends Eric Williams's Capitalism and Slavery.Send us Fan Mail Support the showAfrica is not a story of victims. It is a story of resistance, resilience and reclamation. That is the story we tell here — every single week.African News Review Subscribe. Share. Stay informed. Stay sovereign.

This week’s episode of African News Review covers the week's African and diaspora news. Topics include a Ghanaian student's killing in the Bronx, South Africa's anti-foreigner protests, Algeria's troop deployment to Niger, and a US-backed miner's bid to survey DR Congo. Host, Adesoji Iginla, was joined by Aya Fubara Eneli, Esq., an author and host of Rethinking Freedom and Women in Resistance, and later by Comrade Milton Allimadi. Takeaways*US election eve: heavy political advertising, early voting turnout, and a Reuters report that administration officials are planning ways around Congress*Caribbean news: King Charles's reported slavery apology and Jamaica's abstention on a UN vote against the Cuba blockade*A WSJ report that Trump officials discussed Hungary's Viktor Orban as a UN Secretary General candidate, which the administration denies authorising*The killing of a Ghanaian student in New York, and how anti-African attitudes among diaspora groups feed such violence*South Africa's temporary ban on March and March protests, the 500 soldiers sent to KwaZulu-Natal, and the panel's criticism of Financial Times framing*The history of Buthelezi and Inkatha in the 1990s, and the panel's view that it parallels today's violence*Algeria's first foreign deployment since 1973, to protect energy sites in Niger, plus the competing pipeline routes and Algeria's expulsions of migrants into Niger*Cobalt Metals, backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, seeking US help over UN clearance for aerial surveys in DR Congo*Chartered companies from the Royal African Company to today's mineral dealsChapters0:00:00 - Algeria's anti-intervention past, Congo's minerals, migrants turned scapegoats0:01:54 - Panel welcome0:02:38 - US election week: ads, early voting, fears of workarounds to Congress0:07:30 - King Charles's Caribbean apology and reparations questions0:08:21 - UN Cuba blockade vote and Jamaica's abstention0:09:31 - Orban floated for UN Secretary General0:12:27 - Comrade Milton joins; the Ghanaian student killed in the Bronx0:16:27 - Why anti-African sentiment goes unchecked, and teaching African history0:22:00 - South Africa bans anti-foreigner marches before local elections0:24:46 - Critique of the Financial Times framing on jobs and crime0:28:07 - Buthelezi, Inkatha, and 1990s violence in KwaZulu-Natal0:36:32 - Algeria sends troops to Niger0:43:36 - Trans-Saharan pipeline, rival Nigeria-Morocco route, Western Sahara0:46:28 - Algeria's expulsions of migrants into Niger0:48:34 - Cobalt Metals and China's UN Security Council leverage0:53:03 - Aerial survey sovereignty and Congo's bargaining position0:57:30 - The US-Congo agreement: security for minerals.1:03:59 - Chartered companies, the Royal African Company, King James1:08:00 - First right of refusal, from Berlin to French colonies1:11:11 - Closing remarks and sourcing the Virginia charter1:14:14 - Announcements and election-day reminderNotable quote"The tale of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter." - Chinua Achebe proverb, cited at the closeSend us Fan Mail Support the showAfrica is not a story of victims. It is a story of resistance, resilience and reclamation. That is the story we tell here — every single week.African News Review Subscribe. Share. Stay informed. Stay sovereign.

This episode is a wide-ranging news review anchored in African agency, decolonial history, and current events. Adesoji Iginla hosts Aya Fubara Eneli and Milton Allimadi for a sharply political conversation that moves from U.S. elections to East African cult abuse, Zimbabwe’s land question, and vaccine research ethics in Guinea-Bissau.The discussion explores how colonial legacies, elite power, and economic desperation shape everything from religious exploitation to land ownership and medical research. The guests return to a central message: Africans must read history critically, protect their communities, and resist narratives that erase their agency.Takeaways*Aya Fubara Eneli argues that U.S. elections are flooded with money, misinformation, and disinformation, and are driven by donor pressure, while ordinary people struggle with high food and fuel costs.*Milton Allimadi links political obsession with bodies and image to deeper forms of racism, nationalism, and power maintenance, using Trump and MAGA culture as examples.*The panel discusses protests in France and how the same events can be labelled “demonstrations,” “protests,” “uprisings,” or “riots,” depending on who is describing them and why.*The conversation turns to the destruction of Hitler’s Bavarian retreat, framed as a symbolic blow against Nazi nostalgia and fascist memory.*A major segment focuses on the Kenyan starvation cult led by Paul Mackenzie, who was found guilty in the deaths of 190 children and one adult; more than 400 bodies were recovered in total.*Milton argues that the cult cannot be understood apart from colonial Christianity, African spiritual alienation, and the broader collapse of state legitimacy and traditional support systems.*Aya connects Mackenzie’s behaviour to colonial methods of control, missionaries renaming identities, and the neglect of Kenya’s coast under both colonial and postcolonial rule.*The Zimbabwe section examines an Economist article about white farmers returning to the land and unpacks land theft, Mugabe’s fast-track land reform, and the refusal to narrate colonial history honestly.*Milton and Aya reject the framing that Africans “do not know how to farm,” pointing instead to the history of forced labour, land theft, and African agricultural productivity.*The episode closes its major news discussion in Guinea-Bissau, where police raided offices tied to controversial vaccine research on African newborns, raising urgent questions about ethics, consent, and biomedical exploitation.Chapters00:00 - African farming and colonial narratives01:34 - U.S. elections, campaign money, and disinformation04:39 - Transphobic fear campaigns and body politics in Texas06:22 - Trump, candidates’ bodies, and authoritarian politics11:03 - France, protests, and who gets to define an uprising12:01 - Hitler’s Bavarian retreat and Nazi nostalgia13:29 - Kenya’s starvation cult and the Paul Mackenzie verdict15:14 - Spiritual exploitation, tithing, and institutional religion16:55 - Traditional African spirituality and colonial suppression22:24 - Missionaries, colonialism, and poverty on Kenya’s coast28:57 - Religious regulation and the protection of megachurches34:29 - White Zimbabweans return to farming37:18 - Nehanda, liberation history, and the Economist’s framing41:47 - African farming knowledge and the colonial “lie”45:05 - Land restitution, compensation, and stolen property48:14 - “Willing buyer, willing seller” and unfinished land reform50:21 - Credit, seeds, sanctions, and the limits of land reform53:56 - Food systems, processing, irrigation, and national security60:34 - Police raid tied to vaccine research in Guinea-Bissau62:23 - Vaccines, research ethics, and equity66:04 - Hepatitis B trials and African newborns70:36 - Bandim Health research and the trial approval process75:40 - Côte d’Ivoire’s forest restoration and agroforestry79:05 - Keeping hope alive through small acts of resistance81:04 - Teaching, knowledge, and helping students think critically83:37 - What the Guardian left out about Guinea-Bissau’s ethics approval.Send us Fan Mail Support the showAfrica is not a story of victims. It is a story of resistance, resilience and reclamation. That is the story we tell here — every single week.African News Review Subscribe. Share. Stay informed. Stay sovereign.

This episode brings together Adesoji Iginla, Aya Fubara Eneli, and Milton Allimadi for a wide-ranging discussion of African politics, anti-imperial struggle, education, and media bias. The conversation centers on Thomas Sankara’s warning about debt and dependency, while also exploring U.S. elections, French student protests, Marco Rubio’s rhetoric about civilisation, and a debate over AI and African authorship.The panel connects historical analysis to present-day politics, arguing that Africa and the diaspora must reject colonial narratives, build self-reliance, and stop waiting for outside validation.Takeaways*Aya Fubara Eneli urges listeners to vote early, check their registration, and mobilise others to vote.*Milton Allimadi argues for strategic political engagement, even when neither major party represents the desired outcome.*The panel critiques political appointments they view as prioritising loyalty over competence.*The conversation examines French student protests over school funding and connects them to global youth activism and access to education.*Adesoji Iginla reads from Thomas Sankara’s 1987 Addis Ababa speech on debt, highlighting Sankara’s description of debt as neocolonialism and his call for African unity.*Milton expands on Sankara’s economic vision, emphasising local production, domestic value addition, and collective action.*Aya connects Sankara’s warning to structural adjustment, austerity, privatisation, and currency devaluation.*The panel challenges Marco Rubio’s rhetoric about conquest and “Western civilisation,” and calls for a fuller account of African history.*A debate about a Zimbabwean writer accused of using AI opens a broader discussion about publishing gatekeeping, double standards, and African authorship.*The episode closes with reflections on African-led publishing, language, memory, and decolonising the mind.Timestamps00:00 Remembering Thomas Sankara and opening the African News Review panel01:17 Aya explains Texas voting outreach and early-voting mobilisation03:42 Why voting is a strategic responsibility, not a purity test04:32 Milton on political strategy and the risks of sitting out06:28 The panel critiques political appointments and questions of competence10:42 Project 2025 and ideological loyalty in government roles11:44 French student protests and anti-austerity activism13:31 Linking domestic struggles to opposition to imperialism abroad14:32 Youth movements and access to education around the world16:12 Supporting African students and school fees19:30 Introducing Sankara’s Addis Ababa speech on debt21:26 Debt as neocolonialism and the idea of “technical assassins”22:53 Sankara’s call for an Addis Ababa united front against debt25:32 “Let’s produce what we need”: Sankara’s vision for economic self-reliance26:30 Incentives, collective bargaining, and strategic economic thinking28:51 Structural adjustment, austerity, and long-term dependency32:10 Milton contrasts African austerity with Western stimulus spending35:21 Marco Rubio in Greece and the rhetoric of conquest38:14 Ancient African civilisations and selective historical narratives41:19 Civilisational rise and decline—and Africa’s possible future42:12 Senegal’s 2026 Youth Olympic Games43:09 The panel’s response to the idea of conquering “lesser people”46:23 Aya on shared humanity and the costs of a conquest-driven worldview50:44 The AI controversy and African literary gatekeeping53:28 Milton on scrutiny of non-European writers57:05 Aya asks who trains AI, who benefits, and who sets the rules60:15 Milton shares his publishing experience and the case for African-led platforms62:20 Creating African prizes and supporting African literary infrastructure63:28 The Day Biafra Died and the case for Africans telling African stories65:49 Upcoming Women in Resistance session and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o book talk66:19 Language, memory, and decolonising the mind67:47 Closing reflections on struggle, language, and collective liberationSend us Fan Mail Support the showAfrica is not a story of victims. It is a story of resistance, resilience and reclamation. That is the story we tell here — every single week.African News Review Subscribe. Share. Stay informed. Stay sovereign.

Adesoji Iginla is joined by Aya Fubara Eneli and Milton Allimadi for a discussion of African agency, Western power, and the forces shaping today’s headlines.The panel examines Zimbabwe’s health-data dispute with the United States, Ethiopia’s push for Red Sea access, the launch of an African credit rating agency, and a Kenyan documentary about land stolen during British colonial rule. Across these stories, the conversation asks: who benefits, whose voices are left out, and what does meaningful sovereignty require?Takeaways*Zimbabwe and health-data sovereignty: The panel discusses the end of US health funding after Zimbabwe rejected a proposed data-sharing agreement, and considers the history and commercial stakes of collecting health data and biological samples.*Ethiopia and Red Sea access: The discussion explores Ethiopia’s demand for access to the sea, the history of Ethiopia and Eritrea, tensions over the Nile, and the influence of foreign powers in the region.*Africa’s credit rating agency: The hosts consider whether AFCRA can challenge Moody’s, S&P Global, and Fitch—and whether a new rating agency can make a difference without broader financial sovereignty.*Kenya’s stolen land: The panel traces colonial land seizure, forced labour, post-independence land ownership, and the voices often missing from accounts of restitution.*Political participation: The episode closes with a call to vote and engage, emphasising how political power shapes laws, courts, and enforcement.Chapters00:00 — Opening: Africa, sovereignty, and who controls the narrative01:34 — Milton on the New York Times archives and the historical record03:38 — Aya on the US midterm elections and political messaging05:20 — Fort Hood and the debate over televising an execution11:27 — Russian diesel imports, fuel prices, and political pressure14:59 — Zimbabwe health funding and the data-sharing dispute17:15 — Colonial medicine, health data, and power23:59 — Viral sovereignty and the politics of sharing samples27:27 — Henrietta Lacks and the exploitation of human biological samples31:01 — Ethiopia’s push for Red Sea access33:31 — The history behind Ethiopia and Eritrea’s relationship38:10 — Colonial borders and competing perspectives on Eritrean independence42:20 — Missing voices, Djibouti, and foreign military influence45:01 — Who benefits from regional tensions?50:27 — African governments launch a credit rating agency52:03 — Why a new rating agency may not change borrowing costs on its own53:14 — Gold-backed currency and monetary sovereignty56:15 — African rating agencies and foreign ownership58:08 — Aid, tax agreements, and financial extraction61:32 — A Kenyan documentary on stolen land and restitution63:56 — Colonial land seizure, forced labour, and elite land ownership66:50 — Mau Mau, survivors, and whose history gets told71:22 — Crown land, hut tax, and systems of forced labour73:19 — Detention camps, repression, and the silencing of resistance75:30 — Post-independence land ownership and accountability78:25 — The problem with “willing seller, willing buyer”79:35 — Voting and the power to shape laws and policy82:57 — Closing remarks and upcoming programmingSend us Fan Mail Support the showAfrica is not a story of victims. It is a story of resistance, resilience and reclamation. That is the story we tell here — every single week.African News Review Subscribe. Share. Stay informed. Stay sovereign.

Adesoji Iginla is joined by Aya Fubara Eneli and Milton Allimadi to discuss how African-led projects are shaping debates about sovereignty, resources, media, and education. The conversation moves from Kenyan grassroots innovations and Burkina Faso’s new gold refinery to land rights around a proposed oil refinery in Lamu. The panel also examines Tafuk TV, the challenge of building independent African media, and how colonial legacies and foreign funding influence higher education.Takeaways*Aya Fubara Eneli highlights Kenyan innovators turning plastic waste into paving blocks and invasive water hyacinth into biodegradable material.*Milton Allimadi discusses institutional accountability and the handling of allegations of abuse at universities.*The panel considers Burkina Faso’s gold refinery, local ownership, and the goal of keeping more of the mineral value chain within the country.*Aya connects Burkina Faso’s industrial and education policies to broader Pan-African and anti-colonial projects.*Milton argues that industrialised countries used protective policies to develop—and questions why African countries are discouraged from doing the same.*The group weighs the promise of jobs from Aliko Dangote’s proposed Lamu refinery against questions of land compensation, environmental impact, and community consent.*Aya shares the history of community resistance in Lamu, including successful legal challenges to development projects.*The panel debates whether Tafuk TV can counter hostile coverage without becoming a vehicle for government control or avoiding criticism.*The conversation examines colonial education systems, brain drain, foreign-funded priorities, and the place of indigenous knowledge in African education.*The guests reflect on African scientific work, the recognition gap, and the role of leadership and investment in development.Chapters00:06 - Opening: resources, sovereignty, and who controls them01:27 - Texas voting deadline and Kenyan grassroots innovation04:30 - Cornell, Michigan, and institutional accountability07:36 - Black History Month in the UK09:39 - Burkina Faso opens its first gold refinery11:17 - Traoré, Sankara, and the politics of legitimacy13:40 - Gold certification and the legacy of empire15:47 - Local ownership and keeping the value chain at home19:35 - Dangote’s proposed Kenya refinery and land protests21:33 - Jobs, environmental impact, and the refinery debate25:26 - Compensation, land rights, and environmental review27:24 - Dangote’s business history and industrial policy31:26 - Community concerns around the Lekki refinery33:18 - Lamu’s history of community resistance36:05 - Protectionism and how industrial economies developed41:47 - Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger launch Tafuk TV44:26 - State media, propaganda, and editorial independence52:00 - Sankara’s approach to government media55:11 - Pan-African news history and information sovereignty56:42 - Higher education, colonial legacies, and African development60:33 - Human development beyond buildings and infrastructure65:59 - Boarding schools, cultural disconnection, and indigenous knowledge69:31 - Singapore, South Korea, and the importance of context71:34 - African science, Ebola, and recognition73:01 - Cuba, solidarity, and investment in human capacitySend us Fan Mail Support the showAfrica is not a story of victims. It is a story of resistance, resilience and reclamation. That is the story we tell here — every single week.African News Review Subscribe. Share. Stay informed. Stay sovereign.

Adesoji Iginla is joined by Aya Fubara Eneli for a wide-ranging conversation about reparations, colonial wealth, African resource extraction, and political repression. Together, they connect current headlines to the deeper systems shaping politics and economies across Africa, the Caribbean, the UK, and the United States.TakeawaysThe UN General Assembly, political propaganda, and the challenge of autocratic leadership.Jamaica’s reparations petition to King Charles and the country’s constitutional ties to the Crown.New research on the Bank of England’s historic links to the transatlantic slave trade—and why African and Caribbean scholars have long made these arguments.The lasting effects of slavery across US institutions, including finance, universities, churches, and law.Kenya’s dispute with Tata Chemicals Magadi, and the history of Maasai displacement and colonial land concessions.Why soda ash matters to glass, detergents, batteries, and solar panels—and what regional trade patterns reveal about African economic cooperation.The Chagos Islands deal, the military base, and the forced displacement of the Chagossian people.Uganda’s suspended military ties with Turkey amid efforts to extradite blogger and government critic Fred Lumbuye.The role of storytelling, memory, and women’s history in sustaining community and political understanding.Chapters00:00 — Welcome and guest introduction01:05 — Uganda’s election season, propaganda, and voter apathy04:20 — Trump, China, and political hypocrisy06:08 — Tech leaders, public interest, and global power08:10 — The UN General Assembly and the week’s international context09:25 — Jamaica’s reparations petition to King Charles16:27 — The Bank of England and wealth from the slave trade21:17 — Earlier scholarship on slavery, capitalism, and colonialism23:05 — Enslaved people’s identities and the legacy of erasure25:05 — Slavery’s legal and financial afterlives in the United States28:07 — Universities, churches, banks, and other institutions30:28 — Bristol, Lloyd’s of London, and the profits of the slave trade31:48 — The African Union reparations agenda and the diaspora33:36 — Kenya’s dispute with Tata Chemicals Magadi35:28 — What soda ash is and why it matters37:33 — Maasai displacement and colonial land arrangements41:18 — How colonial concessions continue into the present45:28 — Regional trade and opportunities for African cooperation48:37 — Lake Natron, flamingos, and the environmental stakes51:48 — The Chagos Islands deal and military strategy55:09 — The displacement and suffering of the Chagossian people59:39 — “Man Friday” and colonial erasure62:37 — Uganda, Turkey, and Fred Lumbuye68:52 — Turkey’s growing presence in Africa71:59 — Tales by Moonlight and the importance of storytelling75:45 — Women’s history and the upcoming Rosa Maria Castellanos discussion77:57 — Voter registration, mobilising others, and making a plan to voteSend us Fan Mail Support the showAfrica is not a story of victims. It is a story of resistance, resilience and reclamation. That is the story we tell here — every single week.African News Review Subscribe. Share. Stay informed. Stay sovereign.

A special episode of African News Review focused on Milton Allimadi’s New book, The Day Biafra Died, and the archival history behind the Biafra War. The conversation brings together Adesoji Iginla, Aya Fubara Eneli, and Milton Allimadi to examine journalism, foreign intervention, humanitarian crisis, and the political decisions that nearly changed Biafra’s fate. In this episode, the panel traces how Allimadi’s research moved from New York Times correspondence to a wider story involving Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Lloyd Garrison, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, and U.S. policy toward Biafra. Aya adds a deeply personal perspective rooted in family history and Ijaw memory, while Adesoji frames the discussion around journalism, historical record-keeping, and the larger significance of the book.TakeawaysThe origin of The Day Biafra Died and how Allimadi’s earlier research on Africa in Western media led him into the Biafra archivesWhy Lloyd Garrison, the New York Times correspondent, became central to the story after being expelled from LagosHow Garrison’s reporting moved from observation to advocacy after witnessing massacres and starvationNixon’s evolving position on Biafra, from neutrality to a serious consideration of recognitionThe role of U.S. public pressure, including images of starving children and activism around the warThe humanitarian relief crisis, including the debate over daytime airlifts, Uli Airport, and Canadian military observersThe international dimension of the war, including Britain, the Soviet Union, France, Sweden, mercenaries, and oil interestsThe coup of January 1966, the killing of northern and western political leaders, and how that shaped ethnic suspicion and the road to civil warWhy the Biafra War remains under-discussed in Nigeria, especially while major actors are still aliveChapters00:00 - Opening the episode and introducing the book conversation01:30 - What The Day Biafra Died covers and why it matters04:22 - Aya’s personal connection to Biafra and the Ijaw experience05:44 - What inspired Allimadi to write the book07:13 - Discovering Lloyd Garrison’s correspondence and the first major archival clue08:33 - Nixon’s shifting stance as humanitarian pressure grew09:22 - Where a journalist’s role starts and ends10:19 - Reporting a crime versus becoming an advocate13:31 - Journalism, moral responsibility, and truth-telling in wartime15:05 - How close the U.S. came to recognising Biafra16:30 - Nixon, Kissinger, and the push to control Biafra policy17:31 - Red Cross flights, blockade pressure, and the turn toward intervention18:58 - Canada’s role in securing daytime relief flights20:14 - Ojukwu’s rejection of the arrangement and the Radio Biafra broadcast21:44 - Nixon’s private moves to pressure Britain and France23:46 - Linking Congo, mercenaries, and Cold War geopolitics30:16 - Framing the larger origin story of Biafra31:03 - The January 1966 coup and why it was seen as revolutionary by some33:32 - The coup hierarchy, ethnic suspicion, and why the narrative hardened35:23 - Achebe, colonial divisions, and the deeper roots of the conflict36:50 - Ojukwu’s declaration of Biafra and early U.S. assessments38:19 - Public pressure in the U.S., activism, and the self-immolation protest39:17 - Debating the death toll and the challenge of historical reckoning41:20 - Aya’s family memories of flight, loss, and long-term trauma44:32 - Clarifying the U.S.-Canada daytime flight proposal and Biafran rejection46:36 - Roger Morris, Kissinger, and the push to freeze the military option47:36 - Which countries recognised Biafra and why recognition mattered48:40 - South Africa, truth and reconciliation, and what Nigeria has not done50:22 - Why a conversation about the war remains difficult while principal actors are alive51:33 - Britain, the Soviet Union, Shell BP, and the oil dimension52:42 - How long the book took to research and write55:32 - Aya’s question about African unity and the United States of Africa57:01 - Clyde Ferguson, bomb fragments, and evidence of civilian targeting58:59 - Why elite leadership, not ordinary Africans, is the major obstacle to unity62:16 - Military spending, external weapons, and the cost to social development63:11 - How outside weapons and intervention changed the conflict’s scale66:58 - The next possible project: Uganda and Idi Amin68:06 - Availability of the book in the UK and the upcoming e-copy69:32 - Ojukwu and Gowon’s military rank, hierarchy, and political symbolism72:11 - What the title means and what it does not mean73:05 - Other books on Biafra and how this one fits into the literature75:34 - Why Nigerian media silence says something about the subject80:27 - Closing reflections on knowledge, truth, and historical memorySend us Fan Mail Support the showAfrica is not a story of victims. It is a story of resistance, resilience and reclamation. That is the story we tell here — every single week.African News Review Subscribe. Share. Stay informed. Stay sovereign.

Adesoji Iginla is joined by Aya Fubara Eneli, Esq and Milton Allimadi for the weekly wide-ranging discussion of African geopolitics, liberation politics, and media framing. The conversation moves from Algeria’s break with the UAE to Congo’s Israel pivot, Sudan’s chemical weapons allegations, Burkina Faso’s industrial push, and the UN vote to correct Africa’s distorted map. In this episode, the panel connects current headlines to a bigger question: who controls Africa’s security, resources, and image—and what would it look like if Africans did? Aya, Milton, and Adesoji each bring distinct regional and political perspectives to this highly topical conversation.Takeaways*Aya opens with the urgency of the US midterm season, voter suppression concerns, and the need to check registrations, register neighbours, and make voting plans.*Milton discusses the racist and Islamophobic backlash surrounding New York’s 9/11 memorial politics and attacks on Mamdani.*Adesoji marks the 49th anniversary of Stephen Biko’s death and raises the UK debate over sanctions on West Bank settlements.*The panel celebrates Burkina Faso’s new textile industry under Ibrahim Traoré as an example of domestic production, job creation, and economic self-reliance.*Milton connects Burkina Faso’s textile model to Thomas Sankara’s vision of African industrialisation and regional specialisation.*Algeria’s decision to cut diplomatic ties and close its airspace to the UAE becomes a major focus.*Aya explains Algeria’s strategic concerns involving the Sahel, Morocco, Western Sahara, and normalisation with Israel.*The panel examines DRC President Tshisekedi’s reported move to shift the Congolese embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.*Milton discusses Congo’s mineral wealth, colonial extraction, and the involvement of the US, Rwanda, Uganda, and Israel.*The Sudan chemical weapons story is examined with caution, with attention to media framing, civilian harm, and international double standards.*The panel celebrates the UN vote in support of a world map that more accurately reflects Africa’s size.*Aya challenges the US objection to the map resolution and discusses the politics of naming, mapping, and historical erasure.*Milton calls for similar African-led campaigns focused on ending weapons transfers to Sudan and industrialising the continent.Chapters00:00 — Welcome, guest introductions, and the episode’s African political focus01:18 — Aya on US midterms, voter registration, and political urgency03:16 — Economic hardship and the reality behind campaign rhetoric06:09 — Milton on New York’s 9/11 politics and racist backlash07:52 — Stephen Biko remembrance and UK sanctions on West Bank settlements08:52 — Dangote refinery IPO and the importance of African capital11:02 — Burkina Faso’s textile industry and Traoré’s industrial model14:18 — Sankara’s textile legacy and continental economic specialisation17:10 — Algeria cuts ties with the UAE over destabilisation claims22:22 — Algeria, the Sahel, Morocco, and regional security28:00 — DRC’s Jerusalem embassy move and mineral politics29:51 — Congo’s resources, US interests, and the Rwanda factor33:14 — Why the Israel move may not solve Tshisekedi’s security problem35:22 — African liberation, internal accountability, and outside alliances41:36 — Washington Post report on alleged chemical weapons in Sudan44:09 — Why the Sudan chemical weapons story needs broader context48:18 — Chemical weapons, nuclear double standards, and civilian harm52:27 — Displacement in Sudan and the human cost behind the numbers54:24 — UN vote on a map that shows Africa’s true scale56:12 — Why the map victory matters59:17 — The US objection and the hypocrisy of map politics63:07 — Crimea, abstentions, and the politics behind “neutrality”64:36 — Ukraine, Mali, and contradictions in global alliances67:08 — Upcoming events, Women in Resistance, and closing announcements68:18 — Final calls to support The Day Biafra DiedSend us Fan Mail Support the showAfrica is not a story of victims. It is a story of resistance, resilience and reclamation. That is the story we tell here — every single week.African News Review Subscribe. Share. Stay informed. Stay sovereign.

This episode covers a fast-moving set of African and diaspora political stories, with a strong focus on elections, media framing, reparations, and African self-determination. Adesoji Iginla is joined by Aya Fubara Eneli and Milton Allimadi, who bring legal, political, and historical context to each story.The discussion moves from Texas voter registration and U.S. politics to Niger, Uber exiting Nigeria and Uganda, Kenya’s crackdown on foreign traders, and the UN’s latest reparations guidance. Across the episode, the guests keep returning to a central theme: African communities need organisation, clarity, and institutions that serve people rather than capital or outside powers.Takeaways*Milton Allimadi argues that the Niger coup story cannot be understood without France’s role in the Sahel, saying the financial press leaves out the neocolonial context behind instability in Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali.*The panel discusses whether the Alliance of Sahel States can survive without deeper political unity and stronger internal security structures, with Milton suggesting a rotating presidency and tighter regional command.*Aya adds a practical security critique, pointing out that insurgent groups like Al Qaeda are self-financing through kidnapping, extortion, and control of transit routes, making the conflict harder to contain.*The group then turns to Uber’s exit from Nigeria and Uganda, where Adesoji and Aya emphasise labour exploitation, high commission rates, weak infrastructure, and the lack of driver voices in the BBC’s framing.*Milton shifts the discussion to a broader critique of infrastructure across African cities, arguing that many governments spend heavily on militaries while failing to invest in rail, metro systems, and mass transit.*On Kenya, the panel challenges President William Ruto’s order to crack down on foreigners running small businesses, calling it a xenophobic campaign tactic that scapegoats fellow Africans while ignoring exploitative foreign investors.*Aya connects the Kenya story to broader Pan-African history, arguing that Africans once resolved disputes through intermarriage and community-building rather than borders and exclusion, and she ties Ruto’s approach to anti-unity politics.*The final major story concerns UN guidance saying states are legally obliged to consider reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and its enduring harms. Milton welcomes the shift but argues that corporations, universities, and institutions must also be held accountable, not just governments.*Aya adds an important legal distinction, stressing that the conversation must account for the difference between chattel slavery and other historical forms of servitude, while also exposing the way Western media centers only Western responses.*Adesoji closes by recommending books that deepen the historical context, including Africa Must Unite by Kwame Nkrumah, Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams, The Interest by Michael Taylor, and Ebony and Ivory on universities and slave-trade wealth.*The episode ends with reminders about the upcoming Women in Resistance program, the importance of voter registration, and a call for listeners to support candidates and organisers with time, money, and turnout.Chapters00:00 - Introductions and guest credentials01:27 - Texas voucher expansion and public education funding04:10 - Voter purges and grassroots registration work in Bell County06:46 - Why midterms require boots-on-the-ground organising12:47 - Niger coup report and the missing France context14:27 - Sahel unity, neocolonial pressure, and regional survival18:58 - Why Niger’s internal military tensions keep fueling coups23:18 - Youth unemployment and insurgent recruitment in the Sahel28:36 - Uber exits Nigeria and Uganda amid labour and cost disputes32:12 - Why mass transit, not ride-hailing, is the real issue35:43 - Uber’s missing driver perspective and high commission rates40:57 - Kenya orders a crackdown on foreign small-business operators44:24 - Xenophobia, Pan-African unity, and the Ruto contradiction49:48 - AU resolutions, state hypocrisy, and the need for action58:12 - UN guidance on slavery reparations and legal obligations63:32 - Whose laws apply, and why historical nuance matters68:31 - Why reparations must include corporations and universities70:37 - Endnotes, book recommendations, and show announcements73:01 - Upcoming public events and final voter turnout appealNotable quotes“If you care, you need to be actively putting money and time into ensuring that the right people get voted in.”“Why do we need Uber in any African country?”“We need leaders that have a vision for Africa.”Send us Fan Mail Support the showAfrica is not a story of victims. It is a story of resistance, resilience and reclamation. That is the story we tell here — every single week.African News Review Subscribe. Share. Stay informed. Stay sovereign.