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ETHIOPIA WAS NEVER COLONISED. WHY IS IT STILL SO DIVIDED? Ethiopia is not unique among countries, explained former Ethiopian diplomat Mohamed Hassan, in response to a question from Sovereign Media's Ahmed Kaballo about why Ethiopia remains so divided despite never being colonised. Hassan dismantled the myth of Ethiopian exceptionalism that was espoused by early pan-African intellectuals. While their knowledge of imperialism was forged in British plantation economies in the West Indies, Hassan noted that they lacked direct knowledge of the African continent, especially Ethiopia. Desperate for a symbolic beacon of African sovereignty against European conquest, some of these diaspora thinkers latched on to Emperor Haile Selassie as a global symbol of resistance. However, Hassan argued, this bore little resemblance to the domestic reality within Ethiopia, where the vast majority of citizens suffered under imperial rule. "The image building and the propaganda which was built for the family of the emperor Haile Selassie created an image that Ethiopia is unique. Ethiopia is not unique…" Hassan said. Instead, he argued that Ethiopia is a multinational state historically shaped by class domination and unresolved questions of nationality, which were later exploited and turned into ethnic politics.
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BURKINABÉ MUSLIM REACTS TO IBRAHIM TRAORÉ While most people in Burkina Faso and beyond have responded favourably to President Ibrahim Traoré's recent speech in Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso, others have responded with confusion or even offence. Their reaction is in regard to Traoré's statements about the Arab-Muslim slave trade and Sharia law. To gain insight into Traoré's perspective, we spoke with Abdoul-Salam Koussoubé, a Muslim Pan-African activist and organiser in his home country of Burkina Faso, a member of the Thomas Sankara Centre in Ouagadougou (@burkinabooks). So let us know what you think of his position and his arguments. Is he on to something, or did he totally miss the mark?
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WHY THE WEST TARGETS ERITREA "They don't deal with the World Bank. They are not begging and there is no NGOs," said former Ethiopian diplomat and veteran communist Mohamed Hassan about Eritrea during an interview with Sovereign Media’s Ahmed Kaballo, in which the former broke down why Asmara became a prime target for Western economic and political quarantine following its independence in 1993. Hassan revealed how the confrontation began immediately when the World Bank and IMF visited President Isaias Afwerki, demanding complete control over the country's national agenda. However, when Asmara insisted upon writing its own national programme, western institutions labeled the leadership a "rebellion." The hostility deepened due to Eritrea's commitment to radical self-reliance. Hassan noted how Eritrea refuses to bow to debt traps or allow foreign NGOs to operate under the guise of civil society work (such as promoting micro-interests or carving up state sovereignty). As Hassan notes, if external actors want to help, they must support domestic national programmes. In addition, Hassan cited Eritrea's national service (SAWA) to unite its diverse population across nine languages, Christians and Muslims alike. Yet, he added, while nations like Isr*el, Turkey, and Greece are praised or ignored for mandatory military and national service, Eritrea faced intense vilification for doing the exact same. Thus, Hassan argues, by refusing to submit to the "economic hitmen" of global finance and rejecting imperial oversight, Eritrea earned the wrath of Western powers determined to punish sovereign defiance in Africa.
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NIGERIA IS NOW DIRECTLY UNDER US STATE CAPTURE BREAKING: U.S. Embassy in Nigeria Now Directly Coordinates With NSA’s Office To Arrest Nigerian Citizens Over Criticism of Israel, USA In a stunning development, the United States Embassy in Nigeria has established a direct coordination framework with the Office of the National Security Adviser to monitor the social media activities of Nigerian citizens, directly recommending individuals for arrest and prosecution based on their online criticism of Israel and the United States. Under this framework, exclusively revealed to Sovereign Media, two Nigerian social media users, Sani Buhari and Abubakar Adamu, were recently arrested by the Department of State Security Services (DSS) and charged in court for posts on X that were critical of Israel's genocide in Palestine, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and US president Donald Trump. Buhari was eventually released, but only after posting a clearly forced apology to the US Embassy on his X handle by the DSS, while Adamu remains in custody. Since Bola Ahmed Tinubu took power in Nigeria in 2023, West Africa's erstwhile regional pillar, whose foreign policy still officially follows an "Africa First" doctrine, has increasingly begun operating as a satellite extension of western powers, including France and the US. For example, in December 2025, during a coup attempt in Benin, Tinubu deployed Nigerian air and ground forces to quell the attempt on the orders of French president Emmanuel Macron. The escalating pattern of policy decisions and geopolitical moves locking Nigeria into multiple security partnerships with western governments is raising the real possibility of the country being retrofitted into a vassal state without the ability to set its own internal security priorities, with foreign interests dictating what its citizens are allowed to say. If Nigeria's compromised foreign policy posture is not addressed quickly, Africa could see one of its most important countries abandon its historic role as a pillar of Pan-African support and turn into the continent's most dangerous vassal state. David Hundeyin Venezuelanalysis VoxUmmah Qiao Collective Progressive International Black Agenda Report Orinoco Tribune Kawsachun News
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KENYA IS STILL PAYING THE PENSIONS OF BRITISH COLONIALISTS According to Tom Ogada, an economic justice expert, speaking on Spice FM alongside Diana Gichengo of the Institute for Social Accountability (TISA), Kenya allocates approximately KSh39 million annually to pensions for former British colonial civil servants. While we have not independently verified the specific figure through official budget documents, Kenya does continue to pay pensions to some former colonial-era civil servants under its public pension system. The revelation has sparked criticism on social media, with many Kenyan users expressing outrage that, more than 63 years after so-called independence, public funds are still being used to pay pensions to individuals who served the colonial administration. Some commenters described the continued payments as an absurd legacy of colonial rule. The conversation highlights the absurdity of the current fiscal situation, with Gichengo pointing out that these payments are hidden in plain sight within the official budget books. "We are very good," she remarked ironically, noting that while the government pressures citizens to pay more taxes, it continues to prioritise the financial comfort of former colonisers over the needs of the Kenyan people. This segment serves as a powerful reminder of how imperial structures remain embedded in post-colonial governance, forcing nations like Kenya to continue subsidising their own historical oppressors under the guise of bureaucratic obligation. It is also a striking example of why decolonisation is an economic necessity.
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![HOW UAE MONEY FUNDED TERRORIST ATTACKS ON AFRICA The UAE presents itself to Western states as a reliable counter-t*rrorism partner, but recent reports reveal a starkly different reality on the ground in Africa. In late 2025, Sheikh Ahmed bin Maktoum bin Juma al-Maktoum, a 78-year-old member of Dubai’s ruling family, was abducted by Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) - Al-Q*eda’s branch in the Sahel - during a raid on his farm in Mali. While Western governments maintain a strict policy against paying ransoms to t*rrorist networks, the UAE reportedly broke consensus by paying a multi-million dollar ransom (estimated around $50 million) to secure his release. According to United Nations experts, this massive influx of cash directly funded Al-Qeda’s war chest, fueling violent militant advancements across West Africa, including a devastating attack on the Malian capital of Bamako that k*lled the country's defence minister. As noted by Justyna Gudzowska, the executive director of The Sentry, “such a large injection of resources is a huge boon for [JNIM], and will enable its extremist ambitions on the continent.”](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2101583490038788117/amplify_video_thumb/2101582757751148544/img/1li2hxuie6CSSo5U.jpg)
HOW UAE MONEY FUNDED TERRORIST ATTACKS ON AFRICA The UAE presents itself to Western states as a reliable counter-t*rrorism partner, but recent reports reveal a starkly different reality on the ground in Africa. In late 2025, Sheikh Ahmed bin Maktoum bin Juma al-Maktoum, a 78-year-old member of Dubai’s ruling family, was abducted by Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) - Al-Q*eda’s branch in the Sahel - during a raid on his farm in Mali. While Western governments maintain a strict policy against paying ransoms to t*rrorist networks, the UAE reportedly broke consensus by paying a multi-million dollar ransom (estimated around $50 million) to secure his release. According to United Nations experts, this massive influx of cash directly funded Al-Qeda’s war chest, fueling violent militant advancements across West Africa, including a devastating attack on the Malian capital of Bamako that k*lled the country's defence minister. As noted by Justyna Gudzowska, the executive director of The Sentry, “such a large injection of resources is a huge boon for [JNIM], and will enable its extremist ambitions on the continent.”
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![IS ETHIOPIA A COLONY OF THE UAE? "In fact, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the decision maker in Addis Ababa," said former Ethiopian diplomat Mohamed Hassan, who argued that Ethiopia has been reduced to a de-facto colony of the UAE through financial capture, gold smuggling, and proxy warfare. In an interview with Sovereign Media’s Ahmed Kaballo, the veteran Marxist detailed how Abu Dhabi leverages its vast financial resources to buy off Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, turning him into a puppet ruler who acts as the primary regional hegemon for Emirati interests. Hassan outlined how this sub-imperial arrangement drives two core strategies. Alongside pointing out what he calls the UAE's port imperialism, Hassan noted how the UAE orchestrates massive smuggling operations out of Sudan’s immense gold reserves, routing stolen wealth through client states like Ethiopia and Chad to enrich Abu Dhabi. Secondly, Hassan adds, Abiy Ahmed facilitates the war on Sudan under Emirati direction, training UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia fighters on Ethiopian soil and funneling weapons and mercenaries across the border to ravage the Sudanese people. Furthermore, Hassan highlights how this foreign subjugation has coincided with domestic ruin. "Of course, [Abiy Ahmed] is losing most parts of the country. The whole northern Ethiopia is out of his hand. Probably he might even collapse very soon," Hassan told Kaballo. Hassan also blamed Abiy Ahmed's neglect for the systematic degradation of Ethiopia's state apparatus and education system, citing a World Bank report which states that Ethiopian human capital is among the worst in Africa and Ethiopia’s own ministry of education stating that 42% of graduates are unable to find jobs.](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2093639445052272711/amplify_video_thumb/2093639064217919488/img/flYvcznwVa2QQzCK.jpg)
IS ETHIOPIA A COLONY OF THE UAE? "In fact, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the decision maker in Addis Ababa," said former Ethiopian diplomat Mohamed Hassan, who argued that Ethiopia has been reduced to a de-facto colony of the UAE through financial capture, gold smuggling, and proxy warfare. In an interview with Sovereign Media’s Ahmed Kaballo, the veteran Marxist detailed how Abu Dhabi leverages its vast financial resources to buy off Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, turning him into a puppet ruler who acts as the primary regional hegemon for Emirati interests. Hassan outlined how this sub-imperial arrangement drives two core strategies. Alongside pointing out what he calls the UAE's port imperialism, Hassan noted how the UAE orchestrates massive smuggling operations out of Sudan’s immense gold reserves, routing stolen wealth through client states like Ethiopia and Chad to enrich Abu Dhabi. Secondly, Hassan adds, Abiy Ahmed facilitates the war on Sudan under Emirati direction, training UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia fighters on Ethiopian soil and funneling weapons and mercenaries across the border to ravage the Sudanese people. Furthermore, Hassan highlights how this foreign subjugation has coincided with domestic ruin. "Of course, [Abiy Ahmed] is losing most parts of the country. The whole northern Ethiopia is out of his hand. Probably he might even collapse very soon," Hassan told Kaballo. Hassan also blamed Abiy Ahmed's neglect for the systematic degradation of Ethiopia's state apparatus and education system, citing a World Bank report which states that Ethiopian human capital is among the worst in Africa and Ethiopia’s own ministry of education stating that 42% of graduates are unable to find jobs.
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DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST NYC MAYOR MAMDANI PRAISES TRUMP’S REAL ESTATE New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a DSA, self-described democratic socialist who campaigned on taxing the wealthy and challenging billionaire influence, offered an unexpected compliment to Donald Trump during the president’s visit to Gracie Mansion. Mamdani and Trump discussed plans to transform Queens’ Sunnyside Yard into a massive new neighbourhood. The mayor thanked Trump for his interest before praising the Republican president’s experience as a New York real-estate developer, noting that Trump had “built quite a lot of housing” in the city. The conversation surprised many, as Mamdani has been critical of Trump as an avowed democratic socialist, but this time he publicly applauded the credentials of a billionaire real-estate businessman, reality TV star, turned conservative president. There were jokes that Trump really liked Mamdani, as the President also praised the young mayor. Logically though, Mamdani’s Sunnyside Yard proposal calls for roughly 12,000 homes and 30,000 jobs which would require major federal approvals and potentially billions in federal support, so he’d need Trump’s nod. The two agreed to deepen talks between City Hall and the White House, although Trump has yet to commit to federal funding. What do you think? Is Mamdani abandoning the principles he campaigned on, or is he simply being pragmatic and doing what is necessary to deliver for his constituents?
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BATUK: BRITAIN'S COLONIAL GRIP IN KENYA BATUK: The White Man’s Burden in Kenya is not just a documentary about a British military base where soldiers roll around in the dirt for six months before returning home to the UK. It is a documentary about abuse of power, occupation of indigenous land and the unfinished business of colonialism. For decades, ordinary Kenyans living around BATUK have raised allegations of abuse, sexual violence, ecological destruction and impunity, while one of the world’s most powerful former colonial powers continues to operate freely on Kenyan soil, handing out small amounts of compensation whenever evidence of alleged crimes reaches the media. At the centre of the documentary is the story of Agnes Wanjiru, a 21-year-old Kenyan woman who was tortured, killed and dumped in a septic tank, while British soldiers mocked and ridiculed her death on social media. One soldier posed in front of the septic tank and posted, “If you know, you know.” Others joked about the five-month-old daughter she left behind, posting imagery of a baby beside a gravesite. But the story goes beyond Agnes and her tragic killing and the shocking behaviour of British troops thereafter. The documentary asks deeper questions: How did Britain maintain a military presence in Kenya, the very same year the country supposedly gained independence? Why are foreign troops still training on stolen land while local communities continue to suffer? And above all, why does the Kenyan government allow all of this? Laikipia County, currently in the spotlight because of plans for an Ebola quarantine facility for US citizens, is the very same county where the BATUK military base is headquartered. This documentary helps connect the dots about why Kenya’s political elite remain so willing to cede sovereignty to foreign powers like Britain, and why they may be willing to do the same again with the United States. This is Sovereign Media’s first-ever documentary. We are a small, independent team with a brand-new YouTube channel and no corporate backing. We need your support now more than ever. Watch. Share. Comment. Spread it everywhere. Ahmed Kaballo NAAM Media VoxUmmah Venezuelanalysis Qiao Collective Progressive International Kawsachun News Orinoco Tribune Black Agenda Report Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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HARRY POTTER ACTOR ON PALESTINE ACTION British actor Alfred Enoch, who starred in the Harry Potter franchise and How to Get Away with M*rder, spoke with Sovereign Media on 26 November 2025, outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, England. Hundreds gathered in support of Palestine Action, a UK-based organisation that was proscribed as a t*rrorist organisation on 5 June 2025, a move described by Alfred Enoch as “one of many repressive measures this government has taken to suppress the Palestine solidarity movement.” Originating in the United Kingdom, Palestine Action is responsible for targeting Israel’s arms industry across the globe, predominantly focusing on Elbit Systems, an Israeli private arms company that markets its weaponry as battlefield tested, as such items have already proven to be effective against the Palestinian people. The group was banned after claiming responsibility for targeting RAF Brize Norton, breaking into the airbase and causing over £7 million worth of damage, specifically by spray-painting two RAF Voyager planes. “At least one of the Voyager aircraft targeted by Palestine Action, moreover, had been involved in military operations in support of Israel. ZZ338 was used to facilitate airstrikes on Yemen in February 2024, which were conducted in no small part to shield Israel from the consequences of its g*nocide in Gaza”, according to DeclassifiedUK. Multiple arrests occurred, predominantly of those aged 60+, as they sat peacefully outside the Royal Courts of Justice, for holding a placard that reads “I oppose g*nocide. I support Palestine Action” as the courts were carrying out a judicial review of the government’s decision to proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation. Many political commentators have expressed outrage that the United Kingdom, which prides itself as a beacon of free speech, to the extent that it's willing to invade Afghanistan and later Iraq in the name of democracy, is arresting protesters, predominantly the elderly, for exercising their democratic right to form an assembly and protest. VoxUmmah Venezuelanalysis Qiao Collective Progressive International Kawsachun News Orinoco Tribune @blkagendareport
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ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT SCHOOLS TUCKER CARLSON This exchange between right wing commentator Tucker Carlson and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the World Governments Summit is revealing, not for what Carlson uncovers, but for how clearly he echoes a long standing Western distortion of African history. Carlson frames Zimbabwe’s land reform as a racial injustice against white farmers, recycling a narrative that strips colonialism of context. Mnangagwa pushes back, calmly but firmly, reminding him of a basic historical truth: Zimbabwe was colonised, its land violently seized by settlers, and independence required reclaiming what was taken. Land was never “white” or “black”; it belonged to the native Africans who were systemically dispossessed. The liberation struggle, led by the late Robert Mugabe representing ZANU and the late Joshua Nkomo representing ZAPU, was not just about establishing a Western-style democratic system; it was first and foremost about reclaiming land. Hence, the Lancaster Agreement was signed in London and stipulated that the British state should compensate white farmers for land reclaimed by the newly independent state. But when the British reneged on their promises and veterans who had sacrificed their lives for independence became frustrated that they were still landless over 20 years after independence, they started pressuring the ZANU PF government, led by Mugabe, to push through the land reform Carlson references, without giving any historical context. What followed the land reform decades were economic sanctions designed to punish African self-determinationn. This is how colonialism survives: not only through force, but through narrative. By rewriting history, erasing context, and manufacturing moral outrage, Western media launders power into “concern” and calls it journalism. VoxUmmah Venezuelanalysis Qiao Collective Progressive International Kawsachun News Orinoco Tribune Black Agenda Report Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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HOW IMPERIAL OIL INTERESTS DESTROYED SOMALIA In an interview with Sovereign Media's Ahmed Kaballo, former Ethiopian diplomat Mohamed Hassan, a veteran Marxist, stripped away the mainstream media narrative that the root of Somalia's destruction is clan violence, instead blaming the global oil industry and imperialism for the issues facing the Land of the Poets. Hassan traced how Western energy conglomerates like Conoco engineered carbon-copy exploitation contracts, mirroring devastating historical concessions in Libya, designed to siphon away a nation’s natural wealth while leaving crumbs for the local population. A modern example he pointed to is Soma Oil and Gas, a firm established by former UK Conservative Party leader Michael Howard, who pooled dozens of British oil companies to stake claims along Somalia's strategic coastline. Hassan further explained how imperialist forces deliberately manufactured and weaponised "clanism" as a tool of divide-and-rule. By scattering over a million Somalis abroad, imperial powers fractured national patriotism and replaced it with a localised consciousness. Today, Hassan argues, this vacuum is maintained by a rootless "parasite class" that exploits clan divisions and religion to serve foreign interests at the expense of the majority.
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NYT CONCEDES MOSSAD BEHIND IRAN RIOTS The NYT joins a long list of institutions, influencers, and politicians that concede that the riots in Iran at the start of the year were a result of foreign meddling - particularly, by the CIA and Mossad. Marketed as organic to generate public consent for war on Iran, the riots that spread across Iran were exposed as foreign meddling operations well before they reached their peak. Now, the same media institutions that peddled the riots as organic are now admitting the role of imperialist intelligence agencies in sparking them - as part of a larger plan to topple the Islamic Republic of Iran. Venezuelanalysis VoxUmmah Qiao Collective Progressive International @blkagendareport Orinoco Tribune Kawsachun News
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ANTI-IMPERIALIST COALITION SOVEREIGN MEDIA LAUNCHES TODAY Today, we launch Sovereign Media, an anti-imperialist coalition bringing together voices from the Global South and the Global North who refuse to bow to censorship or empire. From Black Agenda Report, Qiao Collective, Kawsachun News, Orinoco Tribune, Venezuelanalysis, Naam, and Vox Ummah, we are united in one mission: to tell the stories the mainstream buries and to give a platform to the struggles of the oppressed — from Africa to the Americas, Asia to Europe and beyond. Sovereign Media is not just a media project. It is a grassroots effort born from progressive movements, fighting for truth, dignity, and sovereignty. Qiao Collective Black Agenda Report VoxUmmah Orinoco Tribune Kawsachun News Venezuelanalysis Progressive International
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“WE WANT THE UAE TO STAY AWAY SO THAT BLOOD DOES NOT FLOW IN OUR COUNTRY” "Wherever they set foot, blood flows," said Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune during a televised interview in July 2026, in reference to the UAE, which he refers to as a 'statelet'. "We want them to stay away from us so that blood doesn’t flow here," Tebboune said, adding that Algeria would have "cut off relations with this statelet a long time ago," but it did not want to contribute to "cracks and splits" in the Arab world. Nonetheless, by 10 September, Algeria severed diplomatic ties with the UAE after years of friction over Abu Dhabi's regional and internal meddling, saying it had exhausted diplomatic avenues to curb "provocative and hostile acts" by the UAE. Among the contributing factors to Algeria's severing of ties with the UAE included divergences over the 2020 Abraham Accords normalising relations with Isr*el and opposing stances on the Western Sahara dispute. In addition, Algeria described a hostile media campaign by UAE-based broadcaster Sky News Arabia, which aired an interview with a historian who questioned the existence of Algeria's indigenous Amazigh culture. Furthermore, analyst Jalal Harchaoui noted that Algeria is concerned that the UAE's war on Sudan - where the Emirates' backs the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a militia that UN investigators accuse of g*nocide - may spread instability westward into Chad and then Niger. Indeed, under two weeks before Algiers severed ties with Abu Dhabi, the former deployed four fighter jets to Niger following a failed coup attempt that Nigerien officials partly blamed on the UAE. "That contagion reading is what ties the Sudanese theatre to the Nigerien one, where the coup attempt seems to have been the main trigger behind Algiers’ decision," Harchaoui added. Thus, Algeria's stance reflects firm opposition to Emirati interference. As Tebboune said about what he calls the 'statelet' back in July, "it brings nothing but blood and sedition".
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HOW UK SCAMMED IRAN Boris Johnson, a former Prime Minister of the Uk, former foreign secretary and former Mayor of London revealed in an interview with Arab journalist Ammar Taqi that the UK had effectively scammed Iran. He went to explain that the Shah of Iran had paid 400 million pounds for Chieftain tanks, ones that were then never sold to Iran and instead sold to others including Iran's arch-rival, Saddam Hussain. He said the UK had "sold the same camel twice" adding that it was classic British maneuver just like they had done in Palestine. The takeaways here are clear, first that colonial entities like the UK have long had no integrity in their dealings whether they be military or diplomatic. Secondly, the audacity and almost unserious manner in which Johnson breaks this down shows how Empire is shameless even when admitting its own wrongdoing. Ironically, it is Iran that is demonized, and Palestinian resistance scrutinized yet as is clear in this interview it is always Empire that commits the first transgression. VoxUmmah Venezuelanalysis Qiao Collective Progressive International Kawsachun News Orinoco Tribune @blkagendareport Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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HOW IMPERIALISM SABOTAGED THE HORN OF AFRICA In this comprehensive special interview on Sovereign Media, CEO Ahmed Kaballo sat down with veteran communist and former Ethiopian diplomat Mohamed Hassan to dissect the issues facing the Horn of Africa through an anti-imperial lens. Covering the interconnected crises spanning Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Somalia, Hassan explored how imperialist powers continue to sabotage the region. The discussion begins with Ethiopia, which Hassan argues has been reduced to a de-facto colony of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) through financial capture, gold smuggling, and proxy warfare. He detailed how this sub-imperial arrangement drives two strategies: firstly, orchestrating massive gold smuggling out of Sudan to enrich Abu Dhabi, and secondly, funneling weapons, training, and mercenaries to fuel the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia's war on the Sudanese people. The discussion then shifted to Eritrea, with Hassan explaining how Asmara became a target for Western economic and political quarantine following its 1993 independence due its commitment to sovereignty. The former diplomat cited Eritrea's rejection of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank debt traps and banning of western NGOs, also noting how Asmara's nationbuilding through national service attracted the ire of Western powers. Finally, moving beyond the western narrative of inherent clan violence in Somalia, Hassan blames the nation's devastation on imperialism and the global oil industry, drawing atttention to contracts engineered by western energy conglomerates that would have siphoned away Somalia's natural wealth while leaving little for the local population. Furthermore, Hassan, who is of Somali origin, blamed the west for diluting Somali national consciousness and empowering a rootless parasite class that exploits clanism to serve foreign interests. Feel free to watch the full video for insights from a veteran African communist on how resource-colonialism, foreign proxy wars, and domestic puppet regimes are used to crush the continent's sovereignty. Ahmed Kaballo
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"WE LIED ABOUT IRAQ. WE LIED ABOUT AFGHANISTAN. WE LIED ABOUT LIBYA" Lawrence Wilkerson, who served from 2002 to 2005 as chief of staff to former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, says the U.S. lied about all its wars and has done more than any other country to arm and contribute to the proliferation of terrorist groups around the world. In this short clip, Wilkerson points to two specific examples. The first is Libya. After the NATO-led regime-change war against Muammar Gaddafi, the power vacuum left behind, combined with massive stockpiles of unsecured weapons, helped fuel armed groups affiliated with Al-Qaeda across the region. To this day, heavily armed militant groups continue to destabilise Libya, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, countries around the Lake Chad Basin, as well as having previously fuelled an insurgency in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. The second example he gives is Iraq. Once again, the lies pushed by George W. Bush, Tony Blair and Colin Powell about weapons of mass destruction provided the justification for an illegal war that triggered a cycle of violence and devastation, killing more than 1 million Iraqis. Former members of Ba'ath Party military structures and unsecured weapons caches later became part of the chaos that enabled the rise of ISIS and Al-Qaeda in Iraq, which devastated Iraq and Syria and spread sectarian violence across what was once the heartland of ancient civilisations like Mesopotamia. And this is Empire 101, from a former insider himself. The lies become wars. The wars leave millions dead, displaced or traumatised. And before an empire exits, it often leaves countries fractured, battling armed extremists that were empowered, armed and funded by the very interventions sold as “liberation.” Then, years later, the same powers negotiate with or rebrand forces they once claimed they were fighting.
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ISRAEL ABDUCTS SOVEREIGN MEDIA CORRESPONDANT NAQAA HAMED BREAKING: Israeli forces have abducted Sovereign Media correspondent Naqaa Hamed in the occupied West Bank. Hamed was stopped at a military checkpoint in Bethlehem when Israeli forces detained her. Just last month, Hamed was attacked by Israeli forces when covering settler crimes and Israeli raids in the West Bank. She was hit by a sound grenade.
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